Avatar: The Way of Water has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office in just 14 days. 20th Century and the Disney film achieved the milestone on Tuesday.

James Cameron’s big-budget sequel is only the sixth film to achieve the milestone in its first two weeks of release, and the first to do so since Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was released in December 2021.

On Tuesday, The Way of Water earned another $23.8 million in North America and $50.8 million overseas, ending the day with a total of $317.1 million and $712.7 million overseas, for a worldwide cume of $1.029 billion, according to Disney. According to. China leads the number of foreigners with 108 million dollars.

The Christmas-to-New Year corridor can be a boon for holiday releases, with Avatar 2 being the latest example.

When promoting The Way of Water, Cameron indicated that it would eventually need to gross in the $2 billion range to be considered a success. The sequel cost at least $350 million to $400 million to produce before marketing.

The first Avatar, released 13 years ago, is the highest-grossing film of all time with $2.9 billion in global ticket sales, including re-releases.