The James Cameron sci-fi epic thus sailed past the US$2 billion mark globally, best in the pandemic era, with accumulated ticket sales of US$598 million domestically and US$1.42 billion internationally.
That makes the Disney/20thCentury film only the sixth movie ever to surpass the US$2 billion mark (not adjusted for inflation), though it still trails the all-time leader, the original “Avatar,” by US$1.5 billion.
Showing considerable buoyancy after five weeks out, Universal’s family-friendly “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” rose one spot from last weekend to place second, at US$11.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
Down one spot was scary-doll thriller “M3GAN” from Universal and Blumhouse Productions, at US$9.8 million. The film’s title doll, created as a companion to a young orphan, gradually takes on a creepy life of her own.
In fourth spot was Sony’s new release “Missing,” at US$9.3 million. Storm Reid stars as a teenager desperate to find her mother (Nia Long) after she disappears during a vacation in Colombia.
David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called that opening “impressive” for a crime thriller, adding, “The reviews are excellent.”
And in fifth, down one spot from last weekend, was Sony’s feel-good “A Man Called Otto,” at US$9 million. Tom Hanks plays the title curmudgeon, a character based on popular Swedish novel “A Man Called Ove.”
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- “Plane” (US$5.3 million)
- “House Party” (US$1.8 million)
- “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” (US$1.5 million)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (US$1.4 million)
- “The Whale” (US$1.3 million)