'Avatar: The Way of Water' has passed $217 million at the domestic box office.
Avatar: The Way of Water is topping a quiet Christmas box office weekend. Director James Cameron’s epic science-fiction sequel picked up $19.5 million on its second Friday, for a projected three-day weekend of around $55 million, and $82 million across the four-day extended weekend. This pushes the film’s running domestic tally to $217 million, with over $250 million projected by Sunday.
The Way of Water comes 13 years after the first Avatar broke box office records and ultimately finished as the highest-grossing film of all time. That film’s current global haul stands at an astounding $2.9 billion. Produced on a reported budget of around $400 million, the sequel isn't expected to match the first film's performance, but will have to finish with at least $2 billion to break even, Cameron has said.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The first Avatar famously opened low, but displayed unprecedented legs over several months. The Way of Water is currently pacing ahead of Avatar, but mainly because it made significantly more in its opening weekend. At the same point, the first film had made $160 million domestically, but crucially, it dropped by just 13% on its second Friday .
Sony’s Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody made $2 million on its first Friday. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the film is expected to make around $5.5 million over the weekend, and between $8 million and $10 million across four days. The film cost a reported $45 million to make, and received mixed reviews. Paramount’s $100 million period drama Babylon is expected to claim the fourth spot in its debut weekend. Directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, the divisive epic picked up $1.
Expect The Way of Water to continue ruling the box office for the next several weeks, at least until fellow Disney release Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania drops in a couple of months. You can watch our interview with Cameron here:
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