Avatar: 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 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.
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- Number 1 - Avatar: The Way of Water (7th Weekend)
- Highest debut - Pathaan (@5)
- Longest run - Everything Everywhere All At Once (29 weeks)
- Highest total gross - Avatar: The Way of Water ($620,580,771)
- Total US top 15 this weekend - $70,603,622
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023
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 movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
- It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It grosses $15,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weeeknd
- It has a total gross of $620,580,771 over 7 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 $595,752,416 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.
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.
- The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
- It grosses $10,621,000 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weeeknd
- It has a total gross of $140,835,910 over 6 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 $139,514,442 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.
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 movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
- It grosses $6,751,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
- It has a total gross of $46,053,864 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
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.
- The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
- It grosses $6,371,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weeeknd
- It has a total gross of $82,274,725 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
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.
- The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
- It grosses $5,947,369 on its debut weekend
- The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023
This weeks top 10 US Box Office films
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