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 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
Avatar: The Way of Water
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.
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
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.
M3GAN
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
Missing~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.
A Man Called Otto
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
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