Yeah, there's not really any way to call Avatar a hit or a disappointment until the end of December, at least. Then we'll see what kind of legs it's looking at having. The box office environment has definitely changed a lot since the first in 2009. $134m certainly isn't huge in a post-MCU world - in 2009 that would've been the #5 opening weekend of all time, in 2022 it's not even the #5 opening weekend of the year. It will come down to does Avatar play like a typical MCU movie / franchise movie or does it play like Top Gun did in the summer?
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