Box Office: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Set to Overtake ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ as Year’s Highest-Grossing International Release

“Avatar: The Way of Water” has sailed past the 1.1 billion mark at the global box office.The film is also set to overtake “Top Gun: Maverick” to become the highest-grossing international release of 2022. James Cameron’s sci-fi epic added 70.4 million to its global bounty on Wednesday. That leaves it with a domestic haul of 337.8 million and an International total of 762.8 million. “Top Gun: Maverick” topped out at 770 million internationally, a figure that “Avatar: The Way of Water” should eclipse at some point on Thursday. Globally, “Top Gun: Maverick” is still the year’s highest-grossing release with 1.5 billion.“Avatar: The Way of Water” has a good chance of reaching that milestone too, though it probably will fall short of “Top Gun: Maverick’s” 718.8 million stateside gross.“Avatar’s” success comes as the global box office is struggling — Hollywood films aren’t getting released in Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine,...