Box Office Battle: ‘Avatar 2’ wins weekend with $45M, crosses $1.7B globally

"M3GAN" placed number 2 with $30.2M debut

"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 the first full weekend of 2023 with an estimated $45M in its fourth outing as the movie crossed the $500M mark at the domestic box office. Overseas, the movie earned another $132.6M for an international cume of $1.19B and a global tally of $1.7B.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “M3GAN” placed number 2 with a $30.2M debut. Behind it was another Universal title, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” with a projected $13.1M for a domestic total of $87.7M and $197.4M worldwide. Sony’s (SONY) “A Man Called Otto” placed fourth with an estimated $4.2M. Rounding out the top five, Disney’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” grossed another $3.4M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Avatar: The Way of Water” – $45M
2. “M3GAN” – $30.2M
3. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” – $13.1M
4. “A Man Called Otto” – $4.2M
5. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – $3.4M

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