I haven’t seen the last two Avatar movies after I found the first one kinda meh. But I’m surprised at how well they do at the box office. I know of nobody that actually saw those (where many people saw the first one). If it comes up, most people will say something like: “Oh they made another? Didn’t know that”.
Am I just so far out of the target audience? Do a lot of kids like these movies?
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
And apparently, Avatar is REALLY huge in China.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
That is not true. You must have a shit TV. The movies look incredible on my tv.
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The first one made a billion. The second one made two billion. If this snuck up on you, you were not paying attention. It was projects to blast past a billion.
I feel like you are talking from your personal experience and point of view.
I’ve seen zero ads about this movie where I live, no posters, no commercials, no press releases, nothing. It wasn’t even in the movie recommendation list. This is probably because people who like the franchise are going to watch it anyways and people who have no interest based on the first two movies aren’t suddenly going to see the third one based on some ads. I can easily believe this movie snuck up on people.
It appears regional differences are pretty big with this franchise. As another commenter said it’s big in China and also in the US. In the EU it does well in France, but not as well in other countries. So don’t just go off the total revenue.
Edit: I looked at reviews in local newspapers / websites and they were pretty bad. That probably lead to not many people going to see it around here. They stated it was visually impressive, but the run time was way too long and the story was just a repeat almost beat for beat. So a visual spectacle, but as a movie not very good.
Of course I am… I am countering your post that is about your personal experience and view….
You did not see any adds. Millions of people did. The only way you could not have awareness of Avatar 3 is too not be paying attention.
I asked a question, you are posting like it’s a fact. It might be like that where you live, I’m telling you it isn’t like that over here. So don’t post like what you are saying is the absolute and only truth.
You are also down voting and reacting negatively on all the posts in this thread. That shouts fanboy behavior and isn’t a good look.
You are posting the same thing people have been saying about avatar 3 for the last three weeks. “No one talks about it” “ np one I know has seen it” “no one has heard about it.”
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My SO watched and liked the second Avatar movie.
I enjoyed the first two well enough. The biggest draw for me is not the story telling, but how visually gorgeous I find them.
I haven’t even seen the first one. I win!
Yes.
Yes and a lot of adults too. The avatar movies are beloved.
I saw Avatar in the theater and it was great. The franchise gets better with each installment.
I went to see Avatar not because they’re amazing films, great plots, or because I’m not a serious sci-fi (like unbelievably someone suggested down in the comments).
I went because it had HFR 3D which is rare. I love HFR and think it drastically improves visual films and so I went because it was a scifi spectacle. I’d even go so far as to say I went because in a huge sci-fi nerd, I wanna support all sci-fi films because I like those worlds and stories.
