Of fire and ashes” marks the best start of the year in France

With 273,370 admissions in one day, the third film in James Cameron’s saga marks the best start of the year in France and is ahead of the score of the previous part, “The Way of Water”.

Some fans of the saga Avatar got up early this Wednesday morning to attend the first session of the third part of the franchise Of fire and ashesbroadcast from 8 a.m. at the UGC Ciné Cité des Halles in Paris. Enough to set the tone for the enthusiasm that James Cameron’s new film would receive in theaters.

Result: Avatar: Of Fire and Ash accumulated 273,370 entries in one day, marking the best start of the year in France ahead of Lilo & Stitch (260,176 entries), released last May.

A better score than “The Way of Water”

Thanks to this success in French cinemas, Avatar: Of Fire and Ashthe darker and more violent third part of the saga, offers an entry score higher than that of the previous film, The Way of Waterunveiled on December 14, 2022.

However, this second part was released in a particular context: it was broadcast on the day of the semi-final of the Football World Cup between France and Morocco. The first part ofAvatar was a hit in theaters on its first day in theaters in 2009 with more than 330,934 in France.

It remains to be seen whether Of fire and ashes will succeed in attracting spectators in the long term in an attempt to exceed 10 million admissions, or even to equal the record figures of the first two films: 14.6 million admissions for Avatar and 14 million for The Way of Water.