‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Scores $345M Worldwide Opening

Opening within industry projections, but on the low end of those projections, Avatar: Fire and Ash opened at the worldwide box office this past weekend. Outlets such as Deadline Hollywood had the film possibly opening to up to $380M or as low as $340M.

Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives at a $345M worldwide opening, a whopping $90M below the opening of Avatar: The Way of Water, which came in at $435M in its first weekend. That film went on to gross $2.3B with approximate legs of 5.25x. If we applied those legs to Avatar: Fire and Ash‘s opening, it would gross $1.81B. A step down from both prior Avatar films, but still enough to place it as the 9th highest grossing film worldwide ever, surpassing Inside Out 2.

Avatar: Fire and Ash is the conclusion to the first trilogy within the Avatar franchise, concluding the first part of the story told within the first three films, continuing on where we left off in Avatar: The Way of Water. The film sees Jake (Sam Worthington) and the Sully family move with the Wind traders to the mountains of Pandora before facing the nefarious Ash clan, led by the vicious Varang (Oona Chaplin) who later aligns herself with Quaritch (Stephen Lang) and the RDA, forcing the Na’vi to unite against a bigger evil.

Only time will tell if Avatar: Fire and Ash‘s worldwide gross will have as good legs as its predecessor, but given the audience reception, an ‘A’ CinemaScore, and other factors, its looking hopeful that the film will be able to carry itself through the Christmas holiday period.

Avatar: Fire and Ash features an ensemble cast consisting of Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Sigourney Weaver, Bailey Bass, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Trinity Bliss, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Jamie Flatters, and David Thewlis.

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