James Cameron may have three films that have grossed more than $2,000, and even when that doesn’t happen, almost all of his releases are box office hits, but he also feels the uncertainty of debuts like this. Avatar: Fire and Ash.
The third film in the adventure and science fiction saga that Cameron released in 2009 arrives in cinemas in a few weeks with great expectations, but at a time when cinema is not in its best shape: streaming has taken over the big screen and audience attendance has decreased significantly.
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That casts the shadow that Avatar: Fire and Ash could be a box office failure for Disney, especially if the Mouse House expects the film to be at the box office level of Avatar: The Sense of Water.
In addition to the new installment not having enjoyed a period of 13 years in relation to its predecessor, with the consequent technical improvement, which is the aspect of saga that fills more cinemas, there is that evil called “sequelitis” that Cameron himself knows very well.
Avatar: Fire and Ash can end the saga if necessary
During his time on the podcast The cityJames Cameron admitted that he still feels uncertain about a debut like that of Avatar: Fire and Ash. So much so that he constructed the film in such a way that he can close the franchise with just a few additions if necessary, because it ends up being a failure:
“Sequelitis. People tend to dismiss consequences. Unless it’s the third Lord of the Rings movie and you want to see what happens to everyone, which in my opinion would be that. It’s the culmination of a story arc, but audiences may not see it that way.
I’ve been in the world of Avatar for 20 years, 30 actually because I wrote it in 1995, although I didn’t work on it continuously during those first ten years. If we end up here, great. There remains one open topic. “I’m going to write a book.”
The director highlights that all the main plots of the saga come to an end Avatar: Fire and Ashexcept the one that could conclude through a novel or a smaller production.
It doesn’t look like the box office will be a problem for Avatar: Fire and Ash: the estimates collected by deadline in the United States are from an opening weekend of between 100 and 130 million dollarsa little lower than Avatar: The Sense of Water (134 million), but nothing scandalous.
We will clear up doubts December 19when Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives in cinemas with the new chapter of the adventure of Jake Sully, Neytiri and their family on Pandora.