Box Office

Audiences are ponying up for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” which is projected to lead a quiet Super Bowl weekend at the domestic box office. The third “Magic Mike” entry earned roughly $4.1 million in opening day and Thursday preview screenings, with industry sources projecting a debut around $8 million. Warner Bros. itself isn’t reporting numbers.

Cinemas in mainland China remained busy over the latest weekend even a week after the end of the Lunar New Year holiday season and with few significant new release titles. Aggregate nationwide box office hit $162 million according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. And “The Wandering Earth 2” reclaimed the top spot that it

Japanese animation film “The First Slam Dunk” was the undisputed champion at the South Korean box office over the weekend. Not only did depose “Abatar: The Way of Water” from first place it also grew its week-on-week performance by 10% – in its fifth weekend on release. A week earlier the two top titles were

Another day, another milestone for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel has generated $623.5 million at the domestic box office, taking down “The Avengers” ($623.5 million) to become the 10th-highest grossing domestic release of all time. Now that “The Way of Water” has cracked the top 10, the sci-fi tentpole’s competition to

It was a closely fought weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office between “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Pathaan,” with the former edging the top slot. Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” topped the charts for the seventh weekend in a row with £2.1 million ($2.6 million) for a total of £70.6 million,

UPDATE: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s “Pathaan” is proving to be unstoppable at the global box office. The spy action film has grossed $66.5 million after five days of release, per producers Yash Raj Films. On day five, a Sunday, the film collected $8.5 million in India and $5.1 million internationally. PREVIOUSLY: Shah Rukh Khan’s

Cinema box office in mainland China came close to record levels over the Lunar New Year period with RMB6.76 billion of gross revenue – or just fractions short of $1 billion – in a week. Chinese state media reported the local currency number for a period covering Saturday to Friday 21-27 Jan. That compared with

“Avatar: The Way of Water” enjoyed the highest box office takings in Korea over the weekend and reclaimed the top spot after falling to second place a week earlier. But Japanese animation film “The First Slam Dunk,” now in its fourth weekend on release, was the most watched film of the frame and outscored the

Without any notable competition, “Avatar: The Way of Water” continued its mighty box office reign with ease. James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel added $15.7 million from 3,600 North American theaters between Friday and Sunday, enough to claim the No. 1 spot for the seventh consecutive weekend. So far, “Avatar 2” has generated $620 million at the

The Shah Rukh Khan-starring spy adventure film “Pathaan” has smashed local records for a Hindi film on its first day of release. The strong opening is positive news for Hindi-language Bollywood, which had suffered a dearth of hits last year and was somewhat overshadowed by a string of blockbuster titles from the regional language industries

Disney’s blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office for the sixth consecutive weekend with £2.7 million ($3.4 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. James Cameron’s return to Pandora now has a running total of £67.6 million. In its second weekend, Universal’s “M3gan” collected £1.35 million for a total

It’s the sixth weekend of release for “Avatar: The Way of Water” and James Cameron’s science-fiction sequel is still floating atop the box office, ahead of new release “Missing.” Playing in 3,790 theaters, “The Way of Water” added $4.6 million to its haul on Friday, pushing its domeestic total to $582 million. That roughly marks

China has lifted its unofficial ban on Marvel titles, bestowing release dates for two major superhero tentpoles, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which was released everywhere else in the world last November, will open in China on Feb. 7. Shortly after, “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania”

James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” is close to overtaking another box office behemoth, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” on the all-time charts. As of Sunday, “The Way of Water” has grossed $1.893 billion globally, standing as the seventh-highest grossing movie in history. With those ticket sales, Disney and 20th Century’s futuristic sequel

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is still drawing audiences at the domestic box office, maintaining a substantial lead against competition as it looks to maintain the No. 1 spot for a fifth weekend. Disney and 20th Century Studios’ science-fiction smash added $7 million from 4,035 locations on Friday, bolstering its total domestic total to an

Disney’s James Cameron blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth weekend in a row with £5.8 million ($7.1 million) and now has a running total of £57.2 million, per numbers released by Comscore. In its second weekend, in second place, Sony’s “Whitney Houston: I Wanna

South Korea’s box office continued its “Avatar”-powered strong run into a fourth weekend, with overall takings exceeding $15 million during the first normal Friday to Sunday of the new year. “Avatar: The Way of Water” remained in the top position that it has enjoyed since release in mid-December. But there were good showings for local

Total box office revenue across the U.K. and Ireland in 2022 was £978. 5 million ($1.17 billion), an increase of 64% versus 2021’s total of £597 million ($719.8 million), according to Comscore Movies’ review of the year. Prior to the pandemic, annual box office in the territory had exceeded £1.3 billion in each of the

Global cinema box office revenue weighed in at $26 billion in 2022, a healthy 27% improvement compared with 2021, but still a long way short of pre-pandemic levels. In its final estimate of the full year to Dec. 31, 2022, research firm Gower Street Analytics calculated that global gross box office takings reached $25.9 billion.

James Cameron’s ambitious blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” has sailed to $1.025 billion at the international box office and $1.4 billion globally, making it the 12th-highest grossing movie in history. In recent days, the big-budget aquatic sequel has passed “Avengers: Age of Ultron” ($1.403 billion) and “Frozen II” ($1.45 billion) in global ticket sales.

A succession of locally-made hit films released in the second half of the year helped the cinema box office in Hong Kong to stage a remarkable comeback in 2022. Aggregate box office for the year was HK$1.14 billion ($147 million), some 40% lower than pre-pandemic 2019, according to new data from Hong Kong Box Office

For the first time since 1989, there were no French movies among the country’s top 10 box officers grossers, which was exclusively dominated by U.S. studio movies. James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” led the 2022 chart with an estimated $54 million grossed from 7.8 million admissions since its Dec. 14 release, followed by

When “Everything Everywhere All At Once” premiered last spring, Alamo Drafthouse offered special screenings where attendees were gifted with packets of googly eyes. The peepers were a reference to a central character’s habit of putting the gag item on everyone and everything he can. Then when “Nope,” Jordan Peele’s twisty horror film, opened in July,

Bilal Lashari’s “The Legend of Maula Jatt,” starring Pakistani superstars Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan (no relation), is now officially the highest grossing Pakistani film of all time. Produced by Ammara Hikmat’s Encyclomedia and Lashari Films, the film released on Oct. 13, 2022 and has had worldwide collections of $10 million, including $4.2 million in Pakistan. It has far

Two years ago, there was serious concern the box office would ever rebound from the pandemic. In 2021, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the James Bond sequel “No Time to Die” provided glimmers of hope that cinemas weren’t, indeed, relics of the past. But it took until 2022 for movie theaters to truly reestablish their

It’s about to be a very Pandora Christmas at the movies. “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which opened solidly last weekend to $134 million, is poised to dominate box office charts again in its second outing. James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel on Monday added a healthy $16 million, bringing its four-day domestic tally to $150 million.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” got a lukewarm reception for its opening at the Japanese box office. It may also have been plagued by technical glitches. Despite bowing on 1,466 screens nationwide, an all-time record for the Japanese film market, “Avatar 2” was unable to claim the top ranking over the Dec. 17-18 weekend in

The release of “Avatar: The Way of Water” in South Korea largely lived up to expectations and delivered a major boost to the final quarter’s flagging box office. Its gross revenues between Friday and Sunday represented the second biggest opening of the year. They lifted the nationwide total to the country’s second largest weekend of

James Cameron’s science-fiction epic “Avatar: The Way of Water,” a sequel 13 years in the making, delivered a dazzling $301 million in its international box office debut. Of the 52 territories in play, China delivered the biggest start with $57.1 million, an underwhelming turnout given the original movie’s popularity in the country. Heading into the

James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” collected $134 million in its North American box office debut, affirming the public’s interest in Pandora and providing a needed boost to beleaguered movie theaters. Overseas, the sci-fi epic brought in $301 million, bringing its global tally to a sizable $435 million. Those ticket sales mark