There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and Avatar: The Way of Water continuing to reign supreme at the domestic box office. For the seventh week in a row, Avatar 2 has stayed at the top of the movie charts and added another $15.7 million to its domestic gross. Combined with international ticket sales, the Avatar sequel has now made over $2.1 billion so far and has overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time.
Only six movies have made more than $2 billion at the international box office so far, and with Avatar 2 joining their ranks, that list includes three movies directed by Cameron. With Way of Water being a huge success at the box office Cameron is moving ahead with his planned sequels, beginning with Avatar 3 in 2024.
The rest of the box office top ten saw little change according to Box Office Mojo, even with a few new releases thrown into the mix. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish held firm at second place again, grumpy Tom Hanks climbed to third place in A Man Called Otto, and surprise horror hit M3GAN dropped to fourth place. Indian spy-thriller Pathaan had a fifth place debut, taking in $5.9 million from 695 theaters, horror-mystery Infinity Pool landed in eighth place, and the latest Left Behind film took ninth place overall.
January 27-29 US Box Office Results
- Avatar: The Way of Water – $15.7 million
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – $10.6 million
- A Man Called Otto – $6.7 million
- M3GAN – $6.3 million
- Pathaan – $5.9 million
- Missing – $5.6 million
- Plane – $3.8 million
- Infinity Pool – $2.7 million
- Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist – $2.3 million
- The Wandering Earth II – $1.3 million
The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors.
GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site.
