James Cameron, Marvel’s finest: how Avatar 2 will surpass Spider-Man: No Way Home

After another weekend at the top of the cinema charts, Avatar: The Way of Water is set to soon surpass the record-breaking box office of Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The Way of Water stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña as Jake Sully and Neytiri, respectively, alongside Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Jermaine Clement and Kate Winslet.

In this film, Jake and Neytiri travel through the waters of Pandora with their family, exploring the wildlife and Na’vi civilizations that inhabit there, while facing a series of problems.

Avatar: Path of Water looks unstoppable in theaters

Avatar: The Way of Water continued to triumph in cinemas into its fifth weekend.

Over the weekend just ended, grosses for Avatar: The Way of Water reached $1.894 billion, closing in on the $1.921 billion earned by Spider-Man: No Way Home (which is currently the sixth highest grossing film worldwide).

Avatar 3 was filmed simultaneously with The Way of Water, and Cameron argued that this sequel would have to do incredibly well for Avatar 4 and 5 to go into production.

However, the director also said that Avatar 2 can only be considered a real success after it ticks $1.5 billion, and that benchmark has already been passed, as far as we can tell.

As such, with Avatar: The Way of Water continuing to dominate theaters, it seems inevitable that the film will surpass $2 billion in the next few weeks.

Although other blockbusters like M3GAN and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, for example, are currently playing in theaters, The Way of Water has continued to hold the top spot, earning a whopping $562.9 million in US theaters alone.