Avatar: The Way of Waterjust reached $152.2 million at the global IMAX box office, makingJames Cameron’s long-awaited sequel the fourth-biggest IMAX release of all time. The film now only follows behind its 2009 blockbuster predecessorAvataras well as 2019’s smash hitAvengers: Endgameand 2015’sStar Warsbox office supernovaThe Force Awakens, respectively.
In its third weekend since the premiere, Disney and Lightstorm’sThe Way of Waterearned an additional $28.6 million in IMAX global box office. The 4% increase over the last weekend made it the 2nd most profitable increase in box office revenue for the 3rd weekend of an IMAX release. Overall,The Way of Waterhas been seeing a weekend-to-weekend increase in box office revenue since its global rollout began 19 days ago. The film’s running worldwide total stands at $1.37 billion while its total domestic box office revenue is poised to overtakeBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever’s $438 million haul.
Down only 6% in revenue since last weekend, the film’s domestic box office numbers increased by $8.4 million and indexing at 13.2% of the weekend gross. With an accumulated revenue of $55.3 million and counting, the IMAX Domestic network accounts for 13.1% of the total-to-date North American box office revenue. International markets bringThe Way of the Waterfurther with a remarkable hold of $20.2 million, which is up 9% from the previous weekend. The Imax International cume rises to $96.9 million, making it the 3rd highest International IMAX total ever after only the firstAvatarfilmand Avengers: Endgame.
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The Way of Water’s box office revenue in China saw an increase of 19% over last weekend with $6.8m of the International total while the Middle Kingdom cume sat at $35.7 million, which is over 24% of the nationwide total. Now, an impressive total of 18 countries are starting off the new year with the latest Avatar film as its biggest ever IMAX release – the growing list now includes key markets India, Germany, Thailand and South Korea in addition to France, Turkey, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. The film achieved all-time Top 5 status in 48 countries, sitting at #2 in the United Arab Emirates; #3 in Mexico; #4 in Hong Kong and Denmark; as well as #5 in Sweden. In 60 countries, it made it into the Top 10.
