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by Disney Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continued to top the box office charts for the fifth week in a row by grossing an estimated $11.1 million over the weekend, according to the Hollywood journalist and Deadlinea streak that is sure to be snapped next week with the release of James Cameron’s highly anticipated 2009 sequel Avatar.
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Highlights
wakanda foreverthe latest superhero movie in Disney’s long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe and 2018’s direct sequel Black Pantherhas recorded total domestic box office sales of $409.8 million so far, the Hollywood journalist added.
The Black Panther sequel is only the third film this year to cross the $400 million mark at the box office, and later this week it will become the second most profitable film at the domestic box office in 2022, only behind the Tom Cruise-directed film Top Gun: Maverick.
Universal Pictures’ Christmas action comedy violent night would have finished second in the box office charts for the second weekend in a row after grossing an estimated $8.7 million that weekend.
Disney’s latest animated feature strange world, which was a major flop for the studio, continued its bad run and grossed just $3.6 million to finish a distant third.
The lack of any major new releases meant an overall dismal weekend for the box office that only managed to gross around $39 million, making it the second-worst weekend of the year. according Deadline.
Tangent
The feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky The whale, which stars Brendan Fraser, managed to collect $360,000 at the box office despite only being released in six theaters in New York and Los Angeles. According to Hollywood journalistthe film’s weekend per-theater average of $60,000 is the best for any film released this year, surpassing Everything everywhere all at onceis $50,000 per theatre. Despite poor reviews and a dark history, online interest in the film has remained strong after reports that it received standing ovations across the festival circuit and internet adulation for Fraser, who is in the midst of a career revival.
To monitor
Disney’s next release Avatar: The Way of the Water– the highly anticipated sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster Avatar – will almost certainly boost next weekend’s box office numbers. But how big of an opening the Avatar sequel can score remains a question. The first one Avatar is the fourth highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office and the highest of all time when worldwide box office figures are taken into account, with total worldwide revenues of $2.9 billion. Following up on Cameron’s technical and visual masterpiece has taken several years, though it’s unclear if the franchise has managed to create any sort of dedicated fanbase like other Disney mega properties like Star Wars. and Marvel.
Key context
The Black Panther sequel is poised to take the No. 2 spot in domestic box office sales for 2022 after its strong weekend performance would have left it just $1.5 million lower. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness—another version of Marvel. Once he passes Doctor Strange’s count, wakanda forever will become the most successful Marvel Cinematic Universe distributed by Disney since 2019 Avengers: Endgame—beaten only by 2021 Spider-Man: No Coming Home which was distributed by Sony. Despite its success, wakanda forever still trails the original Black Panther which raked $202 million in its first weekend and ended its run with $700 million in domestic box office sales.
Further reading
Box Office: ‘Black Panther 2’ Leads Otherwise Dismal Weekend, Surpasses $400 Million Domestically (The Hollywood Reporter)