Avatar: The Way Of Water hits the $1BILLION mark
Daily MailAvatar's sequel, The Way Of Water, will cross the $1billion mark on Tuesday night, which is just 13 days after its global release. Big money: Avatar's sequel, The Way of Water, will cross the $1billion mark on Tuesday just 13 days after its global release They made the movie a hit: Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, James Cameron, Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington on December 4 in London The movie claimed the top spot for the second straight week in a row with $19.5 million grossed over the holiday weekend. Going strong: Deadline reported on Tuesday morning that the movie already made over $900million over Christmas weekend Avatar's director James Cameron said the film, which tied with The Batman as the fourth highest domestic debut of the year needs to earn $2 billion to break even. Some box office analysts predicted that Avatar: The Way of Water could be just the fourth December release to cross the $200 million opening weekend threshold. Huge budget: Avatar's director James Cameron said the film needs to earn $2 billion to break even; seen with his wife Suzy Amis on December 6 in London Alan Bergman, Chairman of Disney Studios Content,, Brendan Cowell, Jamie Flatters, Jack Champion, Jon Landau, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Zoe Saldana, Bailey Bass, Sam Worthington, Joel David Moore and Steve Asbell on December 6 While most films drop off 50% or more in its second weekend and beyond, Avatar dropped just 1.8% in its second weekend and 9.4% in its third weekend, never dropping more than 50% until its 16th weekend of its 34-week run.