Released mid-December, “Avatar: The Way of the Water” has since brought together more than 6.87 million spectators in theaters, dethroning Top Gun: Maverick as the most seen film of the year in France, announced its distributor Disney, this Friday, December 30.
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“With 559,147 entries for the day on Thursday #AvatarLaVoiedeLeau reached 6,870,704 entries last night. Best result of a film in 2022 »announced on Twitter Frédéric Monnereau, in charge of distribution at Disney.
At the global level, France offers James Cameron’s film, which has already exceeded one billion dollars in revenue, its third largest estimated income, behind the United States and China.
“Avatar” ahead of “Top Gun”
Filmmaker of records, James Cameron is already the author, after “Titanics”the highest-grossing film to date, the first installment of“Avatar”approaching $2.9 billion in revenue.
In France, it is a lightning triumph, fueled by the school holidays during which more than 500,000 spectators a day have embarked for the star Pandora since the release of this new “Avatar”December 14.
A frantic pace which allows him to dethrone on the eve of New Year’s Eve the fighter plane of Tom Cruise and the 6.76 million admissions achieved with his comeback from “Top Gun” since May.
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If no one dares to bet on his final score, the new “Avatar” should continue to achieve several million admissions at the start of 2023. The first part, 13 years ago, had attracted a total of 14.7 million spectators. Something to put a smile on the face of theater operators, after a year 2022 when part of the public was still lacking.
The official figures for French cinema attendance will not be released until Monday, but attendance should still be down by around a quarter compared to before Covid.
