NEW YORK (AP) — James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Method of Water” led ticket gross sales in film theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the primary movie to have such a sustained reign atop the field workplace since 2009’s “Avatar.”
The Walt Disney Co.’s “The Method of Water” added $19.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, in accordance with studio estimates Sunday. Its world complete has now surpassed $2 billion, placing it sixth all-time and simply forward of “Spider-Man: No Method Residence.” Domestically, “The Method of Water” is as much as $598 million. Continued sturdy worldwide gross sales ($56.3 million for the weekend) has helped push the “Avatar” sequel to $2.024 billion worldwide.
A yr in the past, “Spider-Man: No Method Residence” additionally topped the field workplace for six weekends, however did it over the course of seven weeks. You must return to Cameron’s authentic “Avatar” to discover a film that stayed No. 1 for such an extended span. (“Avatar” finally topped out at seven weeks.) Earlier than that, the one movie up to now 25 years to handle the feat was one other Cameron movie; “Titanic” (1997) went undefeated for 15 weeks.
“The Method of Water” has now reached a goal that Cameron himself set for the very costly sequel. Forward of its launch, Cameron mentioned turning into “the third or fourth highest-grossing movie in historical past” was “your break even.”
The box-office domination for “The Method of Water” has been aided, partially, by a dearth of formidable challengers. The one new vast launch from a serious studio on the weekend was the thriller “Lacking,” from Sony’s Display screen Gems and Stage 6 Movies. A low-budget sequel to 2018’s “Looking out,” starring Storm Reid as a young person in search of her lacking mom, “Lacking” performs out throughout pc screens. The movie, budgeted at $7 million, debuted with $9.3 million.
January is often a gradual interval in theaters, however a handful of strong-performing holdovers have helped prop up gross sales.
Although it did not open vastly in December, Common Footage’ “Puss in Boots: The Final Want” has had lengthy legs as one of many solely household choices in theaters during the last month. In its fifth week, it got here in second place with $11.5 million domestically and $17.8 million abroad. The “Puss in Boots” sequel has grossed $297.5 million globally.
The creepy doll horror hit “M3gan,” additionally from Common, has likewise continued to drag in moviegoers. It notched $9.8 million in its third week, bringing its home haul to $73.3 million.
And whereas the recognition of horror titles in theaters is nothing new, Sony Footage’ “A Man Known as Otto,” starring Tom Hanks, has flourished in a market that is been making an attempt for adult-oriented dramas. The movie, a remake of the Swedish movie “A Man Known as Ove,” a few retired man whose suicide plans are frequently foiled by his neighbors, made $9 million in its second week of vast launch. It is taken in $35.3 million domestically via Sunday.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in accordance with Comscore. Remaining home figures might be launched Monday.
1. “Avatar: The Method of Water,” $19.7 million.
2. “Puss in Boots: The Final Want,” $11.5 million.
3. “M3gan,” $9.8 million
4. “Lacking,” $9.3 million.
5. “A Man Known as Otto,” $9 million.
6. “Aircraft,” $5.3 million.
7. “Home Social gathering,” $1.8 million.
8. “That Time I Received Reincarnated as a Slime The Film,” $1.5 million.
9. “Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally,” $1.4 million.
10. “The Whale,” $1.3 million.
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