James
Cameron directed Avatar franchise has surpassed Star Wars to become the highest-grossing trilogy of all time. With the third film in the series, Avatar: Fire And Ash doing great business at the worldwide box office, it has catapulted the entire trilogy to the top of the esteemed ranking. All three Avatar films now have an all-time box office haul of $5.66 billion. Star Wars has slipped to the second spot at $4.48 billion. While Jurassic World holds the third place, Spider-Man and Lord of the Rings stand at fourth and fifth positions. Avatar: Fire And Ash, which released on December 19, three years after its predecessor, Avatar 3, has crossed the $400 million mark at the global box office.
Avatar - the highest-grossing trilogy of all time
On December 25, the official social media handles of
Avatar: Fire And Ash shared the news of the franchise's big milestone, along with sharing a clip and some stills from the movie.
Box office report of James Cameron's Avatar films
James Cameron made the first
Avatar in 2009, which grossed around $80 million in its domestic debut, and a total of $700 million. It emerged as the highest-grossing film in global box office history, with nearly $3 billion under its belt. This was followed by the second film
Avatar: The Way of Water, in 2022, which opened at $134 million domestically and grossed nearly $700 million by the end of its run.
Avatar 2 eventually earned $2.3 billion at the global box office, becoming the third-biggest movie of all time.As the highest-grossing trilogy, it now comfortably sits $1 billion ahead of
Star Wars. The latter's films in the ranking include
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015),
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
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