In first place for the fifth weekend in a row was James Cameron’s Avatar sequel
at the box office this weekend. The two holdovers topped the charts again according to studio estimates Sunday.sequel, which added an estimated $31.1 million through Sunday. That total will likely balloon to $38.5 million by the end of Monday’s Martin Luther King holiday. As of Sunday, the film’s domestic total now rests at $562.9 million and its global total is $1.89 billion., which is currently the sixth highest grossing film of all time globally.
“There were such huge expectations and a lot of naysayers that opening weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “But, for a James Cameron movie, is moving at lightning speed up the domestic and global box office chart. I think he always knew this would be a $2 billion movie.”which in its second weekend in theatres added $17.9 million through Sunday and an estimated $21.2 million including Monday.
Overall, the three-day box office total is going to net out around $100 million, which is not quite at pre-pandemic levels, but still up some 44% from the same weekend last year. “January is not going to be the slow month we thought. It’s a great combination of films out there that’s not just dominated by,” Dergarabedian said. “Theatres need movies and the studios are supplying those.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore, with Wednesday through Sunday in parentheses. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
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