Avatar: Fire and Ash Falls Short of Expectations with $136 Million Day 1 Box Office
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James Cameron's highly anticipated Avatar: Fire and Ash has kicked off its box office journey with a strong but underwhelming $136.9 million worldwide collection on its opening day. The film, the third installment in the Avatar franchise, has taken a solid start in international territories, but its performance in the US has been lackluster. In the US, Avatar: Fire and Ash earned $25 million on its opening day, with an additional $12 million from previews. However, its $43 million overseas haul in countries like China, where it released before the US, was not enough to propel it to the top spot. The film's worldwide gross includes a staggering $100.4 million from international territories. The performance is a far cry from Cameron's expectations, considering the film's massive budget and the franchise's previous success. In contrast, Zootopia 2 set a record earlier this year with a $150 million opening day collection. Avatar: Fire and Ash will need a strong hold on Monday and sustained word-of-mouth to reach the $1.5 billion mark worldwide, let alone the $2 billion mark achieved by its predecessors. Set on the fictional exomoon Pandora, Avatar: Fire and Ash sees the return of Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet, with Oona Chaplin joining as a new antagonist. The film is the third of five planned Avatar films and is expected to continue the epic battle between the Na'vi tribe and human colonizers.
