Box Office – Avatar 2 close to $2 billion. A man named Otto exceeds expectations

Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in the United States on Monday, January 16, 2023. So we have estimates for the 3-day weekend, but also for the 4-day long weekend. The final results will be known on Wednesday.

Avatar 2 – king of the box office

Avatar: Water Creature continues to do well in the US market by picking up $38.5 million from a 4-day weekend. To date, $570.3 million has been raised in this market. It is estimated that Avatar 2 should ultimately top the score Titanic, which amounts to USD 659.3 million. Until the first weekend of February, James Cameron’s hit has absolutely no competition to knock him off the top spot. For the time being, he occupies them for the fifth weekend in a row. Interestingly, it is the third best fifth weekend in history behind the movies Sniper ($64.6 million) and Avatar($42.7 million).

Avatar 2 in the world is still doing great, noting only a 36% decrease in attendance. This time he collected $88.7 million. Total has 1 billion 331 million dollars. This makes James Cameron’s film the fifth highest-grossing film outside the US in history. Top 4 are: Avatar, Avengers Endgame, Titanic and Avengers: Infinity War. The latter is unbeatable, because its result is 1 billion 370 million dollars. Summing up, we have 1 billion 894 million dollars on Avatar 2’s account. Exceeding $2 billion is just a matter of days.

M3GAN continues to do well, with excellent reviews contributing to a 41% drop in attendance, so that’s a great result. Managed to collect $17.9 million in 3 days ($21.2 million in 4 days). To date, $59.7 million has been raised on the US market). Outside the US, it receives $15.4 million from 64 countries (a 34% drop in attendance). Together, she raised $34.2 million from the world. Summing up, on the account of USD 90.7 million on a budget of USD 12 million.

An animation closes the podium Puss in Boots: Last Wish with the result $17.3 million in 4 days. To date, $110.2 million has been raised in the US market. It’s also doing well globally, grossing $19.8 million from 77 countries ($141 million total). Summing up, on the account of USD 247.4 million on a budget of USD 90 million.

Fourth place is A man named Otto with Tom Hanks. The film surpassed all expectations entering a wide distribution. It was estimated at 8 million dollars, and the film collected as much as 15 million dollars! Viewers rate it very well and this is proof that it can be a success. Outside the US, it raised $4.4 million from 30 countries ($14.5 million total). Summing up, on account 35.7 million dollars on a budget of 50 million dollars. The Polish cinema premiere will take place on January 27, 2023.