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James Cameron’s hugely ambitious Avatar franchise boasts one of the most extraordinary box-office records in cinema history. The first film amassed a staggering $2.924 billion worldwide and continues to hold the crown as the highest-grossing movie of all time (Box Office Mojo). Its follow-up, Avatar: The Way of Water, proved to be yet another box office giant, earning $2.344 billion globally, placing it third only after Avengers: Endgame ($2.799 billion).
With Avatar: Fire and Ash currently playing in theaters, box-office observers are closely tracking its theatrical performance to see whether it can replicate the unprecedented success of its predecessors and breach the $2 billion milestone.
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Box Office Summary
- North America: $216.9 million
- International: $544.7 million
- Worldwide: $761.6 million
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While the road ahead remains long and the final outcome rather uncertain, the Avatar trilogy has already delivered a rare and historic global box-office legacy: one that very few trilogies in cinema history have achieved. So, where does James Cameron’s sci-fi epic currently stand among cinema’s most lucrative franchises? Let’s take a closer look at the top five highest-grossing film trilogies of all time and see how Avatar stacks up against some of the biggest box-office giants in history.
Top 5 Highest-Grossing Film Trilogies of All Time
These are the top five highest-grossing film trilogies of all time, based on cumulative worldwide box-office earnings, according to data compiled by Slash Film:
- Avatar Trilogy: $6.029 billion
- Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: $4.48 billion
- Jurassic World Trilogy: $3.98 billion
- Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Trilogy: $3.96 billion
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: $2.96 billion
As the figures show, the Avatar franchise has already emerged as the highest-grossing film trilogy in box-office history, despite its third installment still playing in theaters. With a staggering $6.029 billion worldwide, it holds a significant lead over the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which grossed $4.48 billion globally.
In percentage terms, Avatar sits approximately 34.6% ahead of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, an extraordinary margin at this level of box-office competition. In absolute numbers, the gap amounts to nearly $1.55 billion. The distance grows even more striking when compared to other blockbuster trilogies like Jurassic World ($3.98 billion) and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy ($3.96 billion).
Avatar Trilogy’s Estimated Total Earnings
With the third installment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, still playing in theaters, its final worldwide total is yet to be determined. Assuming the film finishes its global run somewhere between $1.5 and $2 billion, and lands around the midpoint of $1.75 billion, the Avatar trilogy’s cumulative box-office earnings would rise to approximately $7 billion worldwide.
Reaching that milestone would push Avatar even further ahead as the highest-grossing trilogy in box-office history, setting a benchmark that very few franchises are likely to approach anytime soon.
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