Avatar 2 becomes the third highest grossing worldwide, ahead of Titanic

Avatar 2

just sank the

.

Barely two months after its release, James Cameron's new blockbuster is already one of the biggest.

With $2.244 billion in revenue,

becomes the third biggest hit of all time, ahead of

.

Until now, the tragic story of Rose and Jack, which raked in $2.194 billion in revenue, has clung to its place.

Even its return to cinemas, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, does not allow it to face the new

.

The sequel to the Na'vis adventures also became the biggest success at the French box office, thus surpassing

, the dramatic comedy by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, released in 2011. That's not all.

is also the biggest success of an American film in France since the release of the first part.

Now, among the five highest-grossing feature films in history are, not two, but three of James Cameron's films:

,

and

, relegated to fourth place in the rankings. .

No doubt, James Cameron is the king of the box office.

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If

bowed,

, which sits in second place on the podium since 2019, still resists.

Upon release, the

sequel had one of the best starts in cinematic history, grossing over $1.2 billion worldwide in its first weekend of release. .

With a total of nearly $2.8 billion in revenue, Marvel comics superheroes eventually overtook

and

.

again ,

after its release in China, in 2021. If

wants to climb to the first place of the podium, it will have to bring in some 500 million additional dollars at the box office.

But after ten weeks of operation, this record seems almost unattainable.