{"id":356887,"date":"2026-01-06T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=405986"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:16:01","slug":"the-new-avatar-movie-has-just-broken-the-magical-barrier-at-the-global-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-new-avatar-movie-has-just-broken-the-magical-barrier-at-the-global-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Avatar movie has just broken the magical barrier at the global box office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The movie &#8220;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8221; has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office<\/strong>, solidifying James Cameron as the only director in history to achieve four consecutive hits that have grossed over $1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Released on December 19, 2025, the third installment of the saga has so far grossed approximately $1.083 billion, although it is still below its predecessors, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, which occupy the first and third places respectively in the ranking of the highest-grossing films of all time, with $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH is now projected to soar past $2 BILLION at the global box office \u2014 the THIRD time in a row the franchise hits this mark. <br><br>It has wrapped up its 3rd weekend with $1.08 billion, topping the original Avatar&#39;s $1.02B at the same frame. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dspobJhO5i\">pic.twitter.com\/dspobJhO5i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Global Box Office (@GlobalBoxOff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalBoxOff\/status\/2007924470397448568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The director of the golden eggs<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>In addition to &#8220;Avatar 3&#8221;, only two more movies have reached the milestone of $1 billion in 2025: a live-action adaptation of &#8220;Lilo &amp; Stitch&#8221;, which has grossed $1.038 billion, and &#8220;Zootopia 2&#8221;, which has set a new record with $1.558 billion and is still in theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Amid the critical and commercial success of &#8220;Avatar: Fire and Ash,&#8221; uncertainty about the future of the franchise persists. Cameron has expressed reservations about the possibility of developing more sequels after &#8220;Avatar 4,&#8221; scheduled to be released on December 21, 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">James Cameron is now the first director ever to have four films earn over $1B at the box office <br><br>\u25aa\ufe0f Titanic \u2014 $2.26B<br>\u25aa\ufe0f Avatar \u2014 $2.92B<br>\u25aa\ufe0f Avatar: The Way of Water \u2014 $2.34B<br>\u25aa\ufe0f Avatar: Fire and Ash \u2014 $1B <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcGRMhLSIA\">pic.twitter.com\/gcGRMhLSIA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ScreenTime (@screentime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/screentime\/status\/2007713470960357424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if the saga goes beyond this point. I hope it does,&#8221; said the famous director, hinting that he may not have the physical capacity to continue with projects of this magnitude for another six or seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For now, fans can delve into the universe of &#8220;Avatar&#8221; through analyses of the ending of &#8220;Fire and Ash&#8221; and the existence of post-credit scenes. With Cameron at the helm and a narrative that evolves, the saga seems to have much more to offer its audience in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie &#8220;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8221; has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, solidifying James Cameron as the only director in history to achieve four consecutive hits that have grossed over $1 billion. Released on December 19, 2025, the third installment of the saga has so far grossed approximately $1.083 billion, although it is still below its predecessors, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, which rank first and third respectively in the list of the highest-grossing films of all time, with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":356888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3918],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-356887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cine","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356896,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356887\/revisions\/356896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356887"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=356887"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=356887"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=356887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}