“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the home field workplace charts for the seventh weekend in a row with a further $15.7 million, in line with studio estimates on Sunday.
It was a quiet weekend general, notable largely for the Hindi language blockbuster “Pathaan” that broke into the highest 5 and the post-Oscar nominations rereleases of movies like “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “The Fabelmans.”
“Avatar 2’s” first-place North American run has solely been matched by the primary “Avatar,” and, previously 25 years, bested by “Titanic” (which stayed in first place for 15 weeks). All three have been directed by James Cameron.
Globally, “The Way of Water” has now grossed an estimated $2.1 billion, passing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” to change into the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time (of which Cameron has directed three).
“James Cameron just keeps ticking off all the records and milestones,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “And it’s still got a wide-open marketplace.”
Second place went to Universal and DreamWorks’ family-oriented providing “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish,” which made $10.6 million in its sixth weekend. The animated spinoff has earned over $140.8 million in North America and was lately made obtainable to stream at residence, too.
Third place went to Sony’s “A Man Called Otto” with $6.8 million from 3,957 places. The meme-able horror “M3GAN,” a Universal launch, snuck into fourth place with $6.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its home whole to $82.3 million.
The Indian movie “Pathaan,” starring Shah Rukh Kha in his first function in 5 years, settled in fifth place with $5.9 million from solely 695 screens.
“A top five appearance is really impressive,” Dergarabedian stated, noting that {the marketplace} over the previous a number of years has offered alternatives for Indian movies to interrupt into the home high 10.
Many studios boasting greatest image nominees additionally selected to capitalize on the excitement of Tuesday’s Oscar nominations with sizable re-releases. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which received a number one 11 nominations, got here again to theaters in drive taking part in on 1,400 screens the place it earned one other $1 million. The A24 launch has made $71 million domestically up to now. Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” nominated for seven Oscars, additionally expanded to 1,962 screens in North America and took in a further $760,000, bringing its home whole to $16 million.
“We are seeing in real time the halo effect of the Oscar nominations on these best picture nominees,” Dergarbedian stated. “The Oscar bounce is back, something we haven’t seen over the past couple of years.”
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