January 2022’s box office numbers are more than double last year’s earnings with the total box office for all movies this weekend at approximately $75M compared to only $35.8M for the same weekend in 2022.
Best Picture Oscar nominee Avatar: The Way of Water took the #1 spot for its seventh weekend in a row since it premiered and James Cameron’s film stands at $620 million domestic, $2.117 billion total worldwide.
Best Animated Feature Nominee Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is still at #2 after premiering 6 weeks ago and it is also currently available on premium video on demand. A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks, did not receive any Academy Award nominations, but still moved up the list from #5 to #3 after 5 weeks earning $6,750,000 million in 3,957 theaters due to its appeal to older audiences.
Universal’s M3GAN finished in 4th place, with a gross of $6.4M and a drop of 34%. The PG13 horror hit is the number one Domestic grossing movie to open in 2023, with $82.2M to date.
The high-octane Bollywood thriller starring Shah Rukh Khan and John Abrams Pathaan from Yash Raj Films finished the weekend in 5th place, earning $5.9M at only 695 locations. The film has excellent reviews from both critics and audiences with a critics score of 87% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and an audience score of 82%.
Sony’s Missing dropped from #4 to #6 in its second week at the box office and Lionsgate’s Plane dropped just one spot from #6 to #7 in its 6th week in theaters.
Newcomers Infinity Pool, Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist, and The Wandering Earth II rounded out the top ten list in that order. Neon’s Infinity Pool is fresh from Sundance and Brandon Cronenberg’s film earned $2,725,000 in its opening weekend. Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist earned $2,362,000 and China’s blockbuster The Wandering Earth II earned $1,355,000.
REELated:
1. Avatar: The Way of Water (Disney) Week 7; Last weekend #1
$15,700,000 (-22%) in 3,600 (-190) theaters; PTA (per theater average): $4,361; Cumulative: $620,581,000
2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal) Week 6; Last weekend #2; also on PVOD
$10,620,000 (-10%) in 3,452 (-159) theaters; PTA: $3,076; Cumulative: $140,835,000
3. A Man Called Otto (Sony) Week 5; Last weekend #5
$6,750,000 (-23%) in 3,957 (+155) theaters; PTA: $1,706; Cumulative: $46,053,000
4. M3GAN (Universal) Week 4; Last weekend #3
$6,370,000 (-34%) in 3,416 (-212) theaters; PTA: $1,865; Cumulative: $82,274,000
5. Pathaan (Yash Raj) NEW – Est. budget: $30 million
$5,947,000 in 694 theaters; PTA: $8,557; Cumulative: $5,947,000
6. Missing (Sony) Week 2; Last weekend #4
$5,675,000 (-38%) in 3,025 (no change) theaters; PTA: $1,876; Cumulative: $17,569,000
7. Plane (Lionsgate) Week 3; Last weekend #6
$3,825,000 (-28%) in 2,852 (-171) theaters; PTA: $1,341; Cumulative: $25,375,000
8. Infinity Pool (Neon) NEW – Cinemascore: C-; Metacritic: 72
$2,725,000 in 1,835 theaters; PTA: $1,485; Cumulative: $2,725,000
9. Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (Fathom Events) NEW
$2,362,000 in 1,362 theaters; PTA: $1,681; Cumulative: $2,973,000
10. The Wandering Earth II (Well Go) NEW – Metacritic: 56
$1,355,000 in 160 theaters; PTA: $7,971; Cumulative: $2,718,000
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