US release: 2nd December 2022
Belgium release: 30th November 2022
Egypt release: 30th November 2022
£3.8 Million $50.1 Million
$72.8 MillionRemaining at the top over the Christmas weekend in the sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water and with no big new releases this week the high new film comes in at number 12, the Indian Hindi-language movie Cirkus takes £72,006.
The sequel movie to 2009's Avatar remains at the top for a second weekend with a weekend gross of just less than £5 Million, a 58% drop over last weekend, but taken into consideration cinemas were closed on Sunday, Christmas Day, this is higher than would normally have been.
The movie has now taken just over £25 Million over 10 days of release, which is higher than the original Avatar which has taken $18 Million 10 days into its run.
No doubt the movie will be one of the top movies released in 2022 by the time it finishes its run well into 2023, comparing it to the top movie of 2022, Top Gun: Maverick that movie took &pond;10 Million on its second weekend and £38 Million after 10 days, it has taken over £83 Million in total.
The movie version of the stage version of the film version of Matilda remains at number 2 this weekend with £1.1 Million, a small 14% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross in the UK fo £16 Million after 5 weeks of release.
The highest Christmas movie this weekend is the 2003 all star ensable directed by Richard Curtis which takes £408,178 from only a handful of screen, a 95% increase from last weekend.
The re-release of the movie has taken £651,745 while the movie has taken £36.2 Million at the UK box office in total.
Another seasonal re-release is at number 4 this weekend as the Will Ferrell starring movie directed by Jon Favreau which takes £252,060 this weekend, a 52% increase.
This gives the movie a £1.7 Million re-release total, and a £16.5 Million UK box office total.
Falling to number 4 this weekend is the violent Santa movie which takes £246,399 one its 4th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken a total of £3.3 Million at the UK box office.
Staying at the top for a second weekend is Avatar: The Way of Water while coming in second on its debut is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at number 2.
Also new this week is I Wanna Dance With Somebody at number 3 and Babylon at number 4 while Corsage is new at 13 with $32,000 and Living is ew at 15 with $21,233.
Two weeks at the top now for the James Cameron directed sequel movie which takes $64 Million over the Christmas weekend, and bearing in mind that Christmas Day fell on Sunday this weekend this is a 52% drop.
Comparing this to the first Avatar movie, in 2009 that movie took $75 Million on its second weekend so the sequel is tracking just over $10 Million below.
After 2 weeks the movie has taken $261 Million at the North American box office which is about $50 Million higer than Avatar at this stage.
The movie is already, after 10 days of release, the 8th top movie of 2022.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss in Boots which itself is a spin off from the Shrek series of movies.
The movie makes its debut with a gross of $12.4 Million, which is considerably lower than the $34 Million of the 2011 first movie.
The Shrek series started way back in 2001 and was an instant hit with a $42 Million opening for the first movie, Shrek 2 opened in 2004 with $108 Million.
The bio-pic about superstar Whitney Houston and her rise to fame and premature death makes it debut at number 3 this weekend.
A $4.7 Million debut is disappointing and lower than expectations, Oscar buzz might give the movie a bit of a push but the future is looking like a quick release on streaming.
Another movie with an all star Oscar potential cast fails to perform at the box office this weekend as the new Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie double header lands at number 4.
A $3.6 Millon debut for a movie costing $80 Million is not a great result and the studio must be looking at way to increase the exposure of this movie.
Falling to number 5 this weekend is the Sata Claus meets Home Alone which takes $3.5 Million on its 7th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken $41 Million on its box office run as the movie hits streaming on Christmas eve.
A couple of new releases bookend the UK box office this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water making its debut at the top and The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute new at number 12 with £16,691.
Highest new movie this weekend
Director James Cameron and Disney finally release the long awaited sequel to the highest grossing movie of all time Avatar at the Uk box office.
The movie comes 13 years after the film visit to Pandora, and this movie takes place 10 years after the events of that movie.
The first Avatar took £8.5 Million on its opening weekend and over 18 weeks took over £93 Million and overtook Titanic as the top grossing movie in the UK, it has since been taken by a number of movie and Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the top grossing movie.
This sequel takes £11.6 Million on its debut which makes it the 77th top opening in the UK ever and the 9th top opening in the UK for the month of December.
THe original Avatar was a bit of a slow burner, and with the Christmas season upon us this movie could have good legs until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is released on 17th February 2023.
After spending an incredible 3 weeks at the top the musical version of the classic Roal Dahl novel falls to number 2 with £1.3 Million, a 34% drop.
The movie has taken an amazing £12.8 Million over its 4 weeks of release.
In comparison the 1997 movie, adjusted for inflation, took £3.7 Million on its 4th weekend for a total of £37.8 Million.
Looking ahead to the movies total gross and if it can become the top grossing movie released in 2022, Top Gun: Maverick took £15.9 Million on its debut weekend and spent 23 weeks on the box office.
Falling to 3 this week is the sequel movie to Black Panther which takes a bit of a hit this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water being a movie in direct competition, it takes £377,598 over the weekend, a 53% drop.
The movie has taken £31.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release, far lower than the original movie which has taken £44.8 Million at this point.
The movie about Santa Claus being a bad ass drops to number 3 this weekend with £330,606, a 42% drop over last weekend.
The movie as been on the box office fir 3 weeks now and has taken £2.6 Million.
Falling to number 4 is the latest Disney movie which takes £193,659 this weekend, a 37% drop, for a £2 Million total over 4 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top of the North American box office is the long awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 movie Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water.
Highest new movie this weekend
Its been a long road to the sequel of the highest grossing movie of all time but this weekend director James Cameron finally delivers his 3 hour movie and it, as expected, hits the ground running.
The movie takes $134 Million on its debut weekend, it takes 88% of the total top 15 this weekend and it the 6th highest grossing movie in the month of December in America.
Compared to the original Avatar this movie is considerably higher than the 2009 opening weekend of $77 Million, even when adjusted for inflation.
Avatar was a slow burner at the box office, and this sequel is getting positive word of mouth, so the road ahead into 2023 looks good.
The David Harbour directed movie which is Santa Claud crossed with Home Alone with violent results remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 36% drop over last weekend.
THis gives the movie a total US gross of $34.9 Million over 3 weeks of release, which comparing to Krampus from 2015, that movie had taken $35.1 Million 3 weeks into its run.
Dropping to number 3 this weekend after 5 weeks at the top is the sequel movie to the 2018 film Black Panther which takes $5.4 Million, a 52% over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $418.9 Million after 6 weeks of release, lower than the first movie but still a good gross for 2022.
The movie is now the second highest grossing movie of the year behind Top Gun Maverick, how long it will star there with Avatar: The Way of Water coming up the charts fast remains to be seen.
Despite Disney pulling their latest animated feature from cinemas far earlier than expected the movie only drops to number 4 this weekend with $2.2 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
THe movie has now taken $33.7 Million after 4 weeks of release, considerably lower than the 2021 Encanto which was at $81.4 Million 4 weeks into its run.
Dropping to 5 on its 5th weekend is the Ralph Finnes fine dining movie which takes $1.7 Million over the weekend, a 39% drop over last week.
The movie has taken a reasonable $32.1 Million in total over its 5 weeks of release.
As the box office is in a holding patern before the release of this weeks potential mega hit Matilda the Musical remains at the top for a third weekend in a row.
The highest new entry this weeke dis at 7 with The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 taking £133,397, also along with The Polar Express making a seasonal re-entry and Top Gun: Maverick getting back in to the chart there is a new entry for The Hours: Met Opera 2022 at number 15 with £54,274.
Remaining at the for a third straight weekend is the musical version of the Roal Dahl book Matilda which takes £2.1 over the weekend, a tiny 17% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.7 after 3 weeks of release.
In comparison to the 1996 movie this is way below, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £6.2 Million on its 3rd weekend for a total of £34 Million.
Remaining at number 2 this weeks is the sequel movie from marvel which takes £803,799 on its 5th weekend, a 47% drop.
This gives the Black Panther sequel a total gross of £30.8 to date and it is now the 8th top grossing movie of 2022.
Compared to the first film this movie is far lower, Black Panther took £1.8 Million on its 5th weekend for a total of £42 Million.
Second weekend on the box office for the Home Alone meets Santa Claus movie which this weekend takes £567,350, a 31% drop.
The movies remains at 3 this weekend with total gross now at £1.9 Million on the UK box office.
Disney's latest animated tale stays at number 4 this weekend with £305,802, a 31% drop from last weekend.
This pushes the total gross of £1,7 Million, very low for a Disney film, comparing it to Encanto its less than half thats movie total at this point which was £4,2 Million.
Remaining at 5 this weekend is the fine dining tale of woe which takes £192,827 on its 4th weeeknd, a 42% drop.
The movies total gross is not up to £3 Million.