The film "Avatar" "Avatar: The Way of Water" grossed almost 82.4 million dollars at the weekend in North America, bringing its total revenue to one billion dollars globally in near record time, according to the company xpeter relations.

The sci-fi film's revenue at the North American box office reached 440.5 million dollars, in addition to the 957 million dollars it achieved abroad. Only 6 films have exceeded the billion-dollar barrier of revenue in their first two weeks.

But director James Cameron pointed out that the big-budget film produced by the company "Twenty century" needs twice as much money to reimburse its production costs and start the stage of making profits.

The original film "Avatar" had a record Revenue of 2.9 billion dollars.

The second place in the North American halls was taken by the family film "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" produced by Universal, an animated work from the famous Shrek series "Shrek". The film grossed 22 million dollars over the last weekend.

The film" Black Panther: Wakanda Forever " Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a mega-hit produced by Disney, achieved revenues of 6,5 million dollars to take third place. Its total domestic revenue rose to 439.6 million dollars in eight weeks.

In fourth place was the film "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with someone" Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with someone produced by Sony, with revenues of 5.4 million dollars. English actress Naomi Aki in this film embodied the character of the late famous singer Whitney Houston.

In fifth place came the comedy-drama film "Babylon" Babylon produced by Paramount, with a revenue of 3.6 million dollars. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie starred in this work under the direction of director Damien Chazelle.

The film grossed 108.5 million dollars from 4391 US screens