With strong and consistent mid-weeks, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed the $600 million mark worldwide. This comes after it rapidly passed $500 million globally earlier this week, following its $441.6M opening weekend.

The current worldwide total is $609.7 million including $426.8 million from the international box office.

The Way of Water is expected to dominate the Christmas corridor overall.

TheTop 10 overseas markets are reportedly China ($70.5M), France ($37M), Korea ($32.1M), India ($26.5M), Germany ($26.1M), UK ($21.6M), Mexico ($19.4M), Australia ($15.8M), Italy ($13.8M) and Brazil ($12.9M).

The movie, which took over a decade to make, needs $2 billion to break even. Director James Cameron has already confirmed that a third movie is in the works with an extension to a fourth and fifth if the second one succeeds.

With the way things are heading, it seems like the movie might just break even in a couple of months, prompting the question of whether the franchise will end with the third movie or a lower budget need to be maintained for the continuation of the franchise.