12.19.22

Hello and Good Morning! Avatar: The Way of Water sits pretty with only $134.0M. I would’ve thought it would do better than that. The last top winner, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is pushed to the third position with a total gross of $419.0M. Violent Night is still at number two with $35.0M. Let’s take a look at the rest. Thanks always to IMDb and Box Office Mojo.

Credit sources: IMDb & Box Office Mojo

Avatar: The Way of Water’ Dives In With Below-Expectations $134 Million Debut

13 years after Avatar opened and broke nearly every box office record in the books, the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water is finally here, though the opening weekend numbers came in below expectations. The $134 million debut was less than Earth-shattering (or rather, Pandora-shattering), but don’t be surprised if the legs on James Cameron’s sci-fi epic turn out to be unusually strong. Read full article »

Top Box Office (US)

Weekend of December 16 – 18, 2022

Title	Weekend	Gross	Weeks
Avatar: The Way of Water	$134.0M	$134.0M	1
Violent Night	$5.6M	$35.0M	3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	$5.4M	$419.0M	6
Strange World	$2.2M	$33.8M	4
The Menu	$1.7M	$32.1M	5
Devotion	$825K	$18.7M	4
The Fabelmans	$750K	$8.6M	6
Black Adam	$500K	$167.7M	9
I Heard the Bells	$310K	$5.0M	3
Empire of Light	$235K	$472K	2

See more box office results at BoxOfficeMojo.com »

Now for some global box office results…

Latest International Weekends

Data as of Dec 18, 14:05 PST

Area	Weekend	Releases	#1 Release	Distributor	Weekend Gross
Weekend Ending December 18, 2022
China	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$57,100,000
South Korea	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$24,700,000
Germany	Dec 15-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$19,900,000
France	Dec 14-18	6	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$19,300,000
India	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$18,100,000
United Kingdom	Dec 16-18	2	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$14,200,000
Mexico	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$12,900,000
Australia	Dec 15-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$10,800,000
Italy	Dec 15-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$10,200,000
Brazil	Dec 15-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$8,500,000
Spain	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$7,800,000
Taiwan	Dec 16-18	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$5,200,000
Belgium	Dec 14-18	5	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal Pictures International (UPI)	$20,491
Trinidad & Tobago	Dec 14-18	1	Violent Night	–	$20,381
Indonesia	Dec 14-18	1	Violent Night	Universal Pictures International (UPI)	$19,009
Switzerland	Dec 14-18	8	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal Pictures International (UPI)	$15,978
Nigeria	Dec 14-18	2	Violent Night	Universal Pictures International (UPI)	$8,017
Philippines	Dec 14-18	1	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal Pictures International (UPI)	$2,678
Egypt	Dec 14-18	3	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal Pictures	$808