“Avatar: The Shape of Water“He stayed at North American box office topgrossing $15.7 million this weekend to become the fourth most watched film of all time.
The science fiction film Disney/20th Centurydirected by James Cameron, “has been No. 1 for 7 consecutive weeks…a feat that hasn’t been accomplished” since the director released the original “Avatar” in 2009, industry site Exhibitor Relations noted in your Twitter account.
The strong results from theaters around the worldincluding $237 million in revenue in China, helped propel the film to fourth place all-time worldwide with $2.117 million, not adjusted for inflation.
That means Cameron now has his name on three of the four highest-grossing titles of all time: the original “Avatar“, “titanic“and this sequel.”Avengers: Endgamefrom Disney and Marvel sneaks in second.
James Cameron: Box Office Conqueror.
AVATAR 2 highest-grossing film of all-time in France, Austria, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lebanon, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Cambodia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Colombia & Puerto Rico .
—Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice)
January 29, 2023
Second on the list for the weekend in North American theaters was “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish“, from Universal, with 10.6 million between Friday and Sunday.
It follows, two places up from last weekend, “a grumpy neighbor“(“A Man Called Otto“), from Sony, with 6.8 million dollars. Tom Hanks plays the curmudgeon of the title in the adaptation of the Swedish novel “Old, Grumpy and Suicidal: Life According to Ove”, by Swedish author Fredrik Backman.
The terrifying thriller of dolls “M3GAN“, from Universal and Blumhouse Productions, grossed $6.4 million, placing it in fourth place. The film is about an android doll, created as a companion to a young orphan, who becomes increasingly creepy.
And the new action thriller from Yash Raj Films, “pathan“, ranked fifth with $5.9 million, an impressive total for a Hindi film. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, known as the “King of Bollywood,” in a story about spies, rogue agents and a deadly virus generated in a lab.
Completing the top 10 follow:
6.- Missing ($5.7 million)
7.- Airplane ($3.9 million)
8. – infinity pool (2.7 million dollars)
9. – Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2.3 million dollars)
10.- the wandering earth 2 ($1.4 million)
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