Box Office / Dec. 16-18, 2022

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

TitleWeekendGrossWeeks
Avatar: The Way of Water$134.0M$134.0M1
Violent Night$5.6M$35.0M3
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever$5.4M$419.0M6
Strange World$2.2M$33.8M4
The Menu$1.7M$32.1M5
Devotion$825K$18.7M4
The Fabelmans$750K$8.6M6
Black Adam$500K$167.7M9
I Heard the Bells$310K$5.0M3
Empire of Light$235K$472K2

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Now for some global box office results…

Latest International Weekends

Data as of Dec 18, 14:05 PST

AreaWeekendReleases#1 ReleaseDistributorWeekend Gross
Weekend Ending December 18, 2022
ChinaDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$57,100,000
South KoreaDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$24,700,000
GermanyDec 15-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$19,900,000
FranceDec 14-186Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$19,300,000
IndiaDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$18,100,000
United KingdomDec 16-182Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$14,200,000
MexicoDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$12,900,000
AustraliaDec 15-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$10,800,000
ItalyDec 15-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$10,200,000
BrazilDec 15-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$8,500,000
SpainDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$7,800,000
TaiwanDec 16-181Avatar: The Way of WaterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures$5,200,000
BelgiumDec 14-185Puss in Boots: The Last WishUniversal Pictures International (UPI)$20,491
Trinidad & TobagoDec 14-181Violent Night$20,381
IndonesiaDec 14-181Violent NightUniversal Pictures International (UPI)$19,009
SwitzerlandDec 14-188Puss in Boots: The Last WishUniversal Pictures International (UPI)$15,978
NigeriaDec 14-182Violent NightUniversal Pictures International (UPI)$8,017
PhilippinesDec 14-181Puss in Boots: The Last WishUniversal Pictures International (UPI)$2,678
EgyptDec 14-183Puss in Boots: The Last WishUniversal Pictures$808

That is all…until next time!

Featured image: CNBC/Walt Disney Studios

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