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James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has outperformed at the box office when it comes to 3D showings and premium format ticket sales.

For the first time in almost two months, the box office doesn’t belong to blue people.

For the first time in almost two months, the box office doesn't belong to blue people. After seven weeks as the top film in theaters, “Avatar: The Way of Water” was finally knocked out of the No. 1 spot by the M. Night Shyamalan thriller “Knock at the Cabin” and the octogenarian comedy “80 for Brady." “Knock at the Cabin,” a home invasion horror film with an apocalyptic riff, dethroned James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic with $14.2 million in ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million according to studio estimates on Sunday.

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James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” led ticket sales in movies theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009′s “Avatar.”.

Disney's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has topped $2 billion at the global box office, marking the second James Cameron film to reach this benchmark.

New movies like “Plane” and “House Party” were no match for “Avatar: The Way of Water” and the killer doll horror “M3GAN” at the box office this weekend.

The director's latest, "Avatar: The Way of Water," is now the seventh highest-grossing movie ever.

The Blumhouse evil-doll horror film “M3gan” got off to a killer start, debuting with $30.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, while “Avatar: The Way of Water” continued its box-office reign in the top spot.

"Avatar: The Way of Water" has surpassed "Maverick's" box office haul in just its first three weeks in theaters, raking in an astonishing $1.51 billion worldwide since Dec. 16 according to Box Office Mojo data. Box office watchers don't expect "Avatar 2" to slow down any time soon. Along with the original "Avatar" ($2.92 billion) and "Titanic" ($2.2 billion), Cameron has now directed three of the 10 biggest blockbusters ever. "The first movie famously just kept going and going and going." "Avatar's" box office dominance wasn't a given from the outset.

"Avatar: Way of Water" has brought in some $63M over the holiday weekend and now has made more than $400M domestically and more than $1.3B globally.

"Avatar: Way of Water" has brought in some $63M over the holiday weekend and now has made more than $400M domestically and more than $1.3B globally.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is the box office king for a third straight week, and shows no sign of slowing down.

"Avatar" director James Cameron said he would not want to make movies "Terminator" and "Aliens," which he says are guilty of “fetishizing the gun.”

Worldwide ticket sales for Disney and James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" have topped $1 billion.

Film critic Peter Travers shared his ranking of the best 10 movies of 2022.

James Cameron explains the \"fine line\" he and his team walked between celebrating and appropriating culture in Avatar: The Way of Water.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” sailed to the top of the box office in its second weekend.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water" sailed to the top of the box office in its second weekend, bringing in a strong $58 million in North America that suggests it may stay afloat into the new year and approach the massive expectations that met its release. James Cameron's digital extravaganza for 20th Century Studios has made $253.7 million domestically in its first 10 days of release, compared to $212.7 million in the same stretch for 2009's first “Avatar,” which would go on to become the highest-grossing film of all time. While Cameron's films like the “Avatar” original and “Titanic” tend to have serious legs at the box office, sequels tend to open big and decline quickly, complicating guesses on where the film will end up.

DK Publishing has released the new companion book "The Art of Avatar: The Way of Water" to the smash hit sci-fi film.

This weekend will go a long way in determining whether James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" will have a dominant box-office run.

Writer Shaznay Martin slammed the 'Avatar' franchise and director James Cameron for alleged 'racism' and messages of colonialism in the films.

The problematic pitfalls of the first “Avatar” movie reappear in the sequel, Indigenous critics say, namely in its portrayal of the movie’s alien species.

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Entertainment journalist Kathia Woods claimed on Twitter that the “Avatar” film series is guilty of “cultural appropriation” by casting White actors as the fictional Na’vi aliens.

Director James Cameron says he's commissioned a study about the door scene that will be released in February alongside a remastered version of the 1997 film.

Analysts pegged the long-awaited "Avatar" sequel as a box office winner for Disney and are viewing the holiday season as a make-or-break period for the film.

James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" is technically brilliant and visually stunning, but it's overlong and riddled with cliches.

Cameron told BBC Radio 1 that Damon should stop "beating himself up" for turning down the lead role and an offer of 10% of profits from "Avatar."

The blockbuster hit theaters on Dec. 19, 1997. Since then, fans have debated whether Jack could have survived on the makeshift raft. Now Cameron says a forensic analysis rules that out definitively.

"Avatar: The Way of Water" fell short of box office expectations, but international ticket sales spark hope that the sequel could still pull in a substantial haul.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” didn’t make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron’s big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend.

'Avatar 2' has come in under expectations on its opening weekend. But, like its predecessor, it may end up being a longer-term hit.

"I actually don't believe that we would have survived if we had both gotten on that door," she said on the "Happy, Sad, Confused" podcast.

James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" snared $17 million during early screenings on its way toward a $175 million opening weekend.

"Avatar 2" is an eye-popping, jaw-dropping, shoot-the-works spectacle that fills the screen to bursting.

Kate Winslet showed a bit of her competitive nature on the set of "Avatar: The Way of Water" after she came up for air while filming. She broke a record held by Tom Cruise.

Kate Winslet chats with USA TODAY's Patrick Ryan about working with James Cameron and breaking a Tom Cruise record on "Avatar: The Way of Water."

Critics say James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water," is a stunning piece of cinema. It scored a "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Director James Cameron said that his new "Avatar" film focuses in on female empowerment and portrays pregnant women hunting and heading off into battle.

Director James Cameron’s mega-budget sci-fi fantasy 'Avatar: The Way of Water' arrives in theaters on Friday (Dec. 16).

The long-awaited sequel "Avatar: The Way of Water" is set to snare between $150 million and $175 million domestically during its opening weekend.

The highly anticipated sequel to James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ is a sometimes-beautiful bore.

James Cameron’s sequel to his 2009 epic is proof that cinematic wonder still exists.

Thirteen years after the original “Avatar” and five years after production started on its sequel, “The Way of Water,” James Cameron is finally unveiling the long-awaited follow-up to the highest grossing film of all-time.

James Cameron shared his thoughts on Marvel films' special effects. The "Avatar" director claimed the Marvel films aren't "even close" to being as good as his sequel.

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This latest preview for the "Avatar" sequel reveals magical aquatic creatures and a brewing culture clash

Cameron says that in order for the second 'Avatar' film to turn a profit it would "have to be the third or fourth highest grossing film in history."

"Titanic" filmmaker James Cameron recalled the time when actor Leonardo DiCaprio was "just so negative," and he almost did not call him back for auditions.

"Titanic" director James Cameron said Leonardo DiCaprio "charmed everybody" at first, but then refused to read lines with Kate Winslet.

Disney's "Avatar: The Way of Water" will be released in China on Dec. 16.

The final trailer for "Avatar: The Way of Water" premiered during Monday Night Football on ESPN.

'Avatar: The Way of Water' just a second full trailer ahead of its Dec. 2022 release from 20th Century Studios.

A first look at the new trailer for "Avatar: The Way of Water" premiered on "Good Morning America" Wednesday.

James Cameron said that Marvel and DC characters don't experience "things that really ground us and give us power, love, and a purpose."

This December, we’ll be returning to Pandora after more than a decade of waiting. Here’s everything we know about Avatar 2, from the plot to its cast and crew.

“Avatar” is James Cameron’s sci-fi epic from 2009, which recently received a remastered, theatrical re-release in 4K HDR. The film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver. The story follows a group of humans who are colonizing the planet of Pandora and mining for a rare mineral called unobtanium while...

Thirteen years ago, James Cameron’s 3-D epic shook the industry—not necessarily for the better.

After off-screen drama threatened to consume Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” the Warner Bros.

Thirteen years after James Cameron plunged moviegoers into the cosmic world of “Avatar,” the lush, distant moon of Pandora is finally orbiting back into view.

For the first time in three years, the fall movie industrial complex is lurching back into high gear.

After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time.

Anupam Tripathi said his grandfather sometimes read his palm and told him he’d be rich one day.

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FILE - In this May 6, 2017, file photo, Sean Parker arrives at an event in Culver City, Calif. Tech billionaire Sean Parker has been approved by New Zealand authorities to buy a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson's visual effects studio. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)WELLINGTON – New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parker’s purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson’s visual effects studio. Parker needed special permission from the Overseas Investment Office because he isn’t a New Zealand resident and the Weta Digital studio is worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars ($71 million). Weta will issue new shares for Parker, diluting Jackson's stake. In 2016, Parker and Akkaraju founded a video-on-demand startup called Screening Room, which this year relaunched as SR Labs.

NEW YORK – The Pixar film “Soul” will skip theaters and instead premiere on Disney+ on Christmas, the Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday, sending one of the fall's last big movies straight to streaming. The successive delays of the film industry's would-be blockbusters has only made the dire circumstances of movie theaters more acute. Without aid, the organization said, 69% of small and mid-sized movie theater companies will close or go bankrupt. “The stark reality is that many movie theaters will not be able to open again if they don’t receive government help,” says Esther Baruh, director of government relations for the association. It recently announced that it would lay off 28,000 workers, most of them at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

This image released by National Geographic shows circular Phumdis floating atop Laktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, from the two-part special "India From Above," narrated by actor Dev Patel. Second was the offer to celebrate Indias culture and civilizations by narrating a National Geographic special, India From Above, which airs Sept. 30. It was incredible to be able to make some art in a way, to voice this beautiful thing, linked up to India, said Patel. Patel frequently films in India, but high above the crowd is not a perspective hes used to. How people find a way in India, no matter how hard the condition is, he said.