Avatar: The Way of Water

Theatrical exhibition crossed another important milestone in its quest to recover the ground lost at the box office during the Covid-19 pandemic, crossing $8 billion in earnings. A Summer movie season on par with pre-pandemic box office receipts was crucial...

As the recipient of this year’s Comscore International Box Office Achievement Award, Avatar: The Way of Water adds another accolade to its impressive list of accomplishments. With over a decade between films, director James Cameron has delivered $301 million international...

Cinema technology company CJ 4DPLEX, which produces the immersive seating experience 4DX and the panoramic screen format ScreenX, announced that 20th Century Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment, and James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has eclipsed $100 million at the global...

It’s been a banner month for franchise high openings, with the Scream, Creed, and now John Wick series all earning their top debut weekends to date. Lionsgate’s R-rated action thriller starring Keanu Reeves gunned its way to a $73.5M start...

Shazam! Fury of the Gods The gods didn’t look kindly upon Warner Bros.’ superhero comedy sequel, which debuted in first place with $30.5M but -43% behind its predecessor. Still, the sequel’s opening was about in line with pre-release industry projections,...

Scream VI Paramount’s horror sequel made all the other films scream at the box office, with a first place debut of $44.5M. That’s on the higher end of pre-release industry projections, which were closer to $40M. Compared to other openings...

Creed III The MGM / United Artists Releasing boxing drama delivered a knockout at the box office, with a $58.6M domestic debut and $100M global launch from over 75 markets. Domestically, it’s the franchise’s top opening yet, +98% above 2015’s...

Avatar: The Way of Water is now the third highest-grossing film of all-time worldwide. Director James Cameron has helmed three of the top four highest-grossing global movies of all time, including Avatar (#1), Avatar: The Way of Water (#3) and...

It's not a weekend exhibitors particularly look forward to each year with the certainty of deflated Sunday box office at hand, but 2023's Super Bowl frame will at least provide a couple of counter-programming options in hopes of softening the...

Knock at the Cabin Universal’s horror-thriller Knock at the Cabin opened the door to $14.2M in first place. Measures against other comparable titles from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, Cabin’s opening is: -15% below 2021’s Old ($16.8M) -44% below 2015’s The...

January was able to perform on the high end of expectations, and an even more encouraging February gets underway this weekend with three key releases looking to give the domestic market some fresh mid-winter momentum.

Monday Update: Yash Raj Films’ Indian Hindi-language action thriller Pathaan opened above its original weekend projection. The distributor forecast a $5.9M opening in fifth place back on Sunday, but the Monday actuals came in at $6.8M and third place. Sunday...