Box Office Battle: ‘Magic Mike 3’ wins Super Bowl weekend with $8.2M

"Avatar: The Way of Water" placed number 2 with $6.9M

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

Warner Bros.’ (WBD) “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” won Super Bowl weekend at the domestic box office with an estimated $8.2M from 1,550 locations. Overseas, the movie grossed an estimated $10.4M from 18 markets for a global cume of $18.6M.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Disney’s (DIS) “Avatar: The Way of Water” placed number 2 with another $6.9M domestically and $18.9M overseas for a worldwide total of $2.214B. Behind it was James Cameron’s “Titanic,” earning $6.4M in its 25th anniversary re-release. Paramount’s (PARA) “80 for Brady” placed number 4 with an estimated $6M from 3,939 theaters. Rounding out the top five, Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “Knock at the Cabin” grossed $5.5M in its second outing.

SUPER BOWL WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” – $8.2M
2. “Avatar: The Way of Water” – $6.9M
3. “Titanic” – $6.4M
4. “80 for Brady” – $6M
5. “Knock at the Cabin” – $5.5M

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