Avatar took the world by storm when it was released in late 2009, earring primarily positive critical reception and becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, a record is still holds thanks to re-releases, though Avengers: Endgame did hold the #1 spot for a time. And while audiences ended up waiting more than a decade for the follow-up, Avatar: The Way of Water was also quite the commercial success, as evidenced by it currently ranking as the third highest-grossing movie. While there are three more Avatar movies to look forward to, a recent calendar shakeup has resulted in Avatar 5 not arriving until 2031, and Zoe Saldaña has a hilarious reaction to this.
Various upcoming Disney movies had their release dates shuffled, including Deadpool 3, the next two Avengers movies and the next three Avatar sequels. Avatar 3 has been moved to December 19, 2025, followed by Avatar 4 shifting to December 21, 2029 and Avatar 5 now capping things off on December 21, 2031. That’s three years later that its previous release date, and 22 years after the first Avatar movie. So you can’t blame Saldaña for noting in her Instagram Stories how old she’ll be when Avatar 5 is released.
