‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Just Joined an Elite Box Office List

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Avatar: Fire and Ash has quietly become one of the highest-grossing movies of all time at the box office over the last week. At the time of writing, James Cameron’s fiery sci-fi threequel has amassed exactly $888 million in international territories, which is enough to make it the 20th-highest-grossing movie of all time in foreign markets. It passed Frozen ($868 million) to reach this mark, and next on its list is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($890 million). The film has also earned $342 million domestically for a global total of $1.2 billion, with more coming in every day.

Avatar: Fire and Ash flips the story of Pandora on its head in a way neither of the first two films in the franchise has. Both Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water feature Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) recruiting over Na’vi to fight against the Sky People, but Avatar 3 introduces evil Na’vi in the Mangkwan clan, or the Ash people. The Mangkwan have turned their back on Eywa after they were left to fend for themselves while a horrible fire burned their village to ash. Now, they take out their aggressions on the rest of Pandora.

Avatar: Fire and Ash reaching such a lofty box office total also all but ensures that there will be another movie in the franchise. During the days before Avatar 3 hit theaters, director James Cameron revealed that the fourth movie had not yet been greenlit, and it would depend on how the threequel performed at the box office. If over $1.2 billion — likely over $1.5 billion by the time it’s all said and done — isn’t enough, then nothing would have been.

Is ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ on Disney+?

Avatar: Fire and Ash is not streaming on Disney+ and is not yet available to rent or purchase on VOD platforms such as Prime Video and Apple TV. It likely won’t make its VOD debut until sometime in February or March, depending on how the box office results shake out, and the Disney+ streaming debut will be even further behind. It’s not expected on Disney+ until sometime during the summer — The Way of Water hit Disney+ in June after its December premiere. Fire and Ash will likely follow a similar trend, maybe arriving earlier with less box office earnings.

Stay tuned to Collider for more box office updates and coverage of Avatar: Fire and Ash.