The sequel Avatar, titled Avatar 2: The Way of the Water directed by James Cameron, will be released on December 14, 2022 in theaters. In the meantime, the first film Avatar was released in theaters on Wednesday September 21, 2022, thirteen years after its original release. A remastered version for the biggest happiness for the fans. With nearly 564,979 admissions in two weeks, Avatar, the 2009 blockbuster is still a hit at the box office.
The humanist and eco-friendly feature film denounced the looting of natural resources. “Like his statement is universal, it has made it possible to raise the awareness of the greatest number of people about the protection of the environment”recount Zoe Saldanaactress in Avatar. In cinema, the film had been a popular phenomenon around the world.
At its output, Avatar was a technological feat in 3D. The characters, large blue creatures, followed the movements of actors covered with sensors. In the midst of a crisis in attendance, cinemas are therefore relying heavily on the continuation of this saga.
With 229,620 admissions recorded the week of September 28 to October 5, 2022,James Cameron’s film is slightly ahead of Smile. The psychological horror film came second with 226,686 admissions. French comedy Twins but not too many completes the podium with more than 210,000 admissions for its first week on screens.
The Palme d’Or at the last Cannes Film Festival, Without Filtera satire of the ultra-rich and class relations in Western societies, with humor as Marxist as it is corrosive, ranked 4th, with some 180,000 tickets sold, according to figures published Wednesday by Cbo-Box Office.
This feature film by Ruben Östlund thus made a better start than The Squareanother film by the Swedish director who also won the Palme d’Or in 2017 and attracted just over 125,000 people to French theaters for its first week.