'M3GAN' dances into the box office with $30 million debut, 'Avatar 2' becomes 7th-biggest movie

The murderous AI doll, however, was still no match for the Na'vi.

, which filmed at his native New Zealand, was quite challenging. "They talk about working with children and animals, and we did all of that plus, you know, animatronic puppets and god knows what else," the director said. "So, it was quite grueling, but ultimately those really tricky films produce good results."

As for the homicidal droid's instantaneous viral dance sequence, "It was one of those crazy, sleep-deprived, 3 a.m. thoughts," Johnstone said. "Wouldn't it kind of be funny if the soundtrack suddenly became real and M3GAN ended up busting a move to whatever music was playing. It was just something that everyone embraced and loved."

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