Box-Office Weekend: “Avatar” Remains King of the World

Although three newcomers to the box-office weekend shook up the top ten a bit, Avatar: The Way of Water managed to stave off second-place M3GAN by $13.2 million to claim the top spot for a fifth weekend as it lifted its overall total to $570.3 million.

After bringing in another $31.1 million over the weekend, Avatar: The Way of Water climbed to thirteenth spot on the list of the highest domestic grosses of all time. Holding steady in second place with $17.9 million was M3GAN, which now boasts a two-week total of $56.9 million. Also standing pat was everyone’s favorite cat, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which held onto third place with $13.4 million over the weekend to bring its four-week total to $106.4 million. Similarly holding steady in the fourth slot was A Man Called Otto which added $12.6 million over the weekend to bring its three-week total to $18.8 million. Debuting in fifth place was the action film Plane with $10.0 million over the weekend.

Also debuting in the top ten over the weekend was House Party in sixth place with $3.8 million. Meanwhile, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever fell two spots to finish in seventh place with $2.2 million over the weekend. The film now boasts a ten-week total of $449.1 million. Dropping a spot to finish in eighth place this weekend was The Whale with $1.5 million (the same amount it brought in last weekend), which brings its six-week total to $10.7 million. Falling three spots to claim ninth-place this weekend was the biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody which took in $1.1 million this weekend to raise its four-week total to $21.8 million. Finally, Waltair Veerayya debuts in the box-office weekend top ten in tenth place with $1.1 million over the weekend.

This weekend, three films were pushed out of the top ten as last weekend’s eight-, ninth-, and tenth-place films were all ousted. After earning $14.7 million in four weeks, Babylon departs the top ten. Despite a strong seven-week showing that resulted in $49.7 million, Violent Night also takes its leave of the ten highest grossing films of the weekend. After amassing $38.2 million over the last nine weeks, The Menu is stricken from the top ten board.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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