Produced on a $150 million budget, the film grossed $131 million domestically and $319 million worldwide. It is currently the fourth highest grossing Nickelodeon film, behind (2015), (2014), and (2011). The film was originally envisioned as the first in a trilogy of Last Airbender films each based on the three seasons of the show, but ultimately due to the heavy unpopularity from critics and fans and the low profit intake of the first film, the planned trilogy was left in doubt for many years. In 2018, and announced a live-action remake of the animated series on, effectively cancelling any chance of future films. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] 15-year-old and his 14-year-old sister, are near a river at the Southern Water Tribe, a small village in the. While hunting, they discover an iceberg that when broken open shoots a beam of light into the sky. Inside of the iceberg is a 12-year-old boy named and a giant flying bison named.
Unknown to them, Aang is the long-lost Avatar – the only person capable of 'bending' all 4 elements of Air, Water, Earth and Fire. A century has passed since the Fire Nation has declared on the other 3 nations of Air, Water, and Earth in their attempt to conquer the world.
Is the scarred 16-year-old exiled prince of the Fire Nation on a quest to find the Avatar and bring him to his father,, so he can regain his honor. Seeing the light that appeared from Aang's release, Zuko and some Fire Nation soldiers arrive at the Southern Water Tribe to demand the villagers hand over the Avatar. Aang reveals himself and surrenders to Zuko on the condition that he agrees to leave the village alone. On the ship, Aang is tested by Zuko's paternal uncle to confirm he is the Avatar. After being informed that he is to be their prisoner for passing the test, Aang escapes using his glider and flies to his flying bison brought by Katara and Sokka.
Aang and his new friends visit the Southern Air Temple where they meet a winged lemur, who Aang later names. There, Aang learns that he was in the ice for a whole century and that the Fire Nation wiped out all of the Air Nomads, including his guardian, Monk Gyatso. In despair, he enters the Avatar State and finds himself in the Spirit World where he encounters a Dragon Spirit. Katara's pleas bring Aang back out of the Avatar State. To seek shelter, Aang's group arrives at a little Earth Kingdom village controlled by the Fire Nation, but they are arrested and taken to a prison for Earthbenders surrounded by earth after Katara attempts to help a young Earthbender boy escape from Fire Nation soldiers. They incite a rebellion by reminding the disgruntled Earthbenders that Earth was given to them. After battling and defeating the Fire Nation soldiers occupying the village, Aang tells Katara and Sokka that he only knows airbending and he must master the other three elements.