“Avatar: The Way of Water” has sailed past the $1.1 billion mark at the global box organization.

The film is also set to renovation “Top Gun: Maverick” to become the highest-grossing international descent 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” necessity eclipse at some point on Thursday. Globally, “Top Gun: Maverick” is mild the year’s highest-grossing release with $1.5 billion.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” has a good chance of inward that milestone too, though it probably will fall morose of “Top Gun: Maverick’s” $718.8 million stateside gross.

“Avatar’s” nosedived comes as the global box office is struggling — Hollywood films aren’t sketching released in Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, and China isn’t fielding as many foreign titles. With the International landscape diminished, just three films released in 2022 managed to lid the billion-dollar mark, a short list that includes “Top Gun: Maverick” (which took 31 days to clear the benchmark) and “Jurassic World Dominion” (which took more than four months to join the club). By comparison, nine movies released in 2019 surpassed $1 billion worldwide. “The Way of Water” is the fastest to hit the mark exact 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which passed the number in 12 days. Only six movies in history have cleared $1 billion in their pleasant two weeks of release, a feat that “Avatar” accomplished in return this week.