Its also ahead ofBlack Panther: Wakanda Forevers eight weekend running total of $439.5M.
Showtimes start Thursday at 5PM.
Young females under 25 are the prime demo.
M3GAN in M3GAN directed by Gerard Johnstone.
Global is at$1.44 billion.
Wakanda Foreverwas 3rd with a 3 and 4 day of $4.8M and $6.3M.
Why is that such a big deal?
AMC Burbank 16 (AP)
2016 was the last time that Christmas fell on a Sunday, and New Years Day 2017 too.
Avatar 2s $24.4M Sunday also bestsRogue Ones New Years Day gross of $16.7M.
Thats a similar decline to last weekends Friday-to-Christmas Eve (-26%).
Tom Hanks tries to ignore his new neighbor Mariana Treviño in ‘A Man Called Otto’ (Sony)
However, New Years Eve made more than Christmas Eve, $27.9M to $22.2M.
Per our sources, weather wasnt an issue this weekend.
Disney/20th/LightstormsAvatar: The Way of Waterdid$18Myesterday, taking its running total to$400M.
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, (Universal Pictures)
Imax has racked up $55.3M fromAvatar 2so far in North America.
The pic is 89% certified fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with an 88% audience score.
Polleys screenplay and composer Hildur Gunadottirs score are up for Golden Globes on Tuesday, Jan. 10. you might read look back at the box office year here.
BABYLON: Li Jun Li (center), Jovan Adepo (right) (Paramount)
That comes in the wake ofAMC planning a reverse stock splitand $110M sale of its premium APE equity.
They should know that AMC ruled the 2022 domestic marketplace as the No.
2 Regal, which did $1.2 billion (16.4% marketshare).
2 theater in the U.S. with $14.5M.
2 with $446M+ in ticket sales (6.3% total market share).
The 3-day theater average looks to be$13,750.
Todays gross is also bigger thanRogue Ones third Friday of $18.2M.
By EOD Monday, Jan. 2, the 20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm movie hopes to stand at$433.1Mstateside.
The sequel is in play at 2,310 theaters.
The Whitney Houston biopic is booked at 3,625 theaters.
New Years Eve Saturday isnt expected to be as depressed as Christmas Eve was a week ago.
Total Thursday global was $67.9M.
total cume is $810.6M surpassingTop Gun: Mavericks $770M to become the No.
1 international release of 2022 and No.
2 MPA title abroad in the pandemic era.
Ongoing worldwide total forAvatar 2is $1.168 billion.
We hear Comscore is down this AM, preventing others from reporting numbers.
Disney didnt have any problems, clearly.
Well have more updates for you as they come.
