‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Doubles the Global Box Office Gross of Matt Damon’s Career-Defining Sci-Fi Blockbuster

Director James Cameron and star Matt Damon have a history. Damon has claimed on more than one occasion that he was offered the lead role in Cameron’s Avatar, which went on to become the highest-grossing film in history. The star said that he probably turned down hundreds of millions of dollars, assuming he’d have struck one of his typical backend deals. However, in the lead-up to the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron clarified that Damon wasn’t officially offered the role at all. It ultimately went to Sam Worthington, who has now played the character of Jake Sully in three blockbuster movies. In its fourth weekend of release, Avatar 3…