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2025 • PG-13 • 3h 17m • Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure • 20th Century Studios

Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$89.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$404.34M

Week 16

Worldwide total

$1.490B

$1.086B international

Budget$350M

Domestic legs4.53x

2025 rank#4

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Cameron filmography

James Cameron

James Cameron Director

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington Starring

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang Starring

ScreenplayJames Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Produced byJames Cameron, Jon Landau, Jamie Landau, Rae Sanchini CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicSimon Franglen Prod. DesignBen Procter, Dylan Cole SeriesAvatar

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$396M–$431M

$361M $413M $466M

$404.34M so far

The prediction model updated after a -29% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $361M–$466M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$268M

Baseline

Sci-Fi Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening

+4%

CinemaScore

A: Sci-Fi avg is A-

+3%

Audience

Strong — RT 83%, LB 3.60, IMDB 7.6

+31%

Seasonality

Christmas

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+11%

2nd Weekend

-29% drop

-4%

Genre

Sci-Fi Sequel legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19–21 (opening) #1 $89.2M — 3,800 $23,463 $89.2M

2 Dec 26–28 #1 $63.1M −29.2% 3,800 $16,602 $216.9M

3 Jan 2–4 #1 $41.4M −34.3% 3,835 $10,800 $307.7M

4 Jan 9–11 #1 $21.5M −48.1% 3,700 $5,811 $342.8M

5 Jan 16–18 #1 $14.5M −32.6% 3,300 $4,390 $364.7M

6 Jan 23–25 #2 $6.4M −55.8% 3,150 $2,034 $377.9M

7 Jan 30–Feb 1 #5 $5.6M −11.8% 2,800 $2,017 $386.3M

8 Feb 6–8 #8 $3.5M −38.6% 2,365 $1,467 $391.5M

9 Feb 13–15 #8 $3.5M +1.1% 1,650 $2,127 $396.3M

10 Feb 20–22 #10 $1.8M −49.2% 1,335 $1,335 $399.4M

11 Feb 27–Mar 1 #11 $1.3M −25.2% 1,225 $1,088 $401.3M

12 Mar 6–8 #12 $727.8K −45.4% 650 $1,119 $402.6M

13 Mar 13–15 #15 $483.0K −33.6% 430 $1,123 $403.3M

14 Mar 20–22 #14 $275.4K −43% 250 $1,101 $403.9M

15 Mar 27–29 #16 $179.3K −34.9% 175 $1,024 $404.2M

16 Apr 3–5 15 $60.3K −66% 80 $754 $404.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 19 #1 $36.5M — $36.5M 3,800 $9,601 1

Sat Dec 20 #1 $28.4M −22% $64.9M 3,800 $7,477 2

Sun Dec 21 #1 $24.3M −15% $89.2M 3,800 $6,384 3

Mon Dec 22 #1 $13.3M −45% $102.5M 3,800 $3,505 4

Tue Dec 23 #1 $16.5M +24% $119.0M 3,800 $4,344 5

Wed Dec 24 #1 $10.7M −35% $129.7M 3,800 $2,825 6

Thu Dec 25 #1 $24.1M +124% $153.8M 3,800 $6,341 7

Fri Dec 26 #1 $22.7M −6% −38% $176.5M 3,800 $5,978 8

Sat Dec 27 #1 $22.4M −2% −21% $198.9M 3,800 $5,886 9

Sun Dec 28 #1 $18.0M −20% −26% $216.9M 3,800 $4,737 10

Mon Dec 29 #1 $11.1M −39% −17% $228.0M 3,800 $2,913 11

Tue Dec 30 #1 $14.2M +28% −14% $242.2M 3,800 $3,739 12

Wed Dec 31 #1 $8.2M −43% −24% $250.4M 3,800 $2,147 13

Thu Jan 1 #1 $15.9M +95% −34% $266.3M 3,800 $4,185 14

Fri Jan 2 #1 $14.0M −12% −38% $280.3M 3,835 $3,659 15

Sat Jan 3 #1 $16.3M +16% −27% $296.6M 3,835 $4,259 16

Sun Jan 4 #1 $11.0M −32% −39% $307.7M 3,835 $2,880 17

Mon Jan 5 #1 $3.7M −67% −67% $311.3M 3,835 $953 18

Tue Jan 6 #1 $4.5M +24% −68% $315.9M 3,835 $1,181 19

Wed Jan 7 #1 $2.9M −36% −65% $318.7M 3,835 $752 20

Thu Jan 8 #1 $2.5M −12% −84% $321.3M 3,835 $662 21

Fri Jan 9 #1 $5.1M +100% −64% $326.4M 3,700 $1,373 22

Sat Jan 10 #1 $9.9M +95% −39% $336.3M 3,700 $2,681 23

Sun Jan 11 #1 $6.5M −35% −41% $342.8M 3,700 $1,756 24

Mon Jan 12 #1 $1.6M −75% −55% $344.4M 3,700 $443 25

Tue Jan 13 #1 $2.6M +57% −43% $347.0M 3,700 $693 26

Wed Jan 14 #1 $1.7M −33% −40% $348.7M 3,700 $467 27

Thu Jan 15 #1 $1.5M −14% −42% $350.2M 3,700 $400 28

Fri Jan 16 #2 $3.2M +115% −37% $353.4M 3,300 $966 29

Sat Jan 17 #1 $6.0M +88% −40% $359.4M 3,300 $1,814 30

Sun Jan 18 #1 $5.3M −11% −18% $364.7M 3,300 $1,609 31

Mon Jan 19 #2 $3.4M −35% +110% $368.1M 3,300 $1,042 32

Tue Jan 20 #1 $1.5M −55% −40% $369.7M 3,300 $465 33

Wed Jan 21 #1 $1.0M −34% −41% $370.7M 3,300 $306 34

Thu Jan 22 #1 $802.8K −21% −46% $371.5M 3,300 $243 35

Fri Jan 23 #2 $1.7M +116% −46% $373.2M 3,150 $550 36

Sat Jan 24 #2 $3.1M +80% −48% $376.4M 3,150 $991 37

Sun Jan 25 #2 $1.5M −50% −71% $377.9M 3,150 $491 38

Mon Jan 26 #2 $612.5K −60% −82% $378.5M 3,150 $194 39

Tue Jan 27 #2 $906.5K +48% −41% $379.4M 3,150 $287 40

Wed Jan 28 #2 $652.9K −28% −36% $380.1M 3,150 $207 41

Thu Jan 29 #2 $554.7K −15% −31% $380.6M 3,150 $176 42

Fri Jan 30 #7 $1.3M +125% −28% $381.9M 2,800 $446 43

Sat Jan 31 #4 $2.6M +108% −17% $384.5M 2,800 $927 44

Sun Feb 1 #4 $1.8M −31% +16% $386.3M 2,800 $643 45

Mon Feb 2 #5 $389.6K −78% −36% $386.7M 2,800 $139 46

Tue Feb 3 #5 $598.9K +54% −34% $387.3M 2,800 $213 47

Wed Feb 4 #5 $391.5K −35% −40% $387.7M 2,800 $139 48

Thu Feb 5 #5 $377.3K −4% −32% $388.0M 2,800 $134 49

Fri Feb 6 #10 $824.3K +118% −34% $388.9M 2,365 $348 50

Sat Feb 7 #6 $1.9M +127% −28% $390.7M 2,365 $790 51

Sun Feb 8 #5 $777.5K −58% −57% $391.5M 2,365 $328 52

Mon Feb 9 #8 $298.0K −62% −24% $391.8M 2,365 $126 53

Tue Feb 10 #7 $410.7K +38% −31% $392.2M 2,365 $173 54

Wed Feb 11 #6 $301.9K −26% −23% $392.5M 2,365 $127 55

Thu Feb 12 #5 $249.9K −17% −34% $392.8M 2,365 $105 56

Fri Feb 13 #11 $555.9K +122% −33% $393.3M 1,650 $336 57

Sat Feb 14 #7 $1.9M +237% +0% $395.2M 1,650 $1,135 58

Sun Feb 15 #7 $1.1M −42% +39% $396.3M 1,650 $654 59

Mon Feb 16 #7 $641.5K −41% +115% $396.9M 1,650 $388 60

Tue Feb 17 #9 $314.4K −51% −23% $397.2M 1,650 $190 61

Wed Feb 18 #10 $212.6K −32% −30% $397.4M 1,650 $128 62

Thu Feb 19 #10 $195.8K −8% −22% $397.6M 1,650 $118 63

Fri Feb 20 #12 $405.3K +107% −27% $398.0M 1,335 $303 64

Sat Feb 21 #10 $863.8K +113% −54% $398.9M 1,335 $647 65

Sun Feb 22 #10 $513.6K −41% −52% $399.4M 1,335 $384 66

Mon Feb 23 #10 $130.1K −75% −80% $399.6M 1,335 $97 67

Tue Feb 24 #10 $196.7K +51% −37% $399.8M 1,335 $147 68

Wed Feb 25 #12 $142.2K −28% −33% $399.9M 1,335 $106 69

Thu Feb 26 #11 $112.9K −21% −42% $400.0M 1,335 $84 70

Fri Feb 27 #12 $277.0K +145% −32% $400.3M 1,225 $226 71

Sat Feb 28 #11 $625.7K +126% −28% $400.9M 1,225 $510 72

Sun Mar 1 #10 $430.3K −31% −16% $401.3M 1,225 $351 73

Wed Apr 15 $2.0K −30.0% $404.3M 35 $58 118

Thu Apr 16 $1.7K −15.0% −51.0% $404.3M 35 $50 119

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$400.0M

Dec 19Jan 5Jan 23Feb 9Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M

$89.2M

$63.1M

$41.4M

$21.5M

$14.5M

$6.4M

$5.6M

$3.5M

$3.5M

$1.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,835 → 1,335 −65.2%

3,800 open1,335 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.2%

−29.2%

W1→2

−34.3%

W2→3

−48.1%

W3→4

−32.6%

W4→5

−55.8%

W5→6

−11.8%

W6→7

−38.6%

W7→8

+1.1%

W8→9

−49.2%

W9→10

Steepest −55.8%Biggest gain +1.1%

Run milestones

$400M in 70 days

$100M

Day 4

Dec 22

$200M

Day 10

Dec 28

$300M

Day 17

Jan 4

$400M

Day 70

Feb 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $89.2M #7 Biggest December openingsAll-time $89.2M #12 Fastest to $1B worldwideAll-time 18 days #15 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −29.2% #17 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.490B

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