Avatar 3: Fire and Ash has not lived up to the massive success of its predecessors at the box office so far. Early tracking shows it struggling to match the numbers of the first Avatar films, with predictions pointing to around 500 million worldwide.
Fans have been waiting years for this third chapter in James Cameron’s epic Pandora saga. Avatar 3, subtitled Fire and Ash, hit theaters recently amid huge hype. The first Avatar from 2009 pulled in over 2.7 billion dollars globally, and its 2022 sequel, The Way of Water, made about 2.3 billion. Those are some of the biggest hauls in movie history. But Avatar 3 is off to a slower start. Check out this YouTube video from Beyond The Trailer for the latest buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkpk_6kQ8g8. The host there notes it’s falling further behind the last film and could wrap up at roughly 500 million total. That would put it 250 million short of even the original Avatar, let alone the sequels.
Why the dip? For one, it’s a long three-hour movie, which might turn off some viewers. Opening weekend tracking is not lighting up the charts like Zootopia 2, which just crossed a billion in 17 days thanks to strong runs in China over 500 million, Japan, and Europe. Zootopia 2 even climbed back to number one in North America in its third weekend with just a 39 percent drop. Avatar 3 faces tough competition and has not grabbed the same global fire.
Reviews could shift things. The Rotten Tomatoes score drops Tuesday at 9 a.m. Eastern. Early talk mixes excitement with caution. Will word of mouth save it, or is this a disappointment after the franchise’s sky-high bar? Box office watchers are glued to the numbers.
