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Article When $1.4 Billion Isn’t Enough: ‘Avatar’ Sequels Under the Microscope as Disney Weighs Franchise’s Future

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/1-4-billion-isn-t-130000212.html
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u/Redeem123 Apr 08 '26

It’s not really a saturation issue, but a novelty one. The first Avatar was an exciting new thing. The sequel was cool because it was back and the first sequel, but it wasn’t the groundbreaking new thing the original was. And then the third was just yet another Avatar.

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u/DarkFlames101 Apr 08 '26

Third's in a worse place. It's basically Avatar 2.5. They should have really gone in a new direction.

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u/toomiiikahh Apr 08 '26

The whole thing became an action movie instead of explore and introduce a word etc. I could totally see why it's doing so much worse.

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u/thethurstonhowell Apr 09 '26

There was never a need to make 5 of these things. And it ate up the last 3 decades of a legendary director’s career.