Madrid, (EFE).- The premiere in Spain of «Avatar. The sense of water” has attracted 285,000 viewers at its premiere this past Friday, 25% more than its first part, which remains the highest-grossing film of all time.
The data was provided today by the consulting firm Comscore Spain and confirms the good expectations regarding the future box office performance of this continuation of the story of the planet Pandora, endorsed by its landing in 416 cinemas in the country, 1,983 screens and with more than 150,000 tickets already. sold.
The sequel to «Avatar» is available in 21 different projection formats and only in cinemas, «which is the largest premiere in the history of Disney» in Spain, according to Walt Disney studios.
The original film, directed by James Cameron 13 years ago, was one of the most expensive in all of history (237 million dollars) and only this second part has cost 250 million (about 240 million euros).
With 2,630 million euros collected worldwide, the 2009 film also remains the highest-grossing film in the history of cinema on an international scale, ahead of “Titanic” (2,063 million) and the recent “Star Wars: The Force Awakens» (about 1,950 million), according to data from the Box Office Mojo website.