

Falling only 2% from its first weekend to its second weekend, the movie brought in $75.6 million.

In its second weekend, 2009's Avatar was beginning its tremendous hold and huge legs that would carry it to box office glory. New entries on the comparison between the two films have been added below.Ģnd Weekend (Photo: 20th Century Studios) For consideration on if that can happen, and how the sequel is playing compared to the first, take a look below: As one might expect, to be in that category, Avatar: The Way of Water will need to make over $2 billion at the global box office. In a previous interview with GQ, Cameron was asked how expensive Avatar: The Way of Water is the filmmaker's reply was "Very f***ing (expensive)." He added that the film would "have to be the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history" just to break even, at least that's how he framed the sequel to studio executives. Knowing that the zeroes on the box office totals need to be substantial, we've taken a look at the hard box office data between the movies, and noticed some interesting patterns. "The Wandering Earth 2," $1.4 million.James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water has arrived in theaters after more than a decade, and is on its way to surpass expectations in many ways, but how does its box office compare to the original movie? While the sequel film continues to play well overseas, it always had a high bar to clear since the first remains the highest grossing movie of all-time, not to mention the cost associated with the follow-up. "Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist," $2.4 million. "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," $10.6 million. "Avatar: The Way of Water," $15.7 million. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore, with Wednesday through Sunday in parentheses. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S.

"Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" doesn't arrive in theatres until Feb. Seven weekends into "Avatar 2," theatre owners are also likely looking for the next big blockbuster, which is still a ways off. Several of the highest profile releases of the weekend were both star-driven comedies that went straight to streaming: Netflix had "You People," with Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonah Hill and Lauren London and Amazon Prime Video offered "Shotgun Wedding," with Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Coolidge. The Oscar boosts could continue over the coming weeks, too - the show isn't until March 12. And Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" also added a few hundred screens, earning $1 million over the weekend. Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," nominated for seven Oscars, also expanded to 1,962 screens in North America and took in an additional $760,000, bringing its domestic total to $16 million. The A24 release has made $71 million domestically to date. "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which got a leading 11 nominations, came back to theatres in force playing on 1,400 screens where it earned another $1 million. Many studios boasting best picture nominees also chose to capitalize on the buzz of Tuesday's Oscar nominations with sizable re-releases. And Lukas Dhont's Cannes-winning boyhood drama "Close" opened on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, earning $68,143. The romantic comedy "Maybe I Do," with Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Susan Sarandan, made $562,000 from 465 screens. The report further stated that 'Pathaan' drew an estimated USD 1.86 million opening day gross across 694 locations in North America, marking the best per-theatre average for any current release! Neon also launched the horror movie "Infinity Pool," written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg and starring Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgard, in 1,853 locations following its Sundance debut. According to Variety, the film is smashing records at the box office in North America - the most prominent one being that the film landed the biggest opening day gross ever for a Hindi-language production on January 25. "Pathaan," starring Shah Rukh Kha in his first role in five years, settled in fifth place with $5.9 million from only 695 screens. The meme-able horror "M3GAN," a Universal release, snuck into fourth place with $6.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $82.3 million. Third place went to Sony's "A Man Called Otto" with $6.8 million from 3,957 locations. The animated spinoff has earned over $140.8 million in North America and was recently made available to stream at home, too. Second place went to Universal and DreamWorks' family-oriented offering "Puss In Boots: The Last Wish," which made $10.6 million in its sixth weekend.
