The upcoming re-release of Avatar: The Approach of Water will embody a particular take a look at Avatar: Fireplace and Ash, however audiences may even see totally different clips relying on which screening they attend. Disney is starting the advertising and marketing push for Fireplace and Ash, the studio’s large vacation tentpole, which goals to comply with within the footsteps of each earlier installments, each of which grossed over $2 billion on the worldwide field workplace. To construct the joy, twentieth Century Studios is re-releasing The Approach of Water in theaters for a one-week restricted engagement.
Selection stories what many followers anticipated: that footage for Avatar: Fireplace and Ash might be proven after the screenings of The Approach of Water. Nevertheless, there’s a catch, as not each screening will present the identical sneak peek. Every screening will function one in all three totally different clips, relying on the screening attended. The Approach of Water screenings start October 3, 2025.
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Avatar: Fireplace and Ash‘s advertising and marketing is in full swing, as the most recent trailer was simply launched, together with a brand new poster. The Approach of Water re-release is the following a part of the advertising and marketing push, and one other clear signal that James Cameron desires audiences to see Fireplace and Ash solely in theaters. The primary teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel performed solely in entrance of screenings of The Unbelievable 4: First Steps.
Attaching a clip of the newest entry in a franchise with a re-release of a brand new entry is a great transfer. Disney and twentieth Century Studios pulled an analogous tactic when Avatar: The Approach of Water was popping out. The unique Avatar was re-released in September 2022, accompanied by a sneak peek of The Approach of Water, which performed on the finish of the film. The 2009 re-release of Avatar introduced in $10.5 million in its opening weekend and finally earned $76 million worldwide. Nevertheless, it’s unlikely that The Approach of Water re-release will attain those self same heights, on condition that it’s a comparatively latest movie, 13 years after Avatar‘s launch, and a complete technology had by no means seen it on the large display screen.
The following Avatar movie is positioned to surpass The Minecraft Film because the highest-grossing movie of 2025 within the home market. Given the success price of the 2 earlier Avatar titles, Fireplace and Ash can be the one movie that has an opportunity of beating Ne Zha 2‘s $2.2 billion gross because the highest-grossing movie of 2025 worldwide. Cameron has teased that Fireplace and Ash might be an emotional epic, one that can make the four-year wait (presumably extra, given the previous film’s historical past) for Avatar 4 in 2029 an extended one.
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December 19, 2025
- Prequel(s)
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Avatar, Avatar: The Approach of Water