It took him less than a month to overwhelm the French box office. Avatar: The Way of the Water has attracted more than 6.87 million spectators since its release in mid-December in French cinemas. After a dazzling start, the work of James Cameron on the peregrinations of Jake Sully and his new family on planet Pandora dethrones Top Gun : Maverick as the most viewed film of the year 2022, its distributor Disney announced on Friday morning.
“Best result in 2022”
“With 559,147 admissions for the day on Thursday, Avatar: The Way of the Water reached 6,870,704 admissions last night. Best result of a film in 2022» since its theatrical release in mid-December, said Frédéric Monnereau, in charge of distribution at Disney, on Twitter.
If no one dares to bet on his final score, the new Avatar should continue to achieve several million admissions at the start of 2023. The first part, thirteen years ago, had attracted a total of 14.7 million spectators.
record filmmaker
On a global level, France offers James Cameron’s film, which has already exceeded one billion dollars in revenue, its third largest estimated income, behind the United States and China. Filmmaker of records, James Cameron is already the author, after Titanic, of the highest-grossing film to date, the first installment ofAvatar, approaching $2.9 billion in revenue.
Something to put a smile on the face of theater operators, after a year 2022 when part of the public was still lacking. The official figures for French cinema attendance will not be released until Monday, but attendance should still be down by around a quarter compared to before Covid.