M3GAN is stalking AvatarTheWayOfWater at the box office, knocking PussInBootsTheLastWish out of second place.
Everyone's new favorite doll M3GAN is slaying its debut as the Blumhouse and Universal feature danced its way to a $30 million opening weekend. It was released in 3,509 theaters total in North America. Prior to release, the horror flick was on a modest projected opening track of $17 million to $20 million in North America. Internationally, the film earned $14.8 million, bringing its global total up to $45 million so far.
M3GAN has already been hailed as a success by critics, garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews. Its box office success is also largely due to Blumhouse and Universal's brilliant marketing strategies, from the standard trailer and TV spot drops to taking over Manhattan to promote the feature.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Despite M3GAN's strong opening, James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water remains number one at the domestic box office for the fourth week in a row. It earned $45 million this weekend across 4,340 theaters, which is only a 33% drop from last week. The sequel's domestic total sits at $516 million, with a global total of $1.7 billion. It recently passed Top Gun: Maverick as the highest-grossing movie released in 2022.
Finally, A24's The Whale earned $1.5 million across 835 theaters for the specialty box office, giving it the strongest hold in the top 10. The Brendan Fraser-led and awards-hopeful film sits under Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Damien Chazelle's Babylon . The Whale's current total is $8.58 million.
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