"Avatar 2" breaks the $1.5 billion mark and becomes the world's top box office in 2022

James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office as expected. The film's box office on Tuesday was $1.4825 billion. With the box office of these two days, its global revenue has exceeded $1.5 billion, surpassing the $1.489 billion box office of "Top Gun 2: Maverick" and becoming the top movie released in 2022.

According to statistics on Tuesday, January 3rd, the film's global market revenue increased by US$28.3 million (a year-on-year decrease of 44%), and its overseas transaction volume was US$1.025 billion. "Avatar: The Way of Water" has become the No. 1 film in the US overseas market box office in 2022, and the second-ranked film during the epidemic.

Globally, it became the 12th-highest grossing film in the world, surpassing Disney's Frozen 2.

The film earned an estimated $3 million at the Chinese box office on Wednesday (January 4), bringing its cumulative revenue to $170 million. Maoyan expects the final revenue to reach $215 million. China is currently the film's highest-grossing market overseas, followed by France ($9 million), South Korea ($7.72 million), Germany ($7.34 million), the United Kingdom ($5.95 million), India ($5.14 million), Mexico ($3.91 million), Australia ($3.79 million), Italy ($3.38 million) and Spain ($3.05 million).