{"id":298382,"date":"2026-02-23T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298382\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:01:08","slug":"joins-elite-group-of-five-hollywood-films-to-cross-170-million-in-china-in-the-2020s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298382\/","title":{"rendered":"Joins Elite Group Of Five Hollywood Films To Cross $170 Million In China In The 2020s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1262645 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avatar-fire-and-ash-box-office-update-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"Avatar: Fire And Ash Box Office Update\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>Avatar: Fire And Ash Box Office Update ( Photo Credit \u2013 Instagram )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a current worldwide total of $1.474 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/avatar-fire-and-ash-north-america-box-office-closing-in-on-dwayne-johnsons-blockbuster-that-earned-10x-its-budget\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a> now ranks as the seventh-highest-grossing film of the post-pandemic era and the sixteenth-highest-grossing movie of all time, according to Box Office Mojo. At present, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/box-office-james-cameron-hits-10-billion-worldwide-becomes-second-filmmaker-to-achieve-the-feat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Cameron<\/a>\u2019s epic sci-fi threequel trails Tom Cruise\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick ($1.496 billion) by roughly $22 million worldwide. The film is also about $26 million short of reaching the coveted $1.5 billion global milestone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If Avatar 3 maintains its strong weekday holds and steady weekend momentum, it has a realistic chance of achieving both benchmarks. At the domestic box office, Fire and Ash added $1.8 million during the February 20-22 weekend, pushing its North American total to $399.4 million. Overseas, the film\u2019s tenth weekend was even stronger, bringing in $5.3 million and lifting its massive international haul to $1.074 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avatar: Fire and Ash \u2013 Box Office Summary<\/p>\n<p>North America: $399.4 million<br \/>\nInternational: $1.074 billion<br \/>\nWorldwide: $1.474 billion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After North America, China is the film\u2019s biggest market, with $170.6 million in box office revenue so far. With this feat, Fire and Ash has become only the fifth Hollywood film of the 2020s to cross the $170 million mark in China, joining an elite group.<\/p>\n<p>2020s Hollywood Films With $170M+ China Earnings<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are the four Hollywood films that earned over $170 million at the Chinese box office in the current decade, before Avatar: Fire and Ash:<\/p>\n<p>Zootopia 2 (2025): $647.3 million<br \/>\nAvatar: The Way of Water (2022): $246.8 million<br \/>\nF9: The Fast Saga (2021): $216.9 million<br \/>\nGodzilla vs. Kong (2021): $188.7 million<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avatar: Fire and Ash joining this elite 2020s club highlights the franchise\u2019s strength in China, one of the most important overseas markets for Hollywood tentpoles. While it still trails well behind the massive benchmarks set by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/zootopia-2-north-america-box-office-disney-juggernaut-set-to-become-the-highest-grossing-film-of-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zootopia 2<\/a> and Avatar: The Way of Water, the threequel\u2019s current momentum suggests its China total could climb higher in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Avatar: Fire and Ash Plot<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avatar: Fire and Ash continues the journey of Marine-turned Na\u2019vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na\u2019vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Salda\u00f1a), and the Sully family\u2019s journey as they grapple with grief after the death of Neteyam. They soon encounter a hostile Na\u2019vi clan, the Ash People, led by the fiery tribe leader, Varang.<\/p>\n<p>Avatar: Fire and Ash \u2013 Trailer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a> and stories!<\/p>\n<p>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/psycho-killer-north-america-box-office-sam-raimi-comparisons-fade-as-new-horror-release-debuts-to-weak-1-6m-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Psycho Killer North America Box Office: Sam Raimi Comparisons Fade As New Horror Release Debuts To Weak $1.6M Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avatar: Fire And Ash Box Office Update ( Photo Credit \u2013 Instagram ) With a current worldwide total&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-298382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}