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Sunday, January 8, 2023

Weekend Box-Office: AVATAR Sequel Crosses $1.7B Worldwide; M3GAN Takes Second Place With $30M Opening

Weekend Box Office M3gan Avatar

The PG-13 horror film "M3gan" was hot on the heels of "Avatar: The Way of Water", even going as far as surpassing it on Friday, but in the end it only managed a second place finish, while James Cameron's behemoth scored the third highest fourth weekend ever.

Read more about the weekend box-office after the jump.






"Avatar: The Way of Water" topped its fourth weekend at the box-office with $45 million and a soft 33% drop from the previous weekend. The sequel ranked as the #3 fourth weekend of all time, behind only the original "Avatar" ($50.3 million). The film's domestic total has reached $516.7 million after 24 days, becoming the second biggest release of 2022, behind "Top Gun: Maverick". Overseas it has earned $1.19 billion from 52 countries, bringing its worldwide cume to $1.7 billion.

Universal's horror film "M3gan" opened in second place with $30.2 million from 3,509 theaters against a $12 million budget. It also added another $14.8 million from 34 markets for a worldwide total of $45 million. The film received solid reviews from critics (93% on Rotten Toamtoes), but a lukewarm reception from moviegoers ("B" CinemaScore).

The animated film "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" finished in third place with $13.1 million, dropping 22%. The film's domestic cume has reached $87.7 million after 19 days in theaters, while overseas it raked in $109.7 million from 77 markets. That's a global total of $197.4 million, which is something of a let-down compared to the first "Puss in Boots", which grossed a total of $554.9 million worldwide.

The Tom Hanks starrer "A Man Called Otto" entered the Top 10 and landed in fourth place after a semi-wide expansion this weekend. The film raked in $4.2 million from 637 theaters. Next week, the film will get a complete wide release in a total of 3,500 theaters.

The Top 5 is rounded out by the Marvel movie "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" with $3.3 million (-34%). The film has grossed a total of $445.4 million and $381.7 million overseas, which all adds up to $827.2 million worldwide.




Rank Title Weekend Gross Domestic Total Foreign Total Budget
1 Avatar: The Way of Water $45M $516.7M $1.19B $460M
2 M3GAN $30.2M $30.2M $14.8M $12M
3 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish $13.1M $87.7M $109.7M $90M
4 A Man Called Otto $4.2M $4.2M $8.4M $50M
5 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $3.3M $445.4M $381.7M $250M
6 Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody $2.4M $19.6M $21.8M $45M
7 The Whale $1.5M $8.5M N/A $3M
8 Babylon $1.4M $13.5M N/A $80M
9 Violent Night $0.7M $49.4M $25.3M $20M
10 The Menu $0.7M $37.6M $37M $30M






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