'Avatar' sequel now ranks fourth all-time in global sales

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A still from the movie " Avatar:="" The="" Way="" of="" by="" James="" Cameron.="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/01/01/20230101-avatar.jpg"/><figcaption>A still from the movie &quot;Avatar: The Way of Water&quot; by James Cameron. <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States- &quot;Avatar: The Way of Water&quot; continued to dominate the box-office charts, taking in an estimated $15.7 million this weekend in North American theaters to make it the fourth-leading global grosser of all time. </p><p>The Disney/20thCentury sci-fi film, directed by James Cameron, &quot;has been #1 for 7 straight weeks... a feat that hasn&#x27;t been accomplished&quot; since Cameron issued the original &quot;Avatar&quot; in 2009, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Twitter.</p><p>Hefty results from theaters around the world -- including $237 million in ticket sales in China -- helped boost &quot;The Way of Water&quot; to fourth place globally all-time at $2.117 billion, unadjusted for inflation. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/23/23/the-way-of-water-surges-past-global-2-billion-mark">&#x27;Avatar: The Way of Water&#x27; surges past global $2 billion mark</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/movies/12/17/22/what-makes-avatar-the-way-of-water-so-special">What makes &#x27;Avatar: The Way of Water&#x27; so special?</a></li></ul><p>That means Cameron now has his name on three of the four top grossers ever: the original &quot;Avatar,&quot; &quot;Titanic&quot; and &quot;The Way of Water&quot; (&quot;Avengers: Endgame&quot; from Disney and Marvel sneaks in at second).</p><div><strong>Below are the top 10 highest earning movies worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo:</strong></div><p>1. Avatar    $2,923,706,026</p><p>2. Avengers: Endgame    $2,799,439,100    </p><p>3. Titanic    $2,194,690,964    </p><p>4. Avatar: The Way of Water    $2,116,580,771    </p><p>5. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens    $2,071,310,218</p><p>6. Avengers: Infinity War    $2,052,415,039    </p><p>7. Spider-Man: No Way Home    $1,921,847,111</p><p>8. Jurassic World    $1,671,537,444</p><p>9. The Lion King    $1,663,075,401    </p><p>10. The Avengers    $1,520,538,536    </p><div><strong>TOP EARNERS THIS WEEK</strong></div><p>In second place for the North American weekend was Universal&#x27;s family-friendly &quot;Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,&quot; at $10.6 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.</p><p>In third, up two spots from last weekend, was Sony&#x27;s feel-good &quot;A Man Called Otto,&quot; at $6.8 million. Tom Hanks plays the title curmudgeon in the adaptation of Swedish novel &quot;A Man Called Ove.&quot;</p><p>Scary-doll thriller &quot;M3GAN&quot; from Universal and Blumhouse Productions took in $6.4 million to place fourth. It has an android doll, created as a companion to a young orphan, turning steadily creepier.</p><p>And Yash Raj Films&#x27; new action thriller &quot;Pathaan&quot; placed fifth at $5.9 million, an impressive North American total for a Hindi-language film. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, known as the &quot;King of Bollywood,&quot; in a story about spies, rogue agents and a deadly lab-generated virus.</p><div><strong>Rounding out the top 10 were:</strong></div><p>&quot;Missing&quot; ($5.7 million)</p><p>&quot;Plane&quot; ($3.9 million)</p><p>&quot;Infinity Pool&quot; ($2.7 million)</p><p>&quot;Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist&quot; ($2.3 million)</p><p>&quot;The Wandering Earth 2&quot; ($1.4 million)</p><div><strong>bbk/mlm</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2384163" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Avatar: The Way of Water' continued to dominate the box-office charts, taking in an estimated $15.7 million this weekend in North American theaters to make it the fourth-leading global grosser of all time. 