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Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third in billionaire director James Cameron’s fantasy franchise, is still expected to make a big impact at the box office this weekend.

Avatar: Fire and Ash is not streaming on Netflix right now. Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 20th Century Studios release, a studio owned by Disney, and therefore will likely go on to stream on one of the Disney-owned streamers, rather than on Netflix.

It's better than the second film — bolder and tighter — and still has its share of amazements. But the series no longer feels visually unprecedented.

Director Paul Feig is best known for comedies like "Bridesmaids" and the 2016 version of "Ghostbusters" but with this film he devises a thriller about a young housemaid whose new job working for a picture-perfect family takes a strange turn. Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star. Rated R. Opens Friday throughout Houston.

The opening weekend performance of James Cameron's sci-fi epic will be sliced and diced every which way; the real answer will lie in how well the threequel plays out during the year-end holidays and into the new year.

The third film in the Avatar franchise is being released in theaters this weekend. Known for a spectacular 3D experience, the Avatar films are some of the highest grossing movies in film history. Here's your guide to seeing Avatar in theaters in Minnesota.

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" looks seriously cool. That's about it, as the rest of James Cameron's overlong extravaganza leaves a lot to be desired.