Should You Stay After Avatar: Fire and Ash? The Post-Credits Verdict

Avatar: Fire and Ash is finally in theaters, picking up right where The Way of Water left off. Jake Sully and the family are still posted up with the Metkayina, enjoying a rare stretch of calm. Naturally, that does not last. Quaritch is back in the mix, and a fresh threat literally rises from the ashes to yank the rug out from under them.

Do you need to sit through the credits?

Short answer: no. There are zero mid-credits or post-credits scenes. Not exactly shocking — James Cameron has never played the end-credits tease game on these movies, and this one sticks to that pattern. Also worth noting: Fire and Ash runs 3 hours and 17 minutes, which makes it the longest Avatar yet, so if your legs are begging for mercy when the credits hit, you are not missing a secret scene.

• No mid-credits or post-credits stingers
• Runtime is 3 hours 17 minutes — longest of the series
• The credits feature Miley Cyrus's original song 'Dream as One,' written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
• There is a brief tribute card to a longtime James Cameron collaborator who passed away in 2024

Why you might stick around anyway

While there is no extra scene, the credits do debut an original Miley Cyrus track made for the movie, 'Dream as One,' which she co-wrote with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. She first teased it back in October and explained why it meant something personal to her:

'Honored to support Avatar: Fire and Ash with an original song I've written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Having been personally affected by fire and being rebuilt from the ashes, this project holds profound meaning for me. Thank you, Jim, for the opportunity to turn that experience into musical medicine.'

'The song leans into the film's themes of unity, healing, and love. To be even a small star in the universe the Avatar family has created is truly a dream come true.'

It pairs cleanly with where the Sullys land by the end of this chapter — thematically on-point without feeling like homework.

Anything else during the credits?

Yes — there is a quick in-credits tribute card for a producer and longtime James Cameron collaborator who died in 2024. It is brief, but if that partnership means something to you, it is worth a moment of quiet before you head for the exit.

Bottom line: no stinger this time. If you stay, do it for the song and the tribute. Otherwise, you are safe to bolt once the names start rolling.