Avatar statistics span two different kinds of information: the creative profile of James Cameron’s 2009 film and the financial record accumulated through later re-releases. The movie was rated PG-13, runs 2 hours 41 minutes, and earned $2.9237 billion worldwide across all releases, according to Avatar.com and the Box Office Mojo Avatar page. Because the release record includes multiple reissues, the figures below identify the relevant release or geography wherever the supplied records do so.
Contents
- At-a-glance Avatar facts
- Release, format, and production details
- Worldwide box-office scale
- Releases and re-releases
- Country-level box-office leaders
- Additional country results and rankings
At-a-glance Avatar facts
The official Avatar.com page identifies Avatar (2009) as an action-adventure, fantasy, and science-fiction film. It lists James Cameron as both writer and director, and James Cameron and Jon Landau as producers. The official page credits six leads: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, and Giovanni Ribisi.
The film’s basic profile is compact but useful for understanding the scale of the project:
- Rating: PG-13, according to Avatar.com.
- Runtime: 2 hours 41 minutes, according to Avatar.com.
- Original release date listed by Avatar.com: December 18, 2009.
- Earliest release date in the Box Office Mojo release record: December 16, 2009, in LATAM and EMEA markets.
- Original rollout: 77 markets, according to the Box Office Mojo Avatar page.
- Reported production budget: $237 million, according to the Box Office Mojo Avatar page.
The two release-date entries describe different points in the rollout rather than a contradiction: Avatar.com gives December 18, 2009 as the film’s release date, while the Box Office Mojo record identifies an earlier December 16 opening in specified LATAM and EMEA markets.
Release, format, and production details
Avatar’s listed genres position it across three familiar categories. Avatar.com labels it action-adventure, fantasy, and science fiction. The same official source attributes both the screenplay and direction to James Cameron. Production is credited to Cameron and Jon Landau.
The six credited leads on Avatar.com’s official page are:
| Role in the official listing | Names |
|---|---|
| Credited leads | Sam Worthington; Zoe Saldaña; Stephen Lang; Michelle Rodriguez; Sigourney Weaver; Giovanni Ribisi |
The 2-hour-41-minute runtime makes the film a substantial feature-length viewing experience. The PG-13 rating is the content classification supplied by Avatar.com. These are descriptive production and release facts, not measures of audience size or box-office performance.
The reported production budget is $237 million. The supplied Box Office Mojo record describes this as a reported budget, so it should be read as a reported figure rather than as an independently reconstructed cost estimate. The release record also says that the original rollout reached 77 markets. That market count belongs to the initial rollout and should not be confused with the later special-edition and re-release records.
Worldwide box-office scale
The Box Office Mojo Avatar page reports $2.9237 billion in worldwide gross across all releases. Its domestic total across all releases is $785.2 million, while the international total across all releases is $2.1385 billion. These totals use the release record’s all-releases framing, so they include the film’s later returns as well as its initial theatrical run.
The original domestic opening was $77.0 million, according to the same Box Office Mojo page. That opening figure is a first-release opening measure, whereas the $785.2 million domestic figure is a cumulative total across all releases. They describe different points in the film’s box-office history and should not be compared as if they were equivalent periods.
| Box-office measure | Reported result | Scope or period |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide gross | $2.9237 billion | Across all releases |
| Domestic gross | $785.2 million | Across all releases |
| International gross | $2.1385 billion | Across all releases |
| Domestic opening | $77.0 million | Original domestic opening |
| Production budget | $237 million | Reported budget |
The international figure is the larger of the two all-releases regional totals listed by Box Office Mojo: $2.1385 billion internationally compared with $785.2 million domestically. The dataset does not supply an independently calculated return-on-budget measure, so no such ratio is added here.
Releases and re-releases
The Box Office Mojo release record separates several later entries from the original rollout. The 2010 special edition was reissued in 50 markets and added $44.8 million worldwide. The record also reports $1.281 million worldwide from the 2020 re-release, $58.0 million worldwide from the 2021 China re-release, and $76.0 million worldwide from the 2022 re-release.
There is also a 2025 Australia re-release entry showing $4,682. The supplied record identifies this specifically as an Australia entry, so it is not presented as a worldwide total.
| Release entry | Reported result | Geography or scope |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 special edition | $44.8 million | Worldwide; 50 markets |
| 2020 re-release | $1.281 million | Worldwide |
| 2021 re-release | $58.0 million | China |
| 2022 re-release | $76.0 million | Worldwide |
| 2025 re-release entry | $4,682 | Australia |
These entries help explain why the cumulative all-releases totals are not limited to the film’s 2009 theatrical cycle. They also show why the geography attached to each number matters: a worldwide release figure, a China-specific figure, and an Australia-specific entry are not interchangeable measures.
Box Office Mojo ranks Avatar fourth in domestic lifetime gross within the domestic release table supplied for the film. In China, the film ranks 45th in lifetime gross within that release table. Those rankings are presented as the positions reported on the Box Office Mojo Avatar page; the supplied facts do not provide a measurement date or a separate ranking methodology.
Country-level box-office leaders
The country entries show strong results across several European markets. In France, Avatar grossed $181.8 million and ranks second. Germany reported $166.7 million, where the film ranks first. The United Kingdom reported $153.8 million and ranks sixth. Spain reported $112.8 million and ranks first, while Italy reported $96.6 million and ranks first.
| Country | Gross | Reported rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | $181.8 million | 2nd |
| Germany | $166.7 million | 1st |
| United Kingdom | $153.8 million | 6th |
| Spain | $112.8 million | 1st |
| Italy | $96.6 million | 1st |
| Poland | $32.2 million | 1st |
| Netherlands | $27.9 million | 3rd |
| Denmark | $25.4 million | 1st |
| Sweden | $24.7 million | 2nd |
| Switzerland | $21.0 million | 2nd |
Poland recorded $32.2 million and ranks first in its supplied country table. The Netherlands recorded $27.9 million and ranks third. Denmark recorded $25.4 million and ranks first. Sweden recorded $24.7 million and ranks second, while Switzerland recorded $21.0 million and ranks second.
The next group of results remains notable in absolute terms, although the reported local rankings vary. Türkiye recorded $18.1 million and ranks 12th. Belgium recorded $16.7 million and ranks third. Austria recorded $16.6 million and ranks second. Norway recorded $15.1 million and ranks second. Greece recorded $14.2 million and ranks first, and Israel recorded $13.5 million and ranks first.
Additional country results and rankings
The Box Office Mojo Avatar page reports $12.8 million in the Czech Republic, where the film ranks second. Portugal recorded $10.5 million and ranks first. Hungary recorded $9.5 million and ranks first. Ukraine recorded $8.7 million and ranks first. The United Arab Emirates recorded $8.2 million and ranks 22nd, illustrating that a country total and a lifetime ranking convey different information.
South Africa recorded $7.6 million and ranks third. Romania recorded $6.7 million and ranks third. Finland recorded $6.1 million and ranks 13th. Russia recorded $5.0 million and ranks 32nd. Bulgaria recorded $4.1 million and ranks second.
The remaining supplied country figures are smaller in absolute terms but still carry distinct rankings in the reported tables:
- Slovakia: $3.0 million, ranking fifth.
- Serbia and Montenegro: $2.6 million, ranking third.
- Egypt: $2.4 million, ranking seventh.
- Croatia: $2.2 million, ranking fourth.
- Slovenia: $1.9 million, ranking first.
- Kuwait: $1.8 million, ranking seventh.
- Lebanon: $1.7 million, ranking tenth.
- Lithuania: $1.6 million, ranking sixth.
- Latvia: $1.6 million, ranking first.
- Estonia: $1.3 million, ranking first.
- Iceland: $1.2 million, ranking first.
- Qatar: $1.1 million, ranking seventh.
Taken together, these country records show that Avatar appears in the supplied Box Office Mojo tables across a wide range of markets, with reported first-place rankings in Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, and Iceland. The rankings remain tied to the individual country tables and should not be treated as a single global ranking system.
The figures also preserve the distinction between reported gross and reported rank. For example, France’s $181.8 million is higher than Germany’s $166.7 million, yet France ranks second while Germany ranks first in the respective country tables. That difference is why country-level statistics are most useful when both measures are retained together.