'Avatar 2' Achieves Highest Ever Domestic Foreign Film Revenue

Approximately 128.5 Billion Won by the 25th... Overall 4th Place

Director James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' has recorded the highest sales among foreign films released domestically. According to the Korea Film Council's integrated box office data as of the 26th, the cumulative revenue until the previous day is 128.521617258 billion won. This surpasses the 125.034346 billion won of the 2009 predecessor 'Avatar.' It ranks first among all foreign films released in Korea and fourth overall including Korean films. Korean films with higher revenue are 'Extreme Job (139.655543516 billion won),' 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents (135.758658810 billion won),' and 'The Outlaws 2 (131.298796478 billion won).'

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The cumulative audience for 'Avatar: The Way of Water' is 10,143,299. This is 3,195,564 fewer than the 13,338,863 recorded by 'Avatar.' However, the average ticket price at theaters has increased since then, and many viewers paid extra to enjoy premium formats, generating significant revenue. According to CGV, 15.5% of the total audience watched the film in IMAX. Viewers who experienced enhanced effects such as vibration, wind, and water droplets in 4DX and those who watched on the expanded ScreenX accounted for 12% and 5.1%, respectively. Adding the 29.7% who watched in 3D format in regular theaters, a remarkable 62.3% experienced a special viewing. The situation at Megabox was not much different. For Dolby Cinema, which integrates cutting-edge visual technology, the average seat occupancy rate reached 65.9%. A Megabox official explained, "By the 24th, about 176,000 people visited five screening rooms," adding, "It recorded sales of 3.2 billion won."

'Avatar: The Way of Water' is also thriving in the global market. On the 23rd, it surpassed a global cumulative box office revenue of 2 billion dollars (approximately 2.462 trillion won). It overtook 'Spider-Man: No Way Home (1.916 billion dollars)' to rank sixth in all-time global box office revenue. A Walt Disney Company Korea official said, "It is the first film released after the pandemic to exceed 2 billion dollars," adding, "The box office boom is expected to continue for some time." 'Avatar: The Way of Water' is an SF action film depicting the ruthless threats faced by Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and their family on the planet Pandora. It portrays the pain of battle and inevitable wounds during their long journey for survival with outstanding visual beauty.

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