The third “Avatar” movie has also grossed over $257 million in international markets, for a combined total of $345 million.

While $88 million would normally be considered a slow start for a movie on the scale of "Fire and Ash," the box-office run for "Avatar" movies tends to be a marathon, not a sprint. The series is known for having significant staying power in theaters for several weeks.

Avatar has been adapted into both a comic series and a trilogy of graphic novels, and in December 2023, Ubisoft released the video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The game allows players to step into the role of a Na’vi who awakens from suspended animation, only to discover that Pandora is under attack.

Fire and Ash continued its strong theatrical run through the weekend, delivering steady growth at the Indian box office while posting a massive global opening.

Fire and Ash, James Cameron delivers not only the most emotionally ferocious chapter of the Avatar saga so far, but also its most thematically ambi

Leading them is Varang (Oona Chaplin), a scene-stealing sorceress who immediately takes Fire and Ash to a new level. At times slinky and seductive, at others downright terrifying, Chaplin's performance creates a sci-fi villainess for the ages.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has proven itself the best movie in James Cameron's sci-fi film franchise with its new ideas, themes, and character developments.

"Pre-Covid, everybody thought the Chinese box office was going to be the savior of Hollywood," one international executive said. "Post-Covid, that has all changed."