'Avatar: The Way of Water' glides to $1 billion

For now, Paramount Pictures' "Top Gun: Maverick" is still the highest-grossing movie of 2022 with a global cumulative of $1.49 billion, but "Avatar: The Way of the Water" is breaking records.
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'Avatar: The Way of Water' glides to $1 billion faster than any other 2022 film Click to view images

Disney's "Avatar: The Way of Water" is the sixth film ever to bring in $1 billion at the global box office within the first two weeks of its release.

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The sincere new dramedy starring Tom Hanks as a widower at the end of his rope reveals just what is missing from so many recent Hollywood studio productions.

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