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North American Box Office: ‘Avatar: Way of Water’ Topped Weekend Box Office in North America
China News Agency, Los Angeles, December 25 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) Despite a sharp decline, “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Avatar: The Way of Water) still easily won the weekend box office champion in North America.
According to film market data released by box office statistics website boxofficemojo on Dec. 25, the weekend North American box office (Dec. 23-25) of 16 films had revenues of approximately $83.75 million, with a decline of about 45% per month. per month.
“Avatar: Way of Water” grossed approximately $56 million at the North American box office in its second opening weekend. Despite a 58% monthly decline, it still accounted for more than two-thirds of the total box office during this statistical period and continued to rank number one on the latest North American weekend box office listing. At present, this fantasy action film has amassed approximately US$280 million in North America, and including overseas markets, the total box office so far has quickly exceeded US$880 million.
Under the halo of “Avatar: Way of Water”, the four new faces in the top ten North American box office weekend box office this issue also deserve attention.
The cartoon “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) was released on the 21st and ranked second on the list with an estimated $11.35 million in the opening weekend. Eleven years ago, the first Puss in Boots film grossed nearly $555 million at the global box office. The launch of “Puss in Boots 2” was not only nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Golden Globe, but also scored 7.7 on IMDb, 75 on TCM and 95% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes from the main cinema sites. the score is A, and the four indicators all surpass previous work. Some critics said that the film is well produced and the story is told very carefully.
The biographical musical drama “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody) was released on the 23rd and won the third place in the list with an estimated $5.3 million at the box office of the opening weekend. Right now, major movie websites rate it as a 6.8 on IMDb, 55 on MTC, and just 46% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Some viewers said that the film brought musical enjoyment to Whitney Houston fans, but as a biopic, the portrayal of the protagonist’s fate is obviously not enough.
Awards season hit “Babylon,” which opened the same day, entered the list at No. 4 with an estimated $3.5 million opening weekend. This historical comedy-drama that once again focuses on Hollywood, written and directed by Damien Chazelle, who won the Academy Award for Best Director with “La La Land”, won the 80th Golden Globe Nominated for 5 awards in the movie category. At the moment, major movie websites rate it as a 7.6 on IMDb, 59 on MTC, 55% on Rotten Tomatoes and C+ on CinemaScore.
With the number of screening theaters increasing from single to triple digits, the weekend box office of the feature film ‘The Whale’, which was shortlisted for the Golden Lion in the main competition section of the 79th Venice Film Festival, increased by about 537% from the previous month. About USD 920,000 went from number 14 in the previous list to number 7 in this round. At present, major movie websites rate it as an 8.2 IMDb score, 60 MTC score, and Rotten Tomatoes 65% fresh. Brendan Fraser was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama at the 80th Golden Globe for this film.
In addition, the Marvel superhero film ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ was down nearly 44% MoM with a weekend box office of around US$3.02 million, dropping from second place in the previous list to fifth place. . place in this round. At present, the cumulative box office of this sci-fi action film in North America is around US$427 million. Including overseas markets, the total box office has so far exceeded US$800 million.
In the new week, the comedy-drama “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks will be released in limited release on December 30th.
