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Global Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th January 2023: Avatar 2 stays at the top of the global box office for a fourth weekend with $177 Million

Global Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th January 2023: Avatar 2 stays at the top of the global box office for a fourth weekend with $177 Million
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Avatar sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 4th weekend as the top movie globally as its total global gross powers towards the $2 Million mark.

The new year brings little in the way of new movies with the Guy Ritchie directed film Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre the top debut with $6.9 Million at number 6 from 31 countries.

Global Box Office QuickView

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th January 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

Spending a fourth weekend at the top of the global box office the Avatar sequel takes $177.6 Million from 53 countries, a small 29% drop.

As the movie heads towards the $2 Billion milestone in global grosses it currently sits at $1.7 Billion from 4 weeks of play.

M3GAN

After a release in a few countries last weekend the new film from director Gerard Johnstone hits 35 countries this week and jumps from 9 to 2 with $40 Million, an 92% jump over last weekend.

After 2 weeks of play the movie has taken a very nice $45 Million iin global grosses.

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

The animated sequel to Puss In Boots falls one place to number 3 this weekend with $39.9 Million from 78 countries, a 1% increase over last weekend.

After 6 weeks of release the movie has now taken an impressive $197.4 Million.

A Man Called Otto

A Man Called Otto

The latest Tom Hanks movie goes wider in 11 countries and takes $8.2 Million over the weekend jumping from 13 to 4 this week.

An 11% increase in weekend grosses pushes the movies global taking at $12.6 Million.

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Remaining at number 5 this weekend with a gross of $7 Million, a 44% drop, in the Whitney Houston bio-pic which is on wide release in 47 countries.

The movie has taken $41.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.

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