Avatar: Fire and Ash opened strongly at the Indian box office on Day 1, earning Rs 20 crore net. Despite its solid debut and strong overseas performance, the film failed to surpass the opening-day record of Avatar: The Way of Water and is facing stiff competition from Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar.

Fire and Ash, despite strong international earnings of $43.1 million, fell quite short of reaching projected numbers in India

James Cameron's film is set to make some serious records. Released today, December 19, this animated third installment in the Avatar film series has collection 43 million dollars in the global market making it one of the highest opening day of 2025 in various countries.

James Cameron’s two previous epics, 2009’s “Avatar” and 2022’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” each grossed well over $2 billion globally and stand as two of the biggest movies in history. So Hollywood has lofty expectations for the third installment, to say the least.

The James Cameron movie has been unable to live up to his its hype in India. Marred by negative reviews and competing with Dhurandhar, the movie registered a relatively low opening.

Fire and Ash - 20th Century Studios James Cameron works on his own time. After the filmmaker's "Titanic" obliterated box office records and dominated the Oscars, it took 12 years for Cameron to follow that up with 2009's "Avatar,