Don't Underestimate Avatar 2: It's Guaranteed To Be A Box Office Success
Although some people seem ready to write off Avatar 2 before it has even premiered, the movie is guaranteed to be a box office success. The first Avatar broke numerous records upon its release, leading to director James Cameron signing a deal for four sequel films. The first of these planned sequels has followed a similar development pattern to the original Avatar, which could be contributing to the mixed feelings about its release.
James Cameron first began work on the original Avatar in 1994, initially hoping to film it right after Titanic was released in 1997, but had to delay this plan for more than 10 years. Cameron explained that the necessary technology did not yet exist to recreate his vision, and the final product was more than worth the wait. Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three. Although the plot was far from original—telling a story of the native Na'vi rising up against Earthen colonizers set on mining the land for precious resources—its advancements in filmmaking techniques set the movie apart.
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Avatar received an 81% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and remained the highest-grossing movie of all time for more than a decade, but in the years since its premiere, the excitement for the world of Pandora has waned. Some people have even gone so far as to declare that the Avatar movie wasn't actually that good after all. Yet, despite how many are underestimating the sequel, Avatar 2 has great potential to be another box office success.
Perhaps more so than anything else, Avatar's claim to fame is its impressive box office earnings. After its release in December of 2009, Avatar proceeded to break many box office records,
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