“Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records.
The second and third paragraphs outline it in terms of box office, but it’s basically good. The Christmas holiday season is also different when looking at films and their opening weekend. People are more likely to wait and see a film at/around Christmas proper, aka this upcoming week. The lower review scores might cause a slightly lower turnout, but most people know what to expect and probably aren’t dissuaded.
Will Avatar 3 break box office records? Probably not. Will it make enough money that James Cameron will get to make Avatar 4 & 5? Likely.
I was under the impression that he had enough money to self finance Avatar 4 + 5 if need be and was not going to be dissuaded from making them one way or the other
Publicly Cameron has been saying he is going to wait and see how 3 does before he announces 4 and 5. He likely has the money to self finance them, although they are expensive films, like some of the most expensive films, so it’s really probably Disney or whomever who is waiting.
I think if it bombed completely, he might have paused and made some changes to the upcoming films before moving forward.
But in the long run 4 and 5 are probably getting made regardless.
That’s a fair take on things. Thanks for the insight. I figure anyone who can build a submarine company and an ocean explorer vessel and some hologram data visualization system and whatever else sort of shenanigans he is up to, has a very different set of concerns around money than most of us do
Turns out I was wrong, Lightstorm Entertainment is who produces the film and owns the Avatar production technology, and that company is owned by James Cameron.
It’s Fox who does the distribution, and Fox’s parent company is of course Disney.
So Cameron is just waiting for it to be an actual success before announcing the sequels (although they seem to already have release dates.)
Avatar 2 & 3 shot together (or back to back) and that’s the same plan for Avatar 4 & 5, so waiting a few weeks isn’t really a big deal. Plus various planning is already underway, so it’ll really just be an “announcement” that everyone expects.
The second and third paragraphs outline it in terms of box office, but it’s basically good. The Christmas holiday season is also different when looking at films and their opening weekend. People are more likely to wait and see a film at/around Christmas proper, aka this upcoming week. The lower review scores might cause a slightly lower turnout, but most people know what to expect and probably aren’t dissuaded.
Will Avatar 3 break box office records? Probably not. Will it make enough money that James Cameron will get to make Avatar 4 & 5? Likely.
I was under the impression that he had enough money to self finance Avatar 4 + 5 if need be and was not going to be dissuaded from making them one way or the other
Publicly Cameron has been saying he is going to wait and see how 3 does before he announces 4 and 5. He likely has the money to self finance them, although they are expensive films, like some of the most expensive films, so it’s really probably Disney or whomever who is waiting.
I think if it bombed completely, he might have paused and made some changes to the upcoming films before moving forward.
But in the long run 4 and 5 are probably getting made regardless.
That’s a fair take on things. Thanks for the insight. I figure anyone who can build a submarine company and an ocean explorer vessel and some hologram data visualization system and whatever else sort of shenanigans he is up to, has a very different set of concerns around money than most of us do
Turns out I was wrong, Lightstorm Entertainment is who produces the film and owns the Avatar production technology, and that company is owned by James Cameron.
It’s Fox who does the distribution, and Fox’s parent company is of course Disney.
So Cameron is just waiting for it to be an actual success before announcing the sequels (although they seem to already have release dates.)
Avatar 2 & 3 shot together (or back to back) and that’s the same plan for Avatar 4 & 5, so waiting a few weeks isn’t really a big deal. Plus various planning is already underway, so it’ll really just be an “announcement” that everyone expects.