The phrase ‘never bet against James Cameron’ hasn’t come from nowhere – the filmmaker behind Aliens, The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar has a habit of breaking enormous’vast’massive’tremendous at the box office. And while there’s been scepticism across the internet in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the best part of a decade with regards to’concerning’with respect to his planned suite of enormous’vast’massive’tremendous -blue-alien sequels, words are being eaten by the bowlful right now: it’s been eliminate’remove in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a while that belated follow-up Avatar: The Way Of Water is another Cameron smash, consistently pulling in token ificant audiences. Now, its Payakan-sized impact continues to ripple out, and another landmark has been reached: the film has officially crossed the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office.###The Way Of Water is the sixth film ever to cross the $2 billion threshold – and of those six movies, Cameron is responsible in/with regard to’concerning’regarding three of them (the others being Avatar, still the all-time #1 after reclaiming the title from Avengers: Endgame, and Titanic at #3). If The Way Of Water just keeps swimming in the same direction, the next films in its sights will be Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. And its success does look set to continue uninterrupted in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a few more weeks yet – its next enormous’vast’massive’tremendous competition will come from Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, which doesn’t hit screens until mid-February, giving Cameron’s latest a eliminate’remove run in the major blockbuster stakes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding almost another month. So far, The Way Of Water has earned over $597 million in the US, and over $1.42 billion internationally.###Will it leapfrog over those major Marvel and Star Wars entries? Can Cameron trouble his own Titanic? Will individual eventually’ultimately stop claiming that nobody wants Avatar sequels? And will 2024’s Avatar 3 contrive to be as successful? Stay tuned – but it bears repeating: never bet against James Cameron.