aOn the New Year’s Eve long weekend, the US and Canadian box office, as well as internationally, Once again, Avatar: The Way of Water has been dominated by the new James Cameron which remains virtually unchallenged in theaters.
This past weekend, Cameron’s movie was a hit $67.4 million at the domestic box office, for a total of $425.5 million. Worldwide, the film grossed $997 million $1.44 billion, ranking 13th of all time and we’re still several weeks away from releaseSo it should enter the top 10 in the coming days.
Disney, the box office leader thanks to Avatar 2
The numbers above put Walt Disney as 1 at the annual box office (2022) for the seventh year in a row. Disney earned $4.9 billion in totals in 2022, with $2 billion coming from the domestic box office and the remainder internationally.
Disney got a huge boost at the end of the year with the release of The Avatar: The Way of Water, which crossed $1 billion in two weeks. These figures were achieved by Disney with 16 theatrical releases throughout the year.
Second place goes to Universal Studios
And Disney came after Universal, which in 2022 brought in $3.9 billion at the box office, $1 billion less than the leading company. Universal earned $1.64 billion at the domestic box office and $2.25 billion internationally.
Among the titles that helped Disney once again crown itself as the box office champ Avatar: Water Way, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder.
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