James Cameron's new film Avatar: The Way of the Water grosses $1 billion at the box office. This tape took two weeks to complete, making it the fastest-growing film this year, according to the BBC..

It is noted that only three films in 2022 were able to collect a billion dollars or more at the box office.. Besides "

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However, according to Cameron, in order to pay off, his tape must gross two billion dollars at the box office.. Analysts expect the film to fall short as theater attendance is still low post-pandemic. But based on current numbers, Avatar could still surpass Top Gun as the highest-grossing movie of 2022..

The original Avatar came out in 2009.. The film held the top spot on the list of highest-grossing films of all time for more than 10 years until losing to Avengers: Endgame in 2019..

Initially, the creators of " Then the producer of the films, John Landau, stated that the two sequel films would be independent works with a complete plot, and not one adventure divided into two series..

Later, Cameron announced that there would be four Avatar sequel films, and he would shoot them at the same time.. They were supposed to come out in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

In 2017, the director began filming Avatar 2 and Avatar 3.. In March 2020, Cameron was forced to suspend filming due to the coronavirus pandemic..