The first teaser trailer for James Cameron’s sequel Avatar: The Way of Water generated a huge wave of interest when it debuted online early Monday after playing exclusively in theaters over the weekend.
The trailer ended its first 24-hour online window with 148.6 million views, including 23 million in China alone, according to Disney and 20th Century.
That’s ahead of all recent Star Wars movies, including Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. I like it Avatar 2the trailer for that film was also shown exclusively in theaters first.
Avatar 2 views on YouTube and social media do not include the millions of people who saw the trailer on the big screen before Doctor strange in the multiverse of madnesswhich opened to a whopping $180.5 million domestically and nearly $450 million overseas.
In terms of other teaser compositions that follow the same release pattern, Universal’s F9: The Fast Saga it garnered 202.7 million views online in its first 24 hours. Avatar: The Way of Water comes second, followed by black widow (116.8 million), Incredibles 2 (113.1 million), skywalker rise (112.4 million), among other titles.
Cameron’s sequel, which hits theaters on December 1. 16, focuses on the return of Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, along with the Na’vi Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldaña, and her family, and all they do to stay safe.
Returning stars also include Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine and Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, and big-name newcomers include Vin Diesel and Cameron’s Titanic star Kate Winslet.
Launched in 2009, Cameron’s Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office with $2.84 billion, unadjusted for inflation. The original Avatar will be released again in theaters on September 7. 23, with image and sound restored.
Check out the trailer below to Avatar: The Way of Water.