North America-January 16, 2023

For the fifth week in a row the film kept

"Avatar: the way of water" is at the top of the box office in North America, bringing in revenues of almost 38,5 million dollars over a long weekend, according to the figures of the specialized company "xpeter relations".

This brings the total domestic revenue of the film produced by Disney and"twin century" to 570 million dollars, in addition to global revenues of 1,33 billion dollars.

Variety magazine reported that" the way of water", a sequel to the 2009 film" Avatar", which was the highest-grossing of all time, may become the first film to reach the threshold of two billion dollars in revenue worldwide since the spread of the covid pandemic.

And he maintained the second place during the four-day weekend on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day in the United States, the horror doll film "M3GAN" (Megan), produced by Universal and Blumhouse, bringing revenues of almost 21,2 million dollars. The film tells the story of a doll in human form, designed to be a companion for a little orphan girl.

He was followed in third place by "Pussy in Boots: The Last Wish" (boss in Boots: The Last Wish"), an animated film from the "Shrek" series, bringing in revenues of 17,3 million dollars.

In fourth place came the film" a man called Otto " with a revenue of 15 million dollars. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by the Swedish writer Fredrik Bachman, starring Tom Hanks.

In fifth place came the new Lionsgate film "Blaine", with revenues of 11,6 million dollars. Gerard Butler plays a pilot who has to work with a convicted murderer (played by Mike Coulter) to protect passengers after a plane lands in a remote Philippine jungle controlled by armed militias.