James Cameron Becomes Only Director with Three $2-Billion Movies

James Cameron signed up with a special club Sunday — one that consists of only himself … he’s the sole director in history with three movies that have actually crossed a substantial cash turning point.

That criteria is the $2-billion line, which his most current movie — ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ — crossed Sunday … now marking the 3rd such flick of his to have actually accomplished it at the worldwide ticket office. His other 2 crown gems … ‘Avatar’ ($2.9B) and ‘Titanic’ ($2.1B).

Only three other movies have actually passed $2 bil … all of ’em Disney-owned. There’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (#2, $2.7B), ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’ (#4, $2.071B) and ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (#5, $2.052B). ‘Avatar 2’ is now the 6th greatest earning film ever.

Prior to this weekend’s achievement, Cameron shared the area with the Russo Bros. … who directed both ‘Avengers’ movies — however he’s exceeded them and remains in a league of his own.

Remember, ‘Way of Water’ only came out in theaters a month and modification earlier — so it’s reached this enormous quantity of ticket sales in a record time … although, the Russos technically arrived much faster. Whereas it only took 37 days for ‘A2’ to cross the $2-billion goal, ‘Endgame’ swallowed that up back in 2019 … sounding that bell in an astonishing 11 days.

Safe to state, JC’s most current installation has actually ended up being successful … and there’ll undoubtedly be more follows up. That wasn’t always ensured however — in reality, the flick had a sluggish start when it opened on Dec. 16 … and there were doubts if it had the legs to go to the range.