Avatar 2: The Way of the Water is now the 7th highest-grossing film of all time. With the resounding success of the movie, among both critics and fans, James Cameron has already begun turning his eyes towards the next lot of Avatar sequels. In fact, Avatar 3 is done filming, and the first cut has already been handed in at an estimated 9 hours long. But with the success of the first two movies in the franchise, Cameron needs to up his game to maintain the following for the next three movies currently in the pipeline. One of the biggest criticisms of Way of the Water was that it felt too similar to the original Avatar movie. Clearly, the sequels will need stronger storylines if they have any hope of reaching the heights of the first two.