On this day in 2009, ‘Avatar’ was released in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for nine Oscars at the 82nd Academy Awards and won three. ‘Avatar’ was also the first movie ever to top $2 billion at the worldwide box office. The movie would become a franchise and be incorporated into Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park as ‘Pandora – The World of Avatar’ in 2017.

Avatar | DISNEY THIS DAY | December 18, 2023
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