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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022 · James Cameron · James Cameron | Jon Landau · 3 hr 12 min

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Sam Worthington 2022 $10,000,000Sam Worthington as Jake Sully – $10 Million (Base Salary) + 5% of the film's profits.source $11,001,367 (rep)
Zoe Saldaña 2022 $8,000,000Her salary then doubled for the sequel...for which she reportedly earned $8 millionsource $8,801,094 (rep)
Sigourney Weaver 2022 $1,116,127 $1,227,892 (est)
Stephen Lang 2022 $2,000,000Steven Lang will earn $2 million for the moviesource $2,200,273 (rep)
Kate Winslet 2022 $6,000,000Winslet was reportedly paid $6 million in base salarysource $6,600,820 (rep)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2022 $684,075,767 $752,576,861
International International theatrical box office gross. 2022 $1,636,174,514 $1,800,015,639
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2022 $2,320,250,281 $2,486,718,528

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $996,507,689 (est) $1,096,294,686 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $73,207,577 $80,538,342
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $83,668,713 $92,047,022
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $4,504,455 $4,955,516
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $7,640,758, BluRay $7,640,758 2022 $15,281,515 $16,811,756
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $117,913,235 (est) $129,720,678 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2022 $1,291,083,184 $1,420,368,000
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2022 $460,000,000 $493,003,075
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: Avatar 2's Massive $1 Billion-Plus Expenses Revealed (New Data) - The DirectURL: https://thedirect.com/article/avatar-2-budget-expenses-revealedThe $1.087 billion total expenses come from production costs ($400 million), prints and ads ($400 million), video costs ($100 million), residuals ($40 million), interest and overheads ($72 million), and participation ($300 million). 2022 $400,000,000 $440,054,682
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $300,000,000 $330,041,012
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $40,000,000 $44,005,468
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2022 $72,000,000 $79,209,843
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2022 $1,272,000,000 $1,386,314,080
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2022 $19,083,184 $34,053,920

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