IMAX Crowns "Avatar: The Way of Water" as its Highest Grossing Film of 2022, With $160 Million and Counting
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that Disney/Lightstorm's "Avatar: The Way of Water" ended 2022 as the highest grossing release of the year in IMAX®, and that its total IMAX global box office is $160 million and counting through Monday. James Cameron's sci-fi sequel now stands as the fourth highest grossing IMAX release of all time. The film is already the highest grossing IMAX release of all time in eighteen markets worldwide, and IMAX has delivered 11% of the film's global gross to date on just a fraction of total screens.
- James Cameron's sci-fi sequel now stands as the fourth highest grossing IMAX release of all time.
- Through Monday, "Avatar: The Way of Water" had grossed $58 million in IMAX domestically, with IMAX claiming 13.1% of North American grosses.
- Internationally, IMAX has grossed $102 million with "Avatar: The Way of Water" — only the third IMAX release ever to cross $100 million in international box office.
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