Avatar: The Way of Water spends a 6th weekend at the top of the North American box office as Puss In Boots: The Last Wish goes back up to number 2.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Missing~2023 at number 4 while there is also a new entry for That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond at number 8 with $1.4 Million and The Son at 15 with $239,855.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd January 2023

James Cameron proves that the first Avatar wasn't a one off as the sequel nears the $600 Million mark after adding $20 Million on its 6th weekend of release.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $20,000,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $598,276,353 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $551,741,499 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Going back up the box office is the sequel movie from the Shrek universe of movies as the Antonio Banderas starring movie takes $11.5 Million on its 5th weekend of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $11,500,000 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $126,460,470 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $135,430,092 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.

A new franchise in the horror genre is born as the Gerard Johnstone directed movie takes $9.8 Million over the weekend as M3GAN 2 gets an announcement.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $9,800,000 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $73,287,510 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

A spiritual successor to the 2018 movie Searching which is the top new movie at number 4 with a $9.3 Million debut.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $9,300,000 over the weekend
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Searching which took $388,769 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office draw as his latest movie spends a 4th weekend inside the top 5 with a remake of the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $35,346,249 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The sequel to 2018's Searching, Missing~2023 has been given a 15 age rating iin the UK for strong threat, violence, domestic abuse

The movie which takes place almost entirely on a phone or computer screen stars Storn Reidwho appeared in The Suicide Squad and Nia Long from Look Both Ways.

The movie is directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick who were both editors on Searching and are making their directorial debuts.

Movie Synopsis

When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Missing~2023
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong threat, violence, domestic abuse
• Release date: 24th February 2023
• Runtime: 111 minutes (1 hour 51 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Nicholas D. Johnson
  • Will Merrick
• Starring:
  • Nia Long
  • Storm Reid
  • Amy Landecker

BBFC movie page

The Pixar movie Toy Story 4 has been age rated by the BBFC and given a U certificate for very mild violence, scary scenes.

The fourth film in the Toy Story saga has all your favourite characters back for more adventures, this time it looks like its set in a travelling amusement park and Woody seems to get lost with the rest of the toys of Buzz Lightyear, Rex and Mr Potato Head et el searching for him.

The original three films are considered one of the greatest film trilogies of all time sitting alongside the likes of the original Star Wars trilogy and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

Hence there are high hopes for the new movie and judging by the trailers Pixar wont be disappointing us.

The BBFC have given the film a U age rating for very mild violence, scary scenes and it has an official run time of 100 minutes (1 hour 40 minutes).

TOY STORY 4 (U) very mild violence, scary scenes https://t.co/MC4f6O6o1N

— BBFC (@BBFC) June 5, 2019

Continuing the Conjuring series this week The Nun takes on the box office and wins with the second highest opening gross for a September movie in the US.

The film manages the highest opening of the series so far with a $53 million weekend and should keep up some momentum until Halloween which is still 6 weeks away.

Falling to number 2 this week after a 3 week run at the top is Crazy Rich Asians, a $13 .6 million weekend brings the films total US gross to $136.2 million

New at number 3 is Peppermint from director Pierre Morel who directed Taken and stars Jennifer Garner, the film takes $13.2 million on its debut.

The Meg has been around for 5 weeks now and this weeks takes $6 million which places it at 4, the films total US gross is $131.5 million.

Falling to number 5 this week is Searching which takes $4.5 million to bring its total gross to $14.3 million after 2 weeks.

The top total grossing film on the US box office this week is Mission:Impossible Fallout which has taken $212.1 million so far and has been out for 7 weeks.

For the third weekend straight the top two films in the UK are Disneys Christopher Robin and the sequel movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

Christopher Robin's gross for the weekend, and unlike last weekend the only film to go a million pound, is £1.1 million which brings the films total after 3 weeks to a very respectable £10 million.

Staying on the runner up spot yet again Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again takes just under a million pounds, this now brings the films total to £61.6 million.

The top film so far in 2018 is Avengers: Infinity War with £70.8 million, there is every possibility that the Mamma Mia! sequel could beat this, but it could be a very close race.

Despite taking a little less than last weekend BlackKKlansman climbs the box office this weekend to number 3 with £922,806 which brings the films total after 2 week to £3.1 million.

The Meg is at 4 this week with £0.9 million which brings the films total to £13.9 million.

Finishing off the top 5 is new entry Searching which makes its debut with £765,050.

Top total grossing film of the week is Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.