Avatar: Fire and Ash has just wrapped up its second full weekend in theaters, and despite months of speculation about whether the franchise still had the juice, the numbers are doing the talking. As of this writing,

Fire and Ash out, James Cameron has set his sights on a more non-fictional tale to tell. Ghosts of Hiroshima is a self-explanatory title, but not without Cameron’s creative indulgence. James Cameron’s four-year break before Avatar 4 will be manifested in the form of a literary adaptation.

While $88 million would normally be considered a slow start for a movie on the scale of "Fire and Ash," the box-office run for "Avatar" movies tends to be a marathon, not a sprint. The series is known for having significant staying power in theaters for several weeks.