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The film “Avatar: The Way of Water” remained at the top of the box office in North American theaters, with receipts that exceeded analysts’ expectations, touching $ 90 million, despite the severe winter storm that forced millions of Americans to stay in their homes during the Christmas holidays, according to the specialist company “Experience Relations”. Three new films have more modest returns.
The new part of the film “Avatar” exceeded the expectations of specialists, over the weekend he attended Heavy stormAnd it remained at the top of the U.S. box office, as the total takings of the work signed by director James Cameron and produced by “Twentieth Century” amounted to $287.7 million domestically, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film in 2022 .
And while analysts confirm that the receipts of this new part of “Avatar” have exceeded expectations, despite the “storm of the century” that has committed millions of Americans to their homes, three new films have collected more modest receipts. Similar to Universal’s family “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” the animated series Shrek earned $17.5 million Friday through Monday.
For its part, the Sony biopic ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ only grossed $6.8 million. English actress Naomi Aki embodied the character of the late star Whitney Houston.
The comedy-drama “Papillon”, signed by Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle, has also been launched, with receipts that do not exceed 5.3 million dollars, despite the constellation of stars that includes Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. Variety.com called the results “a shocking twist”.
Over the long, cold weekend, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” finished fifth with $5.3 million, bringing its total to $428 million.
The rest of the films were arranged as follows:
6- “Violent Night” with 4.3 million dollars.
7-“The Whale” with $1.5 million
8- The Menu, with a million dollars.
9-“The Fabelman”, $900,000.
10-“Strange World” with $675,000
France 24/AFP
