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Avatar: The Way of Water takes the weekend box office falling short of expectations

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Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water easily won the weekend box office but fell short of the rather out there initial projections. The film grossed $134 million domestically, an impressive number. Projects had the film making at least $140 million but others had it between $160 and $200 million. The original film opened with $77 million in 2009, about $106.9 million in today’s dollars.

Internationally, the film grossed $300.5 million delivering an opening weekend total of $434.5 million. The film will reportedly need to gross $2 billion to break even, the original grossed $2.923 billion. It’ll be interesting to see how the film does in the “new normal” post Covid. The film doesn’t have much competition until mid-February with just Puss in Boots: The Last Wish geared towards kids and Babylon, Oscar bait, standing much of a chance of making a dent. The biggest hurdle for the film will be the increasing Covid positivty rate as well as whether anyone was really clamoring for a sequel for a film that holds records but left little cultural impact.

In second place was Violent Night which held the spot from the previous weekend with an estimated $5.6 million. It has now grossed just under $35 million domestically. Internationally, it added about $5 million over the week to bring that to $20.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $55.1 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dropped to third place with an estimated $5.4 million. Domestically, the film has earned just under $419 million. Internationally, the film added about $9.5 million over the week to lift that to $367.5 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $786.5 million.

Strange World slipped one spot to fourth place. The movie grossed $2.2 million to bring its domestic gross to $33.8 million. Internationally, the film grossed about $200,000 over the week to bring that to $23.2 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just under $57 million.

The Menu rounded out the top five with $1.7 million to bring its domestic total to $32.1 million. Internationally, the film grossed about $400,000 over the week to bring that total to $29.2 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $61.3 million worldwide.

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Black Adam debuted digitally on HBO Max and still grossed an estimated $500,000 to bring its domestic total up to just under $167.7 million. Over the week, the film added about $300,000 internationally to bring that to $222.3 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $390 million.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time added about $40,000 over the week. Domestically, it has grossed $795,348. Internationally, the film has already grossed $92.9 million for a worldwide gross of $93.7 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 45 films earning $152,858,819 from 25,556 theaters. That’s a massive increase from last weekend’s $37,644,613 from 32,938 theaters and 54 films driven almost entirely by Avatar: The Way of Water. The average earning was $5,981.33 this past weekend, a major boost from last weekend’s $1,142.89.

It’s a five-peat for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the weekend box office

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The weekend box office wasn’t too exciting as the top five was a repeat from the previous weekend. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever did it again taking the top of the box office. The movie grossed $11.1 million over the weekend bringing its total gross to $409.8 million. Over the week, the film grossed $18.7 million to bring its international gross to $358 million. Worldwide, the movie has earned $767.8 million.

In second place was Violent Night which grossed just under $8.7 million. The movie has grossed $26.7 million at the domestic box office. Over the week, the movie grossed about $8 million internationally where it has now grossed $15.1 million. Worldwide, the movie stands at $41.8 million.

Strange World came in third with $3.6 million. The movie has earned $30.5 million so far at the domestic box office. Internationally, the film added about $6.2 million to its total to bring that to $23 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $53.5 million.

The Menu was fourth with an estimated $2.7 million. The film has grossed a little over $29 million domestically. Over the week, the film grossed about $6.2 million to bring that to $28.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has earned $57.7 million.

Rounding out the top five was Devotion which earned just under $2 million. It has grossed just under $17 million at the domestic box office so far. The movie also earned about $448,000 internationally over the week where it now has grossed $552,917. Worldwide, the film stands at $17.5 million.

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Black Adam improved one spot with an estimated $1.3 million to bring its domestic total up to just under $166.9 million. Over the week, the film added about $3 million internationally to bring that to $222 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $388.9 million.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time debuted at #16 for the weekend with $280,550. Domestically, it has grossed $755,267. Internationally, the film has already grossed $92.9 million for a worldwide gross of $93.7 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 54 films earning $37,644,613 from 32,938 theaters. That’s a drop of near 25% from last weekend’s $52,626,631 from 32,607 theaters and 52 films. The average earning was $1,142.89 this past weekend, a little more than half of last weekend’s $1,613.97.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever goes four for four

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was the top of the weekend box office again in its fourth week of release. The film grossed an estimated $17.6 million bringing its domestic gross to $393.7 million. Internationally, the film grossed about $31.4 million to bringing its total to $339.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has earned a little over $733 million in its first month.

Violent Night debuted in second place with $13.3 million and an international gross of $7.1 million. Worldiwde, the total is $20.4 million.

Strange World dipped to third with $4.9 million to lift its domestic gross to $25.5 million. Internationally, the film added $7.6 million over the week to bring that to $16.8 million and $42.3 million after two weeks.

The Menu improved moving into fourth place from last week’s fifth with $3.6 million. Domestically the film has earned $24.7 million. Over the week, it added $7.7 million to its international total to bring that to $22.5 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $47.2 million.

Devotion wrapped up the top five with just under $2.8 million. Domestically the film has grossed $13.8 million after two weeks. Internationally, the film has earned $104,674 for a worldwide total to $13.9 million.

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Black Adam slipped one spot to seventh place, the first weekend out of the top five, with an estimated $1.7 million to bring its domestic total up to just under $165.2 million. Over the week, the film added about $3.9 million internationally to bring that to $219 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $384.2 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 52 films earning $52,626,631 from 32,607 theaters. That’s a drop of near 50% from last weekend’s $94,269,687 from 32,315 theaters and 48 films. The average earning was $1,613.97 this past weekend, a little more than half of last weekend’s $2,917.21.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever holds off Three Debuts to Three-peat

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever apparently didn’t face much competition as it walked away with the top of the weekend box office by a mile and then some. The film was the top film for the third weekend in a row adding $45.9 million to its domestic total bringing that to $367.7 million. Over the week, the movie added $49.6 million to lift its international total to $307.9 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $675.6 million. The film is #6 for domestic gross of this year’s films and will likely be in third by the end of the week. Internationally, the film is #7 and might move up a spot this week as well.

In second place was Strange World which grossed $11.9 million over the weekend. Opening earlier in the week, the film has grossed $18.6 million domestically so far. Internationally, the film has $9.2 million for a worldwide first week of $27.8 million.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery opened in third place with a $9.4 million weekend. The film has grossed $13.3 million total this week domestically. There’s no international numbers.

Devotion wrapped up the trio of new films with a weekend just under $6 million. Over the week it has grossed $9 million total. It too has no international gross to report.

Wrapping up the top five was The Menu with an estimated $5.2 million. Domestically the film has grossed $18.7 million. Over the week, it added $8.6 million to its international total to bring that to $14.8 million for a worldwide total of $33.5 million.

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Black Adam slipped to sixth place, the first weekend out of the top five, with an estimated $3.4 million to bring its domestic total up to just under $163 million. The film also saw an earlier, and controversial, digital release for the holiday. Over the week, the film added about $5.9 million internationally to bring that to $215.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $378.1 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 48 films earning $94,269,687 from 32,315 theaters. That’s near last weekend’s $100,611,836 from 26,862 theaters and 47 films. The average earning was $2,917.21 this past weekend, about a quarter less than last weekend’s $3,745.51.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever holds on to first at the weekend box office

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With little to no real competition, it’s not a surprise that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever held on to first place at the box office. The film grossed an estimated $67.3 million, a 62.9% drop from the previous weekend. While that might seem like a lot, it’s in line with second weekend drops for blockbusters. The film has now grossed just under $288 million domestically after two weeks. Over the week, the film grossed $108.3 million internationally to bring that to $258.3 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $546.3 million after two weeks. That puts the film at #8 for worldwide gross in 2022 and #7 for domestic gross.

In second place was The Menu which opened with an estimated $9 million. Internationally, it had a side dish of $6.2 million for an opening weekend total of $15.2 million.

The Chosen Season 3: Episode 1 & 2 opened in third with $8.2 million. No international total has been reported.

Black Adam slipped to fourth place with an estimated $4.5 million to bring its domestic total up to just under $157 million. Over the week, the film added about $8.1 million internationally to bring that to $209.2 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $366.2 million. That’s a bit more than Shazam!‘s entire run and Black Adam has only been open for a month.

Rounding out the top five was Ticket to Paradise with an estimated $3.2 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $61.6 million. Over the week, the film added about $3.5 million to its international total to bring that to just under $97 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $158.5 million.

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DC League of Super-Pets is now in its sixth week on HBO looks steady and hasn’t gained anything noticeable. It stands at about $93.6 million domestically. Internationally, the film stands at $110.2 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed a little over $203.8 million.

Thor: Love and Thunder looks the same as last week. The film has grossed $343.3 million domestically. Internationally it’s at $417.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $760.9 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 47 films earning $100,611,836 from 26,862 theaters. That’s a drop of over 50% from last weekend’s $209,338,541 from 27,648 theaters and 46 films. The average earning was $3,745.51 this past weekend, about half from last weekend’s $7,571.56.