Box Office

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever debuted on Chinese screens on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, to $3. 47 million in box office grosses, according to Chinese data site Maoyan, landing in third place on the day but ending the weekend in sixth place with $12.

It took M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin to finally knock off Avatar: The Way of Water from its top position at the box office after seven weeks.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is another Marvel movie that will release in China on March 17, day and date with North America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This will be the third Marvel movie to be released this year along with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on February 7 and Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania on February 17 after an almost four-year ban.

Avatar: The Way of Water has still not let go of its first-place spot in France. Directed by James Cameron with Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver, the Avatar sequel has brought in 12.

Amid Avatar: The Way of Water’s unabated blockbuster box office performance, a Bollywood movie is breaking records. Pathaan, India superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback film, cracked North America’s top five and is being touted as probably the biggest Bollywood bow ever in the domestic market.

Avatar: The Way of Water remains number one in the box office in France. Directed by James Cameron with Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver.

The Chinese box office has rebounded with a bang as moviegoers thronged cinemas during the Lunar New Year holiday week which started last Sunday with its plethora of new releases and the lifting of Covid restrictions. According to the business website China Briefing, quoting data from Dengta Database which tracks box office sales in real-time, the sales for January 21-27, including presales, reached 6.

The King of the World has earned a new set of bragging rights. James Cameron now has three films that made more than $2 billion – Avatar: The Way of Water, Titanic, and the original Avatar.

Marvel Studios China posted on its Weibo account “February 7th# The legend is not extinguished, facing the new deep-sea enemy, the upgraded visual effects, sea, land and air fierce battle ignited the big screen!” above a trailer of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Another post said “#Ant-Man and the Waspwoman: Quantum Frenzy is scheduled for February 17th#” followed by its trailer.

Thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered doll and those folks in Pandora, a normally tepid January box office weekend bounced with robust numbers. While Avatar: The Way of Water stayed at number one in the Martin Luther King Jr.