The last box office report of the year has arrived and with great news for cinemas, and especially… for James Cameron.
The return to the world of Pandora of the screenwriter, director and producer continues to achieve success in all film markets.
Avatar: Fire and Ash by Cameron and 20th Century Studios reached $217.6 million at the domestic box office, and another $542.7 million at the international box office, for a global total of $760.4 million dollars.
The third installment of the saga Avatar is currently the fifth best MPA world premiere in 2025. It is also, the only trilogy to exceed $6 billion dollars worldwideand is officially crowned as the highest grossing trilogy of all time.
Today it will exceed $100 million in China, becoming only the second Hollywood project to surpass that figure this year in that market, behind Zootopia 2.
EYE ON THE DATA: In a matter of days, Cameron will become the first director to make four consecutive films with a box office exceeding $1 billion dollars (Titanic, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash).
The plot of Avatar: Fire and Ashesplaces Jake's family (Sam Worthington) y Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) in uncharted territory, facing a new generation of Na'vi, where things might not go so well.
This Na'vi generation is known as Clan Mangkwan o the Ash Clan (Ash People)described as a “aggressive volcanic breed” led by Varang, played by Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones).
The clan suffered a natural disaster that helped shape their culture, resulting in the complete opposite of Pandora. The clan felt abandoned by Eywa in their time of need, and This resentment leads their leader Varang to forge an alliance with Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) which threatens not only the Sullys, but Pandora as a whole.
In addition to Worthington and Saldaña, the cast features the returns of Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Giovanni Ribisi, Cliff Curtis, Jemaine Clement, Edie Falco, Stephen Lang, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Joel David Moorey Dileep Rao. The new faces include Chaplin, David Thewlis (Harry Potter, Enola Holmes 2), as a member of the Wind Merchants, and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
Following a devastating loss, Jake and Neytiri's family faces off against a hostile Na'vi tribe, the Ash, led by the ruthless Varang, as conflicts on Pandora escalate and new moral dilemmas arise.
The script was co-written by Cameron, Amanda Silver y Rick Jaffa.
The producers are Cameron and Jon Landau.
The Way of Water y Ash and Fire They were originally conceived as one film, but Cameron split them into two separate films once the script was started and an extensive story developed. On stage at D23, Cameron hinted that the Ash Clan is more violent and power-hungry than the forest-dwelling Metkayina and Omaticaya.
A fourth installment of Avatar It is scheduled for release in theaters in 2029, with a fifth for 2031.
Source: https://cine3.com/avatar-trilogia-mas-taquillera-historia-6000-millones/
