After $345 Million Launch, ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Will Be A Huge Hit — But $2 Billion Is Unlikely | Analysis

Before its opening weekend, we noted at TheWrap that James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” was a shoo-in to become Hollywood’s highest-grossing film this year, but whether it would join the previous “Avatar” films in the 20th Century/Lightstorm franchise in the elite $2 billion box office club was much less certain.

After this opening weekend with an $88 million domestic launch and $345 million worldwide, it is looking more unlikely that “Fire and Ash” will get there even with the legs usually offered by the holiday season.

Theatrical sources and box office analysts told TheWrap that based on this opening weekend and assuming similar box office holds to what “Avatar: The Way of Water…