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The new guy at Forbes slated it, but he watched it in 2d, it’s been made for 3d, critics ain’t always right, I’m looking foward to it
I’m pretty sure most of cineworld cinemas are in the USA ) ?
Your right retail I cannot, but at least I post facts, & not pure fantasy
I agree bullbears not really any other big films out so should run & run, I will be watching This week in 3d, might catch the new Whitney film as well. You can’t sugar coat it thou, it’s a another bad month, compared to other years, With at least 950 to over a billion at the us box office
I’m not trying to pull anything maid, just stating facts. Maybe it’s the reason why cineworld USA, amc & cinemark were all down big time on Friday, as a lot of business is done in New York, hence why studios wouldn’t release films while New York was still in lockdown 2 years ago been in this share a long time
https://www.thewrap.com/avatar-2-holiday-box-office-winter-storms/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/weather/winter-storm-snow-forecast-nyc-weather-high-wind-warning/4009270/
James Cameron estimated that due to the film's near-record-breaking budget, it would have to become among the top eight highest-grossing films in history to break even.[190]
https://www.thewrap.com/avatar-2-box-office-causes-disney-stock-crash/
https://www.thewrap.com/fans-most-anticipated-movies-of-2023-poll-fandango/
https://www.thewrap.com/avatar-way-of-water-top-gun-maverick-box-office/
There’s good news and bad news that can be taken from the $53 million domestic opening day of 20th Century’s “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The bad news is that this result makes it unlikely that James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel will meet pre-weekend projections for a $150 million-plus opening weekend, instead settling for a now-estimated $130-135 million launch.
Similar drops are being felt in overseas markets, with China in particular failing to overcome the strong surge in COVID-19 infections that came with the country’s strict health restrictions being lifted. As reported yesterday, the film posted a lower-than-expected $24 million on opening day there; and with a running total of $180 million grossed worldwide through Friday, projections for the global opening weekend are sliding to around $300 million. Earlier this week, global opening projections consolidated in the $400 million range with a peak of $525 million.
Here’s the good news: audiences absolutely love this movie. While the Rotten Tomatoes critics score stands at 78%, slightly below the 82% for the first “Avatar,” audience score for “The Way of Water” is at an excellent 94%. CinemaScore reported an A from opening day audiences, and Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak scores of 5/5 and 82% definite recommend.
China Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Opens to Soft $24 Million Friday
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China Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Opens to Soft $24 Million Friday
Those are the kind of strong audience scores that “Avatar: The Way of Water” is going to need if it is going to have anywhere near the kind of legs that its predecessor did. Back in 2009, “Avatar” opened to $77 million but only dropped 2% the following Christmas weekend and 9% on New Year’s weekend. With incredibly strong mid-week grosses in between, the film had made $352 million after three weekends and went on to finish its original run with just under $750 million in U.S. and Canada.
Even more recently, Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” opened to a 3-day start of $126 million this past May and then rode stellar audience word-of-mouth to a $718.7 million domestic/$1.48 billion global box office run. “The Way of Water” will try to emulate that success over the holiday season and into the early months of 2023, trying to captivate audiences with its story of a family under siege in a beautiful alien world with visual effects that demand to be seen on the biggest screen and, as James Cameron hopes, with 3D glasses.
The stakes are high for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” as Cameron plans to turn his sci-fi epic into a multi-film franchise. A third “Avatar” film is set for release in December 2024, with Cameron saying that principal shooting has already wrapped with production on a fourth film underway. Cameron also said in a GQ interview that “The Way of Water,” which is reported to have a budget of around $400 million before marketing, would have to be the “third or fourth highest-grossing film in history” to be profitable, though it
https://deadline.com/2022/12/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-1235200714/
https://www.thewrap.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-thursday-box-office/
Just incase anyone is confused 500 million is worldwide, which is decent, but considering the us box office this month has only done 125 million after 2 complete weekends, & the last 8 years has done between 900 to over a billion
Yea it was mount, my stomach just sank, did it drop to 45o, i would kill for that now
200 million in one day dream on, probably 180- 200 million fri - Sunday in the us
Mount I remember it well, I was in Cuba smashed my raybans , then got back from the pool, my heart sank. That was the day the music died lol. Never did I imagine we would be at 4p, & maybe lose everything
The reason cinemas are dead, Is there isn’t enough films around, one blockbuster a month isn’t going to help, you need 3-4 films a week being released. Release the films & they will come. I have seen 3 films in the last few weeks, & I was the only one in the cinema ( Dudley showcase)
Wasn’t that news released 2 days ago ?