One of the most anticipated movies “Avatar: The Way of Water” or “Avatar 2Will soon be gracing cinema halls across the world. The epic sci-fi story is undoubtedly driving the massive buzz around it. It is the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar (2009).
Expectations from Avatar 2 are not low, there is tremendous excitement about the film in India as well. It will release in all six languages English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Its runtime is 3hrs 10mins or 190 mins.
Avatar 2 Budget and Advance Booking
It is made on a budget of $250M (Rs 2067 crore approximately), and advance bookings for it were opened in premium formats in limited theaters in India from 22nd November, now full bookings have been opened.
Fully advanced bookings have been opened and the reports are humbling. It has sold 10.26 crore tickets in total for the first day. Avatar 2 has sold over 3.2 lakh tickets till 10 pm on 12th December.
There is huge curiosity among fans about James Cameron’s outing. Over 5.75 lakh people have shown interest in the film on online ticket booking site Bookmyshow.
Trade analyst, Taran Adarsh informed that the film will be screened round the clock in select theaters with the first show starting at 12 noon. His latest tweet is about advance booking which includes Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thursday (at 10:00 AM). Unexpected big box office numbers on the way:
Avatar 2 has now become the biggest in terms of advance sales in 2022, it will soon start competing with Brahmastra, KGF2 and Doctor Strange 2. It will then target all-time greats The Avengers and Spiderman: No Way Home. The Avengers sold tickets worth Rs 80 crore, while Spiderman: NWH did pre-sales with gross advance sales of Rs 40 crore.
Avatar 2 Early Review
Avatar 2 had its world premiere last night and the early reviews are all positive. According to critics’ reviews, Avatar 2 is one of the best movies in many years despite its 3 hour duration.
Indian superstar Akshay Kumar praised the film:
What is the break even for Avatar 2?
Well, when asked about the same, filmmaker James Cameron recently said that Avatar 2 needs to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing film of all time. The top 3 movies are Avatar ($2.9B), Avengers: Endgame ($2.7B), and Titanic ($2.1B) unadjusted for inflation.
Following in the spots are Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.07B) and Avengers: Infinity War ($2.05B). Therefore, according to Cameron, the sequel needs to collect at least $2B to break even. shocking! Isn’t it? This means the budget is higher than the reported budget, however, the makers haven’t given any definite numbers yet.
avatar 2 gets chinese release
Now, it’s great news for the business of Avatar, as the sequel to Avatar has been cleared to release in China. With this, it is all set to take a decent opening at the box office or may even emerge as the biggest opener of all time. It will be released in China on December 16 just like other regions including North America.
Avatar 2 screen count and buzz
Avatar was re-released in September to create anticipation among moviegoers, grossing over 6 crores in its opening weekend from India, taking Avatar’s total to around 110 crores.
As we know that South India is a major market for Hollywood releases in India, recent reports suggest that astronomical figures are being quoted for the film. As per sources, several top Telugu distributors are bidding Rs 100-150 crores to release the film in the two Telugu states.
It is an event film and is expected to release in over 3000 screens in India. Previous Hollywood movies like Doctor Strange 2, and Thor: 4 were released here in over 2500 screens.
Box office collection
The film Doctor Strange 2, which released in May 2022, had the fourth biggest ever opening in India for a Hollywood film. And now going by the buzz around Avatar 2 among Indian audiences, James Cameron’s film will be a strong contender in the list of highest opening day grossers of all time.
While it remains to be seen whether it will enter the top-5 Hollywood opening in India or not, advance bookings and unmatched craze point towards 30 Cr+ opening in India, 200 Cr+ lifetime.
Check out Hollywood’s highest opening day grossers (all time) in India below:
avengers: endgame , 53.10 crores)
Spider-Man – No Way Home , 32.67 crore)
avengers: infinity war , 31.30 crores)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , 28.35 crore)
Thor 4: ( 18.20 crores)
avatar 2 trailer
The trailer of Avatar The Way of Water has been released on the official social media handles of Avatar. It’s getting a lot of attention, check it out now.