Sam Worthington's wife Lara Worthington was left shocked by his movie Avatar: Fire and Ash's Golden Globes 2026 nomination.

The forthcoming film - in which Sam plays former human Jake Sully - isn't due to drop until December 19th, but earlier this week the motion picture received a Cinematic and Box Office Achievement nod alongside F1, KPop Demon Hunters, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Sinners, Weapons, and Wicked: For Good.

20th Century Studios congratulated the movie for the nomination, with a post on Instagram reading: "Congratulations to the cast and crew of Avatar: Fire and Ash for their Golden Globe nomination for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement."

But Lara was stunned to see the film had been put up for a box office award before it has been released.

She commented: "Box office achievement?? The movie isn't even out yet !!! (sic)"

Some others shared similar confusion.

One Instagram user wrote: "It's not out yet…. What if it flops???? (sic)"

Another posted: "Ummm.... The movie isn't out yet and it's already a nominee for box office achievement (sic)"

One commented: "Golden Globes are now seeing the future?"

However, others claimed the nod was probably due to pre-sales.

One told Lara: "probably pre-sales tickets and tracking (sic)"

Another posted: "Pre-sales in India , Germany, Korea records"

However, if the movie does underperform at the box office then director James Cameron is prepared to end the Avatar franchise.

Speaking on The Town with Matt Belloni podcast, he recently said: "Sequelitis. People tend to dismiss sequels. Unless it's the third Lord of the Rings film and you want to see what happens to everybody, which in my mind this is.

"This is the culmination of a story arc, but that may not be how the public sees it."

The Titanic filmmaker admitted Avatar: Fire and Ash would be a fitting conclusion to the series if it needs to be.

He said: "I've been in Avatar land for 20 years, actually 30 years because I wrote it in '95, but I wasn't working continuously on it for those first 10 years."