James Cameron doubts the profitability of "Avatar 2"

Less than a month from the release of

, James Cameron reiterates his fears about the profitability of his film.

To hear the filmmaker who is careful not to reveal the exact production budget, his feature film would have to "be the third or fourth most profitable film in history" if only to cover its costs.

"That's our break-even point," he revealed to GQ.

And James Cameron knows what he's talking about as he's behind two of the three highest-grossing films of all time.

These are

first of the name, which is on the highest step of the podium with 2.9 billion dollars in revenue worldwide, and

which is in third position with its 2.1 billion in profits.

The second place is held by

.

Star Wars: The Force

Awakens and

complete the very exclusive club of five films that have exceeded $2 billion in profits.

A saga to finish

We can therefore conclude that

must reach 2 billion dollars in revenue – and even much more if we take inflation into account – for James Cameron to cover his costs.

A profitability on which obviously depends the continuation of the franchise while it remains to turn the fourth and fifth opus.

However, we will be careful not to announce prematurely the drowning of the director of

.

Because even if the pandemic and the takeover of streaming have kept audiences away from theaters, blockbusters like

or

have had no trouble doing well by garnering comfortable profits.

It remains to be hoped that

will provoke the same enthusiasm.

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