Box Office

As expected, the nostalgia effect paid off: the Titanic reissue monopolized the weekend in Italy. The re-release’s 290 screens brought more than 800,000 euros to Disney’s coffers in just four days (since its debut on February 9, 2023), with a very high per-screen average compared to other releases.

Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance grooved its way to the top of the box office. In the traditionally slow Super Bowl weekend, the female-skewing movie, supposed to be Tatum’s final outing as a lap-dancing stripper, earned only $8.

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.