How expensive is 'Avatar 2'? James Cameron feels it has to be 'third highest grossing' film to break even

How expensive is 'Avatar 2'? James Cameron feels it has to be 'third highest grossing' film to break even
A still from James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images and 20th Century Studios)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In 2009, filmmaker James Cameron stunned the world when he came out with his ground-breaking creation ‘Avatar’. The movie shattered all the box office records and received universal acclaim for epic storytelling and the usage of technology that was never ever used in the history of cinema. The film went on to earn more than $2.9 billion globally on a massive production budget of $237 million. 13 years later, Cameron is set to enthrall us with another ‘Avatar’ movie, titled ‘Avatar: The Way of the Water’, and it turns out that the production budget of the upcoming film is so high that it has to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie of all time to break even.

In 2009, a production budget of $237 million was a huge thing and no other movie had this kind of budget behind it. However, Cameron was ready to take a chance and when the movie came out, it surpassed all expectations and turned out to be a pivotal moment in his career. ‘Avatar’ became the first film ever to cross the $2 billion mark at the box office and won three Academy Awards. The movie was responsible for encouraging other production companies to use 3D technology and release films in 3D. However, it seems Cameron is ready to take it to a whole new level with the second movie in the franchise because the latest movie is just “very f***ing expensive.”

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