Box Office Battle: ‘Avatar 2’ stays atop chart in seventh weekend

"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" placed number 2 with $10.6M

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Disney’s (DIS) “Avatar: The Way of Water” won this weekend at the North American box office with an estimated $15.7M from 3,600 locations for a domestic total of $621M. James Cameron sequel is now the fourth top grossing film of all time at the global box office. Overseas, “The Way of Water” earned another $42.4M for a foreign cume of $1.496B.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” placed number 2 with another $10.6M from 3,452 theaters. Behind it was Sony’s (SONY) “A Man Called Otto” with $6.8M. Universal’s “M3GAN” placed number 4 with an estimated $6.4M from 3,416 locations. Rounding out the top five, “Pathaan” grossed $5.9M in its debut weekend.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Avatar: The Way of Water” – $15.7M
2. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” – $16.6M
3. “A Man Called Otto” – $6.8M
4. “M3GAN” – $6.4M
5. “Pathaan” – $5.9M

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