{"id":353479,"date":"2026-01-05T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/353479\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:04:11","slug":"fire-and-ash-delivers-james-camerons-fourth-consecutive-billion-dollar-grossing-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/353479\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Ash delivers James Cameron’s fourth consecutive billion dollar-grossing movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He became the first director to break the billion dollar mark at the box office with 1997\u2019s Titanic, and now after a trilogy of Avatar movies, James Cameron has become the first director to deliver four consecutive billion dollar-grossing movies, with Avatar: Fire and Ash crossing the milestone this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With $306 million in North America and $777.1 million from international markets, the third Avatar movie closed its third weekend with $1.08 billion at the box office, and in doing so it also surpassed Disney\u2019s live-action Lilo & Stitch to become the third highest-grossing movie of 2025 behind Zootopia 2 ($1.588 billion) and Ne Zha 2 ($2.244 billion).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While Cameron becomes the first director to deliver four billion dollar-grossing movies, he\u2019ll almost certainly be joined in that club by Anthony and Joe Russo when Marvel Studios unleashes Avengers: Doomsday this coming December, although the Russos won\u2019t have managed the feat consecutively, the brothers having helmed Cherry, The Gray Man and The Electric State in the years following Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Read our Avatar: Fire and Ash review here<\/a><\/p>\n

The bigger question for Cameron now however is whether he can extend his current record for the most movies to gross over $2 billion; he\u2019s currently sitting on three \u2013 also consecutively \u2013 and while analysts are predicting that Fire and Ash will end its run in the $1.7 \u2013 $1.8 billion mark, Cameron has proven time and again that only a fool would bet against him at the box office. And if not, there\u2019s always re-releases\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash,\u201d James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na\u2019vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na\u2019vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Salda\u00f1a), and the Sully family.<\/p>\n

Avatar: Fire and Ash\u00a0is directed by James Cameron and features the return of cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Edie Falco, Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Dileep A. Rao, Matt Gerald and Brandan Cowell, while new additions include David Thewlis, Oona Chaplin and Michelle Yeoh.<\/p>\n

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Avatar: Fire and Ash is playing now only in cinemas. <\/p>\n

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