“Avatar 2: The Water Path″: How much money do you need to raise to recoup your investment?

After its arrival in theaters, in December 2009, “Avatar” drew millions of viewers around the world. The tape tells the story of Jake Sullyan ex-marine who travels to Pandora along with scientists, soldiers and members of a company to exploit the reserves of a rare mineral on the planet.

The team has developed a system of ‘avatars’ through which they transfer human consciousness to hybrid bodies of humans and Na’vi, the native population. At first Sully must infiltrate the Na’vi and gather useful information to drive them out, but then he joins them in defending Pandora from those who brought him there in the first place.

In the script, beyond a story of love, friendship and rebellion, Cameron addressed aspects such as colonization and environmental conservation.

“My sources were the entire history of the migration of European civilization to the new world, whether that new world was Australia, New Zealand, South America, or North America.Cameron told Variety in 2019.It is a summary of the colonial period. And basically some kind of conquest of the new world at the expense of all the indigenous peoples.”.

Cameron assured that it was a long and bloody story and that viewers could see the references. “But it is also a film about the environment and connects with the fact that the remaining indigenous people, especially in the tropical salvos, are guardians of nature. Our guardians of wisdom. They know the correct way in which human beings must live in balance with our natural world.”.

the highest grossing

Entrance to entrance, “Avatar” went up in the ranking of the highest grossing films until at the end of January 2010, it became the highest-grossing film in history, ahead of “Titanic”, released in 1997 and also directed by Cameron.

In July 2019, “Avengers: Endgame” snatched the crown, but the return of the tape to theaters before the release of the sequel has put it back on top with, according to Box Office Mojo, with 2 thousand 923 million dollars, compared to 2 thousand 797 million from the delivery of Marvel superheroes.

The sequel returns to Pandora years after the outcome of the first, when Sully and Neytiri, the Na’vi with whom the ex-marine falls in love, have already formed a family. “The story is about family, about our families trying to stay together and how far we go to protect each other and the place where we live.”, Sigourney Weaver told Variety last September.

Weaver, who played the deceased Dr. Grace Augustine in the first installment, returns in “They Way of Water” as Kiri, a teenage adopted daughter of the couple. Also reprising Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri and Sam Worthington as Sully.

“The Way of Water” is just Cameron’s first stop on his return to Pandora. “four is a bomb”, Cameron told Empire last July. “I really hope I can make it. But it depends on market forces. The third one is done, so it will come out anyway. I hope we get to be able to do four and five because ultimately it’s a great story.”.

Investment and costs

According to sources from The Hollywood Reporter, “Avatar 2″ it has a budget of between $350 million and $400 million, which ranks it among the most expensive films ever made or the most expensive film in Hollywood history.

In an interview with GQ ahead of the sequel’s release, Cameron described it as a “very fucking expensive” movie, even calling it “the worst business case in movie history.”

“#Avatar: The Way Of Water” has to become the ‘third or fourth’ highest-grossing film to be profitable,” the filmmaker said, meaning he has to earn $2 billion at the global box office.

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