‘Avatar Fire and Ash' sparks money concerns after shocking budget reveal

James Cameron’s next Avatar film Fire and Ash drew huge attention after reports claimed that its production cost gone far beyond $400 million.

Variety shared that the amount placed the movie among the expensive films ever made.

The figure also matched the growing expenses of Avatar The Way of Water, which increased from two hundred fifty million to about four hundred sixty million because of pandemic delays.

Cameron already shared in many interviews about the heavy pressure surrounding this new release.

Since the four hundred million cost did not include marketing, trade experts believed the movie would need to earn well over one billion across the world just to reach a safe point.

With Disney known for very large promotional campaigns, some analysts expected the target to climb even higher.

Reports also said Cameron had full creative power over the film, including the final version shown in cinemas.

For years, people in the industry shared stories about his strong voice in the editing room.

One viral repeated moment came from The Way of Water when he told a Fox executive to leave his office after being asked to shorten the movie, “Get the f*** out of my office.”

Cameron openly said that the future of the entire series depended on how Fire and Ash performed.

However, the reports also suggested that the sequel could face changes or delays, or even be rewritten into a book if the new film did not do well as he further questioned how long such huge spending could continue.

For the unversed, Avatar The Way of Water remained the third highest earning movie of all time with two point three billion worldwide, creating both hope and pressure for the new chapter.