Avatar Re-Releasing In Theaters In September Ahead of Sequel Release
James Cameron's Avatar is set to re-release in September, just ahead of the release of Avatar: The Way of Water. Avatar, released in 2009, went on to become the highest-grossing movie of all time, a title it still maintains, having grossed $2.8 billion in worldwide box office. For a brief moment, Avatar was unseated by Avengers: Endgame, which currently stands as the second highest-grossing movie of all time with $2.7 billion. Avatar's re-release in China, which made $44 million in just ten days, ended up pushing it past Endgame, reclaiming the top spot yet again.
The success of Avatar naturally encouraged Cameron to continue with the franchise, announcing four more sequels to be released all the way through 2028. The franchise focuses on the indigenous alien race known as the Na'vi on a distant planet called Pandora. They are forced to defend their homeworld against invaders attempting to mine it for its resources. A new technology that allows humans to transfer their consciousness into a Na'vi body disrupts everything as a former soldier named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) ends up commandeering a body and joins the Na'vi in their fight. Along the way, he ends up falling in love with the strong-willed Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). The film co-stars Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, and Stephen Lang.
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As the sequel nears its debut, Disney announced at CinemaCon that it would be re-releasing Avatar in theaters on September 23rd, 2022, three months prior to the release of Avatar: The Way of Water. The film will have remastered audio and picture and also be swapping out the 20th Century Fox logo for Disney's after the studio's
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