Europe 1 with AFP 10:20 a.m., December 30, 2022
"Avatar 2" broke records just days after its release on December 14.
The film has been viewed more than 6.87 million times in cinemas, thus dethroning Tom Cruise's film, "Top Gun: Maverick".
It thus becomes the most viewed film in 2022.
Released in mid-December, "Avatar: the way of the water" has since gathered 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 on Friday.
"With 559,147 admissions for Thursday #AvatarLaVoiedeLeau reached 6,870,704 admissions last night. Best result for a film in 2022", announced on Twitter Frédéric Monnereau, in charge of distribution at Disney.
On a 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.
Record-breaking filmmaker James Cameron is already the author, after "Titanic", of the most profitable film to date, the first part of "Avatar", approaching 2.9 billion dollars in revenue.
Avatar dethrones Top Gun
In France, it is a flash 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", on 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 of "Top Gun" since May.
If no one dares to bet on its final score, the new "Avatar" should continue to achieve several million admissions at the start of 2023. The first part, 13 years ago, attracted a total of 14.7 million spectators.
Something to put a smile on the face of cinema 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.