Weekend Box Office: “Avatar: The Way Of Water” Skirts in at the Low-End of Predictions; Still Pacing for a Huge Run

BIGGEST WEEKEND:

“Avatar: The Way of Water”
$134,100,226

RUNNER-UP:

“Black PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER”
$5,346,843

BIGGEST PER THEATER AVERAGE:

“Avatar: The Way of Water”
$31,913 per 4,202 THEATERS

BIGGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE:
(OFF THE LIST)

“The Runner”
+362.6%

THIS TIME LAST YEAR (2021):

“West Side Story”
$10,574,618

NEXT WEEKEND:

“AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER”
PROJECTED: $60 MILLION

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TITLE

GROSS

TOTAL

BUDGET

STUDIO

WK

LW

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

“Avatar: The Way of Water”

$134,100,226

$134,100,226

$250m

20th Century

1st

—

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

$5,346,843

$418,938,028

$250m

Walt Disney

6th

#1

“Violent Night”

$5,054,665

$35,016,750

$20m

Universal

3rd

#2

“Strange World”

$2,210,255

$33,788,315

$180m

Walt Disney

4th

#3

“The Menu”

$1,627,823

$32,050,322

$30m

Searchlight

5th

#4

“Devotion”

$780,189

$18,616,143

$90m

Walt Disney

4th

#5

“The Fabelmans”

$743,740

$8,659,666

$40m

Universal

6th

#7

“It’s a Wonderful Life” (75th Anniversary)

$734,571

$734,571

—

Fathom Events

1st

—

“Black Adam”

$445,515

$167,667,895

$195m

Warner Bros

9th

#6

“I Heard the Bells”

$310,988

$4,994,221

—

Fathom Events

3rd

#9

“Empire of Light”

$223,456

$460,277

—

Searchlight

2nd

#21

“Spoiler Alert”

$220,015

$1,258,373

—

Focus Features

3rd

#10

“Ticket to Paradise”

$172,195

$67,943,330

$60m

Universal

9th

#11

“The Whale”

$144,755

$571,064

—

A24

2nd

#14

“Lyle Lyle Crocodile”

$134,600

$46,475,466

$50m

Sony Pictures

11th

#15

“The Mean One”

$111,630

$445,980

—

Atlas Distribution

2nd

#17

“Bones and All”

$110,738

$7,764,611

$32m

United Artists

5th

#12

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

$100,978

$8,792,183

—

Searchlight

9th

#19

“Prey for the Devil”

$77,355

$19,759,874

—

Lionsgate

8th

#20

“The Sparring Partner”

$47,478

$144,599

—

Well Go USA

8th

#26

“Tár”

$41,740

$5,455,053

—

Focus Features

11th

#25

“She Said”

$32,825

$5,806,000

$32m

Universal

5th

#18

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

$32,406

$216,032

—

Neon

4th

#29

“Triangle of Sadness”

$26,051

$4,060,257

$15.6m

Neon

11th

—

“Aftersun”

$25,521

$1,026,781

—

A24

9th

#27

TITLE

DOMESTIC

WORLD

BUDGET

STUDIO

WK

HI

($$)

“Christmas Bloody Christmas”

$190,662

$190,662

—

RLJE Films

2nd

#22

“Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time”

$810,744

$93,711,511

—

Fathom Events

2nd

#16

“Father Stu: Reborn”

$205,881

$205,881

$4m

Sony Pictures

2nd

#23

“Met Opera: The Hours”

$791,374

$857,902

—

Fathom Events

2nd

#8

“Smile”

$105,935,048

$216,135,048

$17m

Paramount

12th

#1

“Top Gun: Maverick”

$718,732,821

$1,488,732,821

$170m

Paramount

30th

#1