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Timothée Chalamet has stopped at nothing to market A24's acclaimed awards hopeful 'Marty Supreme' — including becoming the first person to stand atop The Sphere in Las Vegas on Dec. 22 — and it's paying off.
A new villain aligns with a familiar one in “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third installment in James Cameron’s franchise about the blue inhabitants of the distant earthlike moon Pandora. Arriving on the scene this time is Varang (Oona Chaplin), a passionate figure whose desire to rule is as strong as her desire to ruin.
While $88 million would normally be considered a slow start for a movie on the scale of "Fire and Ash," the box-office run for "Avatar" movies tends to be a marathon, not a sprint. The series is known for having significant staying power in theaters for several weeks.
The studio hasn't been able to claim this feat since 2019, with its tentpole 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' easily dominating the long holiday weekend as 'Anaconda,' 'Marty Supreme' and 'Song Sung Blue' join the box office buffet on Christmas Day.
Fire and Ash.” So this is Varang, played by Oona Chaplin. And she’s sharing with Quaritch, now that he’s in this altered state of consciousness, her backstory about how the volcano erupted. She doesn’t use the term “volcano.
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Boo, hiss, etc. A dash of fun news came out of the big-screen death knell; Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Freida Pinto and Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan will all voice characters in the movie. But now it’s straight-to-streaming on Paramount Plus, to be packaged as a lead-in to the debut of Safe Havens.
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records.
Here is everything to know about the upcoming third installment to the "Avatar" series, "Avatar: Fire and Ash."
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Why Avatar 3 Has the Suicide Prevention Hotline in Credits
Avatar 3 includes a crisis lifeline in the end credits for a good reason. James Cameron and 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash, also known as Avatar 3, opened in the United States this past weekend.
The third “Avatar” movie has also grossed over $257 million in international markets, for a combined total of $345 million.
The release date for "Avatar 4" has been confirmed and fans will be waiting a while for the next chapter of the story.