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US Box Office Weekend Report 20th - 22nd January 2023: Avatar 2 spends a 6th weekend at the top of the North American box office as the total gross nears $600 Million

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Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water spends a 6th weekend at the top of the North American box office as Puss In Boots: The Last Wish goes back up to number 2.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Missing at number 4 while there is also a new entry for That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond at number 8 with $1.4 Million and The Son at 15 with $239,855.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Avatar: The Way of Water (6th Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Missing (@4)
  • Longest run - TÁR (21 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Avatar: The Way of Water ($598,276,353)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $73726434

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd January 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron proves that the first Avatar wasn't a one off as the sequel nears the $600 Million mark after adding $20 Million on its 6th weekend of release.

  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weeks US box office
  • It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $20,000,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weeeknd
  • It has a total gross of $598,276,353 over 6 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
  • The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $551,741,499 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Going back up the box office is the sequel movie from the Shrek universe of movies as the Antonio Banderas starring movie takes $11.5 Million on its 5th weekend of release.

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $11,500,000 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weeeknd
  • It has a total gross of $126,460,470 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $135,430,092 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.

A new franchise in the horror genre is born as the Gerard Johnstone directed movie takes $9.8 Million over the weekend as M3GAN 2 gets an announcement.

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $9,800,000 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
  • It has a total gross of $73,287,510 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
Missing

Highest New Movie This Weekend

A spiritual successor to the 2018 movie Searching which is the top new movie at number 4 with a $9.3 Million debut.

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks US box office chart.
  • It grosses $9,300,000 over the weekend
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Searching which took $388,769 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office draw as his latest movie spends a 4th weekend inside the top 5 with a remake of the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weeeknd
  • It has a total gross of $35,346,249 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Avatar: The Way of Water - $20,133,106
  2. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - $11,807,355
  3. M3GAN - $9,704,905
  4. Missing - $9,154,695
  5. A Man Called Otto - $8,802,122
  6. Plane - $5,280,088
  7. House Party - $1,670,012
  8. That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond - $1,588,491
  9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $1,362,609
  10. The Whale - $1,281,248
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