Avatar: The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron, is already causing havoc at the box office. The highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 blockbuster sold approximately 2 lakh tickets on its first day and grossed Rs 7 crore in India.
The film is expected to have one of the highest advance bookings in the country this year, competing with Avengers: Endgame, KGF 2, and Baahubali 2. According to Pinkvilla, over 2 lakh tickets have been sold on the first day with the three national chains, resulting in a Rs 1.20 lakh advance.
Avatar 2’s advance bookings are already among the highest in 2022, competing with Brahmastra and other Hollywood releases such as Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. The first weekend has already seen 4.10 lakh tickets sold, and the film is expected to gross Rs 16 crore. With this rate of growth, it will easily surpass Rs 50 crore in India. Spiderman: No Way Home sold around 5 lakh tickets in the three national chains, while Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness sold around 3.80 lakh tickets on the first day.
The Way of Water picks up more than a decade after the original, when Pandora’s blue Na’vi people battled human colonists for the moon’s natural resources. Jake Sully and Neytiri are now parents to five children. After the return of the’sky people,’ a term for humans, who are now after Sully, their lives are turned upside down. The family seeks refuge with the oceanic Metkayina clan. To survive in the face of their enemy’s approaching threat, they must learn the ways of the water.