Avatar 3: we know the length of James Cameron’s film, and it’s a record

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Avatar: Fire and Ash is undoubtedly the most anticipated film of 2025, and its cinema release is just around the corner. As the third film in the James Cameron franchise arrives in theaters on December 17, the secrecy surrounding it begins to slowly evaporate.

Precisely, Disney has just revealed the official duration of the feature film which is, unsurprisingly, rather titanic.

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More than three hours of happiness

With the imminent arrival of the film, the various American and global cinema groups are starting to list the film in their calendar, with its duration information.

Thus, the sites of Cineplex, AMC or even IMAX indicates that this “Avatar 3” clocks in at 195 minutes, or 3 hours and 15 minutes. Note that the French site Allociné ad a bit shorter, at 3 hours and 12 minutes.

An impressive duration which makes this next part quite simply a record and the longest film in the saga. As a reminder, when it was released in 2009, the first Avatar lasted 162 minutes (or 2 hours and 42 minutes). In 2022, its sequel The Way of Water it offered 192 minutes (3 hours and 2 minutes) of adventure.

You will therefore need to prepare accordingly to attend this XXL session. Of fire and ashes will see Jake Sully, Neytiri and their family continue their fight against humans to protect Pandora. In their struggle, they will encounter another tribe, the people of ashes.

Around the original cast (Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet…) new actors will appear including David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh and Oona Chaplin.

Avatar: Fire and Ash releases on December 17, 2026 in cinemas. Note that films Avatar 4 And Avatar 5 are also planned for cinemas in 2029 and 2031 respectively.