North American box office | Avatar 2 continues to make waves

(Los Angeles) Avatar 2 continued to skyrocket the box office in the United States and Canada over the New Year’s long weekend, grossing US$82.4 million (CAD111.7 million), according to the firm’s preliminary figures on Sunday specialized in Exhibitor Relations.

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 sci-fi hit has grossed over $1 billion worldwide.

An amount already astronomical, but nevertheless still insufficient, according to its director James Cameron, who estimated that it would be necessary to collect at least double to cover its costs. The first Avatar won $2.9 billion, a record.

Again located on the planet Pandora, Avatar: The Way of the Water features US Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), now permanently ensconced in his Na’vi body, those tall, blue-skinned indigenous inhabitants, and works with them to protect their habitat from a dire threat.

Another sequel, Puss in Boots 2: The Last Quest, slipped into second place on the podium with 22 million for its second weekend in theaters. In this children’s film from the world of the saga Shrekthe feline embarks on an epic adventure to restore its nine lives.

Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverthe sequel to the 2018 afrofuturistic Marvel film, climbed from fifth to third place, grossing 6.5 million to reach a total of 439.6 million in eight weeks of screening.

In fourth, we find the biographical film on the singer Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebodywhich recorded 5.4 million for its second weekend.

And the feature film babylona vibrant tribute to the talented Damien Chazelle in 1920s Hollywood, starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, raises just $3.6 million for its second week, six years after the triumph of La La Land.