North American cinema operators owe "Na'vi" and artificial intelligence "Megan" a favor.
Because in January of previous years, the North American box office showed a "fall" trend, and the cinema business was struggling, and this year, James Cameron's blockbuster sequel "Avatar: The Way of Water" and Universal Pictures horror movie "Meghan" solved their urgent needs.
During the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, these two films continued to shine in North America, and in the second week of 2023 (January 13-16), the North American box office list was freshly released, with a total of three new films breaking into the top ten of the list.
After two weeks of small-scale limited screenings, "Otto Who Is Unloved" expanded to 3,802 theaters as scheduled during the third week of Martin Luther King Day holiday, and the box office soared to $14.97 million.
The total North American box office of this touching feature film played by Tom Hanks reached 21.2 million US dollars, and the budget cost of the film was 50 million US dollars, whether it can return depends on the global box office trend.
At the same time, the global sci-fi horror film, "Megan" produced by Wen Ziren, hit 21.22 million box office in 3605 theaters over the weekend, winning the runner-up,
Although the film dropped 40% from its premiere the following week, the audience's appeal to AI dolls did not diminish, and "Megan", which cost only $12 million, has accumulated $59.75 million so far.
With the assistance of nearly 30 countries and regions overseas, the global box office of "Meghan" reported 93.97 million US dollars, which is another very powerful typical case with small broadness.
The Indian action film "Voltai and Vilaya", starring Chiranivi and Ravi Teja, opened in 350 studios in North America on a small scale, earning $1.2 million, ranking tenth.
Warner Bros.'s remake of the comedy "The Stealing Party" earned $4.41 million in its first four days in its first weekend, ranking sixth.
In the new film, the highly anticipated Gerard's fifth fall movie was released at the box office in the first week, and "Plane Fall" failed to block "Avatar 2", getting 11.6 million US dollars, ranking fifth.
This is obviously the desired effect for a film with a budget cost of only $25 million, and if it does not appear and the third external release fails, it must be no problem to make money.
Gerard's previous "fall", except for the third one, which was not released overseas due to Russian reasons, almost all of the rest made a big profit.
And Lionsgate's budget cost for this series is $40 million, even if it can't make money, it won't lose too much, this plot design doesn't have a big scene to save the world, and the investment is even lower only $25 million.
Gerard plays a pilot whose plane encounters a storm in the air, and as a last resort, he can only crash land the plane to Jolo Island, an area of armed pirates.
As a result, all passengers and crew are hijacked, and Gerard must complete the heroic task of keeping passengers safe before rescue arrives.
After the opening of "Plane Down", word of mouth has been released, on the Rotten Tomatoes website, IMDB public rating 7.0; "B+" CinemaScore score; MTC Media Rating 63; 106 professional film critics rated 74% freshness, and the audience popcorn index was as high as 95%.
"Plane Down" is a standard action-adventure journey, the level is a lot higher than the average online movie, Jared Butler because he is the starring role of this series, which brings a plus to the film.
Action thriller lovers find this a rather fun experience.
From the popcorn index of the film, it can be seen that the box office of this film will be further ignited, but it has never stopped the box office explosion of "Avatar 2".
"Avatar 2" won the box office champion in North America for five consecutive weeks, did not meet any opponents in the release stage, and at least until the release of Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Frenzy" on February 17, it can continue its box office endurance.
Last week, "Avatar 2" grossed $38.5 million at the box office in 4,045 theaters, and North America has generated $570 million in revenue.
"Avatar 2" officially exceeded $1.9 billion at the global box office, ranking seventh in film history, defeating the Dutch brother "Spider-Man: Homeless" with a box office result of $1.91 billion, and entering the sixth place in film history is only one step away.
It seems that it is only a matter of time before "Avatar 2" surpasses Cameron's own "Titanic" at the global box office.
Well, this week's North American box office chart is here for you, and we'll see you in the next issue.