Weekend Box Office: “Avatar: The Way Of Water” Holds Off Christmas Newcomers “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” and “Babylon”

BIGGEST WEEKEND:

“Avatar: The Way of Water”
$63,338,220

RUNNER-UP:

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
$12,429,515

BIGGEST PER THEATER AVERAGE:

“Corsage”
$16,142 per 2 THEATERS

BIGGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE:
(ON THE LIST)

“The WHALE”
+617.3%

THIS TIME LAST YEAR (2021):

“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
$260,138,569

NEXT WEEKEND:

“AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER”
PROJECTED: $30 MILLION

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“Avatar: The Way of Water”

$63,338,220

$261,019,906

$250m

20th Century

2nd

#1

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

$12,429,515

$18,532,370

$90m

Universal

1st

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“I Wanna Dance with Somebody”

$4,765,000

$4,765,000

$45m

TriStar

1st

—

“Babylon”

$3,603,368

$3,603,368

$80m

Paramount

1st

—

“Violent Night”

$3,513,430

$41,981,890

$20m

Universal

4th

#3

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

$3,492,584

$426,147,985

$250m

Walt Disney

7th

#2

“The Whale”

$1,038,394

$2,596,338

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A24

3rd

#14

“The Fabelmans”

$745,250

$9,919,706

$40m

Universal

7th

#7

“The Menu”

$678,252

$33,858,095

$30m

Searchlight

6th

#5

“Strange World”

$413,277

$35,602,519

$180m

Walt Disney

5th

#4

“Devotion”

$180,000

$19,263,075

$90m

Walt Disney

5th

#6

“Empire of Light”

$86,247

$682,831

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Searchlight

3rd

#11

“I Heard the Bells”

$69,754

$5,394,761

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Fathom Events

4th

#10

“Women Talking”

$40,530

$40,530

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United Artists

1st

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“EO”

$38,828

$319,873

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Sideshow

7th

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“The Banshees of Inisherin”

$38,538

$8,894,224

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Searchlight

10th

#18

“Ticket to Paradise”

$37,850

$68,076,420

$60m

Universal

10th

#13

“Corsage”

$32,285

$32,285

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IFC Films

1st

—

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

$27,788

$1,432,067

—

Fathom Events

2nd

#8

“The Mean One”

$26,860

$540,300

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Atlas Distribution

3rd

#16

“Living”

$22,784

$22,784

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Sony Pictures

1st

—

“Tár”

$17,107

$5,505,640

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Focus Features

12th

#21

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

$10,549

$251,229

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Neon

5th

#23

“The Sparring Partner”

$9,600

$154,199

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Well Go USA

9th

#20

“Triangle of Sadness”

$9,507

$4,086,011

$15.6m

Neon

12th

#24

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“Aftersun”

$1,049,372

$2,274,058

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A24

10th

#19

“Black Adam”

$167,873,355

$391,273,355

$200m

Warner Bros

10th

#1

“Bones and All”

$7,834,907

$14,134,907

$20m

United Artists

5th

#7

“Lyle Lyle Crocodile”

$46,595,784

$95,595,784

$50m

Sony Pictures

12th

#2

“Prey for the Devil”

$19,802,293

$43,377,310

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Lionsgate

9th

#3

“She Said”

$5,825,995

$11,450,929

$32m

Universal

6th

#6

“Spoiler Alert”

$1,384,003

$1,384,003

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Focus Features

4th

#10