Even After a Decade of Release Avatar is Still the Highest Grossing Movie of All Time! Read to Find Out Why?

James Cameron's Avatar is the highest-grossing movie of all time, among other records at the box office. It became the first movie to gross more than $2 billion in 2009 and finished its initial theatrical run with gross receipts of $2.749 billion. Additionally, the movie set records for the biggest domestic opening weekend for a franchise-free movie and the biggest opening weekend for an environmentalist movie. It had been dominating the domestic box office for seven weeks.

The enormous box office hit was surpassed as the highest-grossing movie in 2019 by Avengers: Endgame, which earned $2.797 billion worldwide. Avatar, however, reclaimed its title and established itself with a cumulative gross of $2.847 billion following a 2021 re-release in China. Avatar was re-released in theatres on September 23, 2022, by 20th Century Fox in anticipation of the release of Avatar: The Way of Water. With $10 million, it dethroned other significant re-releases like Spider-Man: No Way Home and Jaws to claim third place. The re-release of Avatar brought in $30 million globally, making it the most successful film at the box office and increasing its already illustrious take to $2.85 billion.

The movie is still incredibly relevant and adored by millions of people after more than 12 years. awaiting the sequel films, the second and third of which began production in 2017 and will hit theatres in 2022 and 2024, respectively. But why was this 2009 fantasy adventure movie so well-liked? It turned out to be a surprise hit that has managed the amazing feat of remaining relevant almost 12 years after everyone expected it to be a bomb.