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“James Cameron will be able to take up Kylian Mbappé’s punchline during his next interview, while his film
Avatar: the way of the water
has become the most seen film in the cinema in France in 2022. Released in mid-December, the blockbuster has since gathered more than 6.87 million spectators in theaters, dethroning
Top Gun: Maverick
, its distributor Disney announced on Friday.
“With 559,147 entries for the day on Thursday
#AvatarLaVoiedeLeau
reached 6,870,704 entries last night.
Best result of 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.
Sequels have a future
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.
In France, it's 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 from
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.
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