"Avatar: Fire and Ash" is now in theaters, but when will viewers be able to watch the sequel at home? Here’s why those hoping to stream the film may be in for a longer wait than expected.

But what about streaming? Well, the film is released by 20th Century Fox so we know that it will eventually find its streaming home on Disney Plus. Looking again to Avatar: The Way of Water, that film came to the streamer on June 7, 2023 – 173 days after it released in cinemas.

Avatar: Fire and Ash' is the highly anticipated 3rd installment in the franchise, so when will it be on Disney Plus?

Avatar returned to theaters with Fire and Ash on December 19. James Cameron crafted this third chapter for the big screens, with a 3D experience in mind. That message has been crystal clear from the very beginning, from both Cameron and the distributors, 20th Century Studios, which Disney owns.

We wouldn't be surprised to see a similar timeline for the new movie, which could mean that the earliest we can expect to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash on Disney+ is in early June 2026. Disney favours a Wednesday launch for its new streaming movies, putting the likeliest release dates as Wednesday 3 June 2026 or Wednesday 10 June 2026.

Disney/20th Century/Lightstorm’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” won’t have an opening weekend as big as its 2022 predecessor “The Way of Water,” but is still on course to become Hollywood’s highest grossing film this year as industry projections have it earning a domestic opening of $90 million and a global opening of approximately $340 million.

“Fire and Ash,” the third installment in Disney’s sci-fi saga, grossed $36.5 million from 3,800 North American theaters on Friday. The film is on track to reach between $85 million and $90 million domestically by Sunday. Including international grosses, it could climb as high as $365 million by the end of the weekend.

Avatar: Fire and Ash is now in theaters, bringing fans all over Earth back to the planet Pandora for another chapter in the Sully Family saga. Following the tragic events of Avatar: The Way of Water,

Fire and Ash has set a record-low Rotten Tomatoes score for the franchise, moviegoers are expressing a much different experience.

Avatar has been adapted into both a comic series and a trilogy of graphic novels, and in December 2023, Ubisoft released the video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The game allows players to step into the role of a Na’vi who awakens from suspended animation, only to discover that Pandora is under attack.

The new ‘Avatar’ installment is, of course, a long one! Find out how much time you need to set aside for the cinematic experience.

The second installment in the film series, "The Way of Water," had a better start and tallied $5 million more in its Thursday preview haul in 2022. Still, box office analysts expect "Fire and Ash" will bring in at least $100 million during its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada.