In a neat bit of symmetry, Cameron’s box office stranglehold was broken earlier this year by another Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which overtook Avatar in January on its way to a record U.S. box office of $936.6 million.
Is Cameron bitter that Star Wars took his box office record, and that the Avatar sequels aren’t likely to get it back for him?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now available in DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital formats.
Star Wars: Episode IX is expected to reach theaters in 2019, followed by the third Star Wars Anthology film in 2020.