Avatar: Fire and Ash Is Now on Disney Plus

James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third chapter in his Pandora saga, began streaming by subscription on Disney Plus on June 24, 2026, roughly six months after its theatrical debut grossed $1.49 billion worldwide.

Where to Watch Avatar: Fire and Ash

The film is available on Disney Plus in supported international markets. Viewers in India can find it on JioHotstar, where it is offered in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and English, among other language options.

Subscription streaming is the third and final home-release window. 20th Century Studios made the film available for digital purchase on March 31, 2026. A physical 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD release followed on May 19, 2026. The Disney Plus subscription window opened on June 24, completing the staged rollout.

No official free or ad-supported streaming option has been announced in any major market. Access through Disney Plus or JioHotstar requires a paid subscription to those services.

What the Film Is About

Fire and Ash follows Jake Sully, Neytiri, and their family as they continue living with the Metkayina reef people while grieving the loss of their eldest son Neteyam, who died in Avatar: The Way of Water. The story introduces two new Na'vi cultures: the Wind Traders, known as the Tlalim, led by Peylak and played by David Thewlis, and the Mangkwan, known as the Ash People, whose leader Varang is played by Oona Chaplin.

According to official franchise materials, the Mangkwan's homeland was devastated by volcanic catastrophe, an event that radically altered their relationship with Eywa and with the wider Na'vi world. Varang aligns with the RDA human forces, and that alliance drives the film's central conflict.

The film is rated PG-13 and carries an official runtime of 3 hours 15 minutes per the studio.

Box Office and Awards

Avatar: Fire and Ash opened in 3,800 U.S. and Canadian cinemas on December 19, 2025, earning $89.1 million domestically across its opening weekend. The Numbers currently tracks a worldwide theatrical gross of $1,490,386,712, split between $404.3 million domestically and $1.086 billion internationally.

Reuters reported that the film crossed $1 billion globally by January 4, 2026, with Disney's running total at $1.03 billion at that point.

At the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026, the film won the Oscar for Visual Effects, awarded to Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett. It also received a nomination for Costume Design. The Academy's official record confirms both.

How Critics and Audiences Rate It

As of June 28, 2026, the film holds a 66% critic score from 356 reviews and a 90% verified audience score from more than 10,000 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, it scores 61 from 59 critic reviews, with a user score of 6.9 from 630 ratings. IMDb shows a weighted user rating of 7.2 out of 10. All three of these figures are dynamic and will shift as more ratings are submitted.

The 24-point gap between the 66% critic score and the 90% audience score is the widest in the franchise. The original Avatar sits at 81% critics and 82% audience, a one-point spread. The Way of Water carries a 76% critic score alongside an audience score in the low 90s. Fire and Ash is also the first film in the series to miss Certified Fresh status on Rotten Tomatoes.

Will There Be More Avatar Films?

Fire and Ash is not the final Avatar film under Disney's currently announced plan. Disney confirmed at its D23 event in August 2024 that two additional sequels are scheduled, the fourth for December 21, 2029, and the fifth for December 19, 2031. That would make five main-series films in total, three of which have now been released.

Future production is not guaranteed. Reuters reported in December 2025 that cost-cutting conversations around future installments were ongoing, and Cameron himself has said the franchise will only continue if the numbers justify it.

The Principal Cast

The official cast per 20th Century Studios includes Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, Stephen Lang as Colonel Quaritch, Oona Chaplin as Varang, Kate Winslet as Ronal, Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, David Thewlis as Peylak, Britain Dalton as Lo'ak, Jack Champion as Spider, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss as Tuk, Bailey Bass as Tsireya, Jamie Flatters as Neteyam, and Brendan Cowell as Scoresby.

James Cameron directed and co-wrote the film alongside Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, with story credits to Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Cameron and Jon Landau produced under their Lightstorm Entertainment banner.

Deaths and Ending (Major Spoilers)

Stop reading here if you have not seen the film.

Ronal, the Metkayina leader played by Kate Winslet, dies after being fatally wounded and giving birth, according to ending coverage by GamesRadar. Scoresby, played by Brendan Cowell, is killed or presumed killed during a tulkun encounter. Variety's account describes him being swallowed, while other reporting frames the outcome as presumed rather than confirmed. Varang escapes the final conflict rather than dying. Quaritch's fate is deliberately left open, and trusted sources including ScreenRant treat his final fall as ambiguous rather than a confirmed death.

The Neteyam grief thread that drives much of the story refers to his death in Avatar: The Way of Water, not an event in this film.