US release: 13th January 2023
Mexico release: 25th December 2022
Spain release: 28th December 2022
£5.1 Million $64.3 Million
$107 MillionAvatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.
The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.
Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.
Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.
James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.
The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.
The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.
The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots
Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.
Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.
The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.
Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.
Highest new movie this weekend
Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.
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~2023 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Avatar sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 4th weekend as the top movie globally as its total global gross powers towards the $2 Million mark.
The new year brings little in the way of new movies with the Guy Ritchie directed film Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre the top debut with $6.9 Million at number 6 from 31 countries.
Spending a fourth weekend at the top of the global box office the Avatar sequel takes $177.6 Million from 53 countries, a small 29% drop.
As the movie heads towards the $2 Billion milestone in global grosses it currently sits at $1.7 Billion from 4 weeks of play.
After a release in a few countries last weekend the new film from director Gerard Johnstone hits 35 countries this week and jumps from 9 to 2 with $40 Million, an 92% jump over last weekend.
After 2 weeks of play the movie has taken a very nice $45 Million iin global grosses.
The animated sequel to Puss in Boots falls one place to number 3 this weekend with $39.9 Million from 78 countries, a 1% increase over last weekend.
After 6 weeks of release the movie has now taken an impressive $197.4 Million.
The latest Tom Hanks movie goes wider in 11 countries and takes $8.2 Million over the weekend jumping from 13 to 4 this week.
An 11% increase in weekend grosses pushes the movies global taking at $12.6 Million.
Remaining at number 5 this weekend with a gross of $7 Million, a 44% drop, in the Whitney Houston bio-pic which is on wide release in 47 countries.
The movie has taken $41.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
Four weeks at the top now for the sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water, but it did have a bit of competition this weekend from new horror movie M3GAN which came in at 2.
As the sequel movie to Avatar races past the $500 Million mark at the US box office it takes $45 Million on its 4th weekend of release, a small 29% drop over last weekend
With a total North American gross of $516 Million at the US box office the movie is well ahead of the original film in the series which had taken $430 Million 4 weeks into its run.
Avatar was for a long time the top grossing movie in North America, now overtaken by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that movie had taken $812 Million 4 weeks into its run.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its box office debut at number 2 this weekend is a new IP from the director of the 2014 movie Housebound, Gerard Johnstone.
The movie has had a lot of hype and good reviews and jumps into the box office with a debut gross of $30 Million
In comparison to last Halloweens horror hit Smile~2022, that movie took $22 Million on its debut.
Dropping to number 2 this weekend, but still pulling in audiences the the Puss in Boots sequel from the Shrek universe which takes $13 Million, a slim 20% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a very strong $87 Million total after 3 weeks of release, the 2010 orignal had taken $108 Million 3 weeks into its run.
Going on wide release on its second weekend on the box office is the latest Tom Hanks movie wich races up to number 4 from number 16 this this weekend with $4.2 Million, a 99% increase over last weekend!
The movie has been getting very good reviews from critics and audiences and has taken $4.2 Million so far at the North American box office.
Dropping to number 4 this week as the movie starts its decent of the box office charts is the Marvel sequel movie to Black Panther which takes $3.3 Million on its 9th weekend, a 30% drop.
The movies total US gross of $445 Million which is lower than the $674 Million Black Panther had taken 9 weeks into its run.
As the year 2023 rolls on into January there are movie new releases this weekend, but none were good enough to topple Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.
The highest new movie of the weekend is A Man Called Otto which is new at 4, also in the top 5 is the latest cinema event Andre Rieu: In Dublin 2023.
Further down the chart is Till which is new at 6 with £327,496, the action movie The Enforcer~2022 is new at 12 with £71,836 and finally there is a re-entry at 15 for Shrek, the 2001 animated hit movie which take £44,199.
The sequel movie to Avatar takes £5.8 Million on its 4th weekend of release which is a small 25% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a UK total of £57.2 Million, which almost by default makes it the top movie of 2023, and although its not the top movie released in 2022 it is catching Top Gun: Maverick and has grossed almost the same at that movie 4 weeks into its box office run.
The original movie has taken £41 Million 4 weeks into its run so this movie is well ahead of that and is set to out gross the 2009 film.
The bio-pic of Whitney Houston remains at number 2 for a second weekend with a gross of £1.3 Million, a 58% drop over its debut last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of £6.2 Million after 2 weekends of release.
The musical version of the Roald Dahl story Matilda remains at number 3 this weekend with a gross of £1.1 Million, a drop of 42%.
The movie has been a massive hit in the UK with a 3 week run at the top and after 7 weeks, all inside the top 3, the movie has taken £23.9 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend is the latest from Tom Hanks which is a remake of the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove from 2015.
THe movie takes £1.1 Million on its debut weekend of release in the UK.
No stranger to the box office, Andre Rieu's latest live concert offering where he is performing live in Dublin lands at number 5 this week.
The event movie takes £715,986 in screenings starting from Saturday 7th which is about on par with the violinists last concert Andre Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again which took £798,706 in August of 2022.