{"id":1253,"date":"2021-03-13T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2021-03-13T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T10:53:54","slug":"avatar-expected-to-retake-all-time-box-office-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2021\/1253\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Avatar\u2019 expected to retake all-time box office crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES:(Nationaltimenews) James Cameron\u2019s science-fiction blockbuster \u201cAvatar\u201d is poised to return to the top of the all-time movie box office charts this weekend after the film was re-released in China.\u201cAvatar,\u201d which debuted in 2009, held the global box office title for a decade until it was overtaken by Marvel superhero epic \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d in 2019.On Friday, Cameron\u2019s film rung up an estimated $3.5 million in new ticket sales after it was re-released in China, where moviegoing has rebounded following theater closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.That put \u201cAvatar\u201d just shy of the $2.798 billion worldwide total collected by \u201cEndgame,\u201d according to distributor Walt Disney Co. Both films are now owned by Disney after the company bought entertainment assets from Fox in 2019.Cameron has been working on four sequels to \u201cAvatar.\u201d The next film, which has been delayed several times, is currently scheduled for release in December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES:(Nationaltimenews) James Cameron\u2019s science-fiction blockbuster \u201cAvatar\u201d is poised to return to the top of the all-time movie box office charts this weekend after the film was re-released in China.\u201cAvatar,\u201d which debuted in 2009, held the global box office title for a decade until it was overtaken by Marvel superhero epic \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d in 2019.On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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