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Avatar 2 passes Top Gun; Maverick to become the biggest 2022 movie. The 2nd sequel Way of Water which was released on 16th of December last year has gained a $1.7 billion worldwide in its 4th week. The king of all box office, 2009’s Avatar has the highest total earnings worldwide of $2.92 billion held its top record for 12 years and now its sequel The Way of Water already rank 7th in almost a month following Spider-man No Way Home with $1.916 billion earnings. It has now surpassed 2019’s The Lion King with $1.663 billion and 2015’s Jurassic World with $1.672 billion earnings.
For its International release, The Way of Water’s biggest markets are China with $188.3 million followed by france and germany.
Avatar was scheduled to have two more sequel thanks to its huge success at the box office, Director Cameron is surely moving ahead with the succeding plan for the sequel. The movie was already filmed for the 3rd movie.
To 10 Highest-Grossing Movies Worldwide (Data as of Jan 9, 15:55 PST)
1. Avatar — $2,922,917,914 2009
2. Avengers: Endgame — $2,797,501,328 2019
3. Titanic — $2,201,647,264 1997
4. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens — $2,069,521,700 2015
5. Avengers: Infinity War — $2,048,359,754 2018
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home — $1,916,306,995 2021
7. Avatar: The Way of Water — $1,713,093,812 2022
8. Jurassic World — $1,671,537,444 2015
9. The Lion King — $1,663,075,401 2019
10. The Avengers — $1,518,815,515 2012