Avatar 2 continued to drive the box office wildly in the United States and Canada over the New Year’s long weekend, grossing $82.4 million, according to preliminary figures on Sunday from the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 sci-fi blockbuster 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 settled into his Na’ vi body, these tall, blue-skinned native inhabitants, and works with them to protect their habitat from a fatal 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 biopic 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 gifted Damien Chazelle in 1920s Hollywood, starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, raises just $3.6 million in its second week, six years after the triumph of La La Land.
Here is the rest of the top 10
6. Violent Night ($2.8 million)
7. The Whale (1.8 million)
8. The Fabelmans (1.6 million)
9. The menu (1.4 million)
10. Avalonia, the strange journey ($747,000)