However, as reported by Variety, Avatar was re-released in theaters across China this weekend, where it grossed $ 3.5 million on Friday and raised the film’s total to $ 2.7926. Box office watchers expect the Avatar total to be at the top again once the weekend’s totals are counted.
The Chinese film agency has requested that popular films, such as Avatar, be re-released as a way to help reopen the cinema. Avatar was a success in the country, raising US $ 206 million when it was launched there in 2010.
Avatar’s gross record was helped earlier, when the film was re-released in theaters in 2010 with an extended theatrical cut. This relaunch added $ 33.2 million to Avatar’s box office earnings.
Ultimately, the big winner here is Disney, which now owns Avatar after the acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019. Regardless of whether Avatar or Avengers Endgame is the highest grossing film of all time, both are Disney properties, along with six other 10 highest grossing films of all time.
Meanwhile, James Cameron is working on two more Avatar sequences scheduled for 2022 and 2024, respectively. And Marvel’s Phase 4 began thanks to its WandaVision TV debuts and the upcoming Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Matt TM Kim is the news editor at IGN.