Reinventing the wheel takes money—lots and lots of money.
sequel, which originally aimed for a 2014 release, represented “the worst business case in movie history.” Having apparently crunched the numbers on his own time, Cameron estimates the film will have to be “the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history. That’s your threshold. That’s your break even.
” Of course, that’s not out of the realm of possibility; unadjusted for inflation, Cameron’s original 2009 film holds the top spot for highest-grossing film worldwide, with $2.9 billion raked in. Besides, as he told the magazine, he relishes a challenge: “I like difficult. I’m attracted by difficult. Difficult is a fucking magnet for me.”
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