"No one would hire me and just put me on a movie," he said. To be able to direct again, I would have to create my own thing and hang on tenaciously to that. Many people tried to buy the script but I wouldn't sell it to them unless I was the director. That was a turn-off for a lot of people. He sold the rights to the producer for $1 on the condition that he could direct the film. The movie earned $38 million in the US off of a $6 million budget. This is the same amount of money as in today's dollars. The movie spawned several other things. After adjusting for inflation, "The Abyss" earned $130 million at the US box office, more than any other movie. The production was hard on the cast and a sign of the perfectionism that has become a hallmark of his films. He told the New York Times in 1989 that he wanted total control. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio told the Times that the actors never started or finished a scene in a single day. It was close to his heart. He discovered scuba diving as a teenager and thought it was the key to another world. "Avatar: The Way of Water" seems to bring that passion over to him. Disney bought the franchise from 21st Century Fox and will release the movies. "The Way of Water" is the first of the sequels. Movie theater executives think the movie will do well at the box office. The third "Avatar" movie has already been shot, but according to Empire Magazine, he's open to another director making the fourth and fifth movies. The films themselves are a lot of work. I have some other things that are exciting as well. I would like to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can do other things. Maybe it isn't. I'm not sure. It's been nearly three decades since the movie was made, and one thing has been taught to movie goers. Continue to read.
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