Avatar: The Way Of Water expected to earn $525M with global opening but needs $2B to break even

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James Cameron's sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water is poised to revive the global box office from its current dry spell.The anticipated blockbuster currently has an opening-weekend global outlook of a whopping $525 million, Deadline reported on Tuesday.That's significantly more just for the opening than some superhero films like Shang-Chi or Black Adam have earned to date, indicating massive interest from audience goers.Cameron, who had to skip Monday night's Hollywood premiere after testing positive for Covid-19, previously said in a GQ profile that Avatar: The Way Of Water would have to earn somewhere north of $2 billion just to break even on its $350–400 million budget and millions more spend on advertising and distribution.

Stunning haul: James Cameron's sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water is expected to earn $525 million in it's opening box office, Deadline reported on Tuesday; still from the filmThe first Avatar film, which premiered in 2009, went on to make $2.9 billion.A recent rerelease of the film with a 4K remaster and new high frame rate segments in some versions helped to earn another $75 million globally, while China will add to that total after rereleasing the film in theaters ahead of the sequel's debut.

According to Deadline, The Way Of Water will have the widest global release ever for Disney (which owns 20th Century Studios).

It plans to put out Avatar 2 on more than 52K screens, even more than Avengers: Endgame was released on.The film is expected to earn around $175 million for its opening in the US and Canada, while overseas screenings may bring in an additional $350 million.Among that $350 million figure, fully $100 million are expected to come from China, though unease over Covid cases and fatigue around.