Avatar (the movie) and its Sequels

[Disney Irish]

I think it has zero chance of bombing and based on James Cameron‘s track record I don’t think he needs to hire anybody else. He’s doing just fine.

Dunno, I think he is still unproven and can't be trusted. /s

 

[Prince-1]

Dunno, I think he is still unproven and can't be trusted. /s

Well he did make Piranha 2: The Spawning.

 

[Phroobar]

I think it has zero chance of bombing and based on James Cameron‘s track record I don’t think he needs to hire anybody else. He’s doing just fine.

Ever since Titanic, his movies have needed an editor. His movies before where very tight and full of story. How many times did they run up and down a sinking ship? They even did it again in Avatar 2.

 

[Disney Irish]

Ever since Titanic, his movies have needed an editor. His movies before where very tight and full of story. How many times did they run up and down a sinking ship? They even did it again in Avatar 2.

What would you have them do just stand there? Its a sinking ship where the main cast is trying to escape. Of course they are going to being running around the ship trying to get to safety.

You cut that and you lose all the tension of the escape.

 

[Figments Friend]

I’m excited for ‘Fire & Ash’.

From what I am hearing from people who attended the World Premiere, this is the best chapter yet and blows the other two films out of the water ( no pun intended ).

Varang is the star character this time around….and Quarrich….and the interplay between those two.
Some surprising twists and turns story wise, and the visuals are absolutely breathtakingly stunning.

Cannot wait to see this in IMAX 3D!

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[Vegas Disney Fan]

I'll take "Things That Won't Happen" for $100 Alex....

I agree this one’s safe, it’ll be interesting to see how it holds up by movie 5 though, it sounds strange to say the second “only” made $2.3 billion but that’s a massive drop from the $2.9 billion the first movie made, it’ll be interesting to see if this one can break $2 billion, if it can’t this may be the first time (I can think of) that a non Hollywood movie topped the box office charts. I won’t be surprised if it ends up closer to $1.5 billion than $2 billion, still a phenomenal success, just goes to show what an anomaly the first was.

 

[mickEblu]

So IMAX 3D or Dolby 3D? For Way of Water I ended up seeing it in the exact theatre that Cameron watched it before it was released nationwide. And that was in Dolby 3D.

 

[Ghost93]

Ever since Titanic, his movies have needed an editor. His movies before where very tight and full of story. How many times did they run up and down a sinking ship? They even did it again in Avatar 2.

Nah, Titanic is a perfectly paced film.

Avatar: The Way of Water does feel long, but it may have needed a script rewrite to be shorter. A lot of the scenes that FEEL like filler end up paying off or setting up something important later on so there isn't too much that could be removed from the existing footage, but the pace is way too leisurely in the middle hour. Some of the subplots could have been reigned in or condensed with a another draft.

 

[Disney Irish]

I agree this one’s safe, it’ll be interesting to see how it holds up by movie 5 though, it sounds strange to say the second “only” made $2.3 billion but that’s a massive drop from the $2.9 billion the first movie made, it’ll be interesting to see if this one can break $2 billion, if it can’t this may be the first time (I can think of) that a non Hollywood movie topped the box office charts. I won’t be surprised if it ends up closer to $1.5 billion than $2 billion, still a phenomenal success, just goes to show what an anomaly the first was.

I have no doubt none will get the same or exceed the first, but a ~20% drop between the first and second doesn't really seem like a lot to me when you're talking about a sequel. Had it dropped more like a normal sequel it would be closer to 30-40%, especially for a $Billion movie.

Anyways, I don't know how much this one will do.

On your other point, in 2020 Demon Slayer had topped the box office. I would also put an asterisk on Ne Zha 2, as its entire box office came almost entirely from China. Not to take anything away from it but there is very little 3rd party verification of box office that comes out of the Middle Kingdom, so its unknown if that is 100% accurate.

 

[coffeefan]

So IMAX 3D or Dolby 3D? For Way of Water I ended up seeing it in the exact theatre that Cameron watched it before it was released nationwide. And that was in Dolby 3D.

It comes down to preference. IMAX 3D (bigger screen) vs 1.85 Dolby 3D (sharper image). It's more complicated than that but it can get very nerdy. Go with the showing that has the best seats available in the format you prefer between the two.