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US release: 9th January 2026With no big new released again this weekend Avatar: The Way of Water easily remains at the top of the North American box office while the new Tom Hanks movie A Man Called Otto is the highest new movie at 16 with $58,000.
Three weeks on top now for the sequel to the 2009 movie Avatar which takes $66.8 Million this weekend which is the same as from the Christmas weekend last week.
This gives the movie an amazing total of $425 Million over its 3 weeks of release, and it is tracking about $12 Million ahead of Avatar which is the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in America.
The movie is the third highest grossing movie of 2022 in North America and with 2022 over now Top Gun: Maverick takes the honor of the top movie of the year, but the Avatar sequel could in a few weeks become the top grossing movie released in 2022.
The sequel movie from the Shrek universe remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $16.3 Million, a 12% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $60 Million over 2 weeks of release.
The original Puss in Boots from 2011 had taken $75.5 Million on its second weekend of release after a $33 Million weekend.
The latest marvel movie which is a sequel to Black Panther goes back up to number 3 this weekend with from number 6 with $4.8 Million, a decent 28% increase on its 8th weekend of release.
The movie has taken an incredible $427.9 Million since release and is the second top grossing movie of 2022.
It is however far lower than the $665.6 Million the first movie had taken by its 8th weekend of release.
The Witney Houston bio-pic drops to number 4 this weekend with $4.2 Million, an 11% decrease on its 2nd weekend.
Considering last weekend was the weekend Christmas fell on which probably kept a lot of people out of cinemas and many were closed for a day this is not a good sign for the movie.
The total gross if a very disappointing $14.8 Million after 2 weekends of release.
Another movie which seems to having a disappointing run is the Damien Chazelle directed movie starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt which takes just $2.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 24% drop.
This gives the movie a total gross of just $10 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife brings the flagging series back to life as the new sequel hits the top og the US box office on its opening weekend.
Also new and hitting the top 5 this weekend is the Will Smith movie King Richard which makes its debut at number 4.
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 19th - 21st November 2021
Directed original series director Ivan Reitmams son Jason, this reboot and sequel to the original Ghostbusters has had fans eagerly awaiting and this week makes its debut at the top.
The movie takes a very respectable $44 Million on its debut weekend.
The latest Marvel movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 week spell at the top with $10.8 Million, a 60% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total of $135.8 over 3 weeks of release and a number 7 place of the top movie of 2021.
The live action movie based on the beloved animated series falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.1 Million, 1 51% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a 2 week total of $33.5 Million.
Will Smith brings his latest movie to the big screen playing the father of tenis aces Serena and Venus Wiliams.
The movie enters the box office at number 4 with a debut gross of $5.7 Million.
Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the sci-fi classic falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 45% drop, giving the movie a gross of $98 Million over 5 weeks of release.
the movie should go over the $100 Million mark by next weekend and climb into the top 10 movies of 2021.