"avatar 2" remains at the top of the US and Canadian box office

“Avatar 2” remains at the top of the box office in the United States and Canada, even as a brutal winter storm kept millions in their homes Christmas weekend, trade firm Exhibitor Relations said on Monday.

In its second week of release, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 sci-fi film it grossed $90 million between Friday and the holiday Monday.

The film directed by James Cameron It has earned a total of $881 million worldwide since its premiere. according to figures from box office tracking site Box Office Mojo.

Once again located on the planet Pandora, but a decade after the events of the first installment, “Avatar 2: the path of water” tells how the American marine Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, who transitioned into the body of a Na’vi, The tall, blue-skinned people of Pandora join them to protect their habitat from a terrible threat.

Another sequel, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”, a computer animation based on a character from the “Shrek” franchise, fell to second place in the ranking, billing 17.5 million dollars for four days in its first screening weekend.

In this feature film, Puss in Boots, whose voice is that of the Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, he embarks on an epic adventure to restore all nine of his lives.

The biopic about singer Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” in which English actress Naomi Ackie plays the late superstar, came in third with just $6.8 million in revenue in its first weekend in theaters.

Fourth was “Babylon”, which grossed just $5.3 million despite a cast that included Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. An “especially terrible debut,” opined Variety.com.

In this dramatic comedy, director Damien Chazelle, Oscar winner for “La La Land,” offers a vibrant homage to 1920s Hollywood, at a time when sound was beginning to appear on the big screen, condemning silent movies to oblivion.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, a sequel to the 2018 Marvel afro-futurist film, dropped to fifth place for its part with $5.3 million in its seventh week in theaters.

They complete the list of the 10 highest grossing films: