I don't think Avatar will have any competition for the premium screens until perhaps February 10, which is the re-release of Titanic.
Infinity Pool coming to IMAX! Seriously though, maybe Knock At The Cabin is going to get some IMAX screens? But yeah, I'd say that Avatar is the best thing to leave in IMAX until Titanic or Ant-Man.
This is precisely why it is always important for those who want the full picture to look at the actual numbers when they are reported on Mondays. The Sunday estimates have their place in the news cycle, and they are a best guess by the studio as to how the afternoon and evening shows perform. But they would rather underestimate and report an increase than overestimate and then have to come back and revise the numbers down because the former is a better look.
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Obviously, showtimes will vary from market to market, but my local theater is showing it once a day starting at 10:30pm. The movie would get out after 1am. I doubt very many people would choose to go to the theater at this time for a long movie when it is already widely available at home both on disc and streaming. I own the disc. But if I hadn't seen it already and was looking to catch up, I would opt for a streaming rental rather than a late night screening.
Well, at least that's a little more reasonable than 10:30.
That's interesting and might spur additional business. My local theater (a Cinemark) is charging full price for it as they would for any new release.
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weekends In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Avatar: The Way of Water | 20th Century… | $31,118,000 | -32% | 4,045 | -295 | $7,693 | $562,919,348 | 5 |
| 2 | (2) | M3GAN | Universal | $17,920,000 | -41% | 3,605 | +96 | $4,971 | $56,453,510 | 2 |
| 3 | (3) | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Universal | $13,400,000 | -1% | 3,687 | -232 | $3,634 | $106,369,975 | 4 |
| 4 | (4) | A Man Called Otto | Sony Pictures | $12,650,000 | +201% | 3,802 | +3,165 | $3,327 | $18,873,126 | 3 |
| 5 | N | Plane | Lionsgate | $10,004,000 | 3,023 | $3,309 | $10,004,000 | 1 | ||
| 6 | N | House Party | Warner Bros. | $3,900,000 | 1,400 | $2,786 | $3,900,000 | 1 | ||
| 7 | (5) | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Walt Disney | $2,184,000 | -38% | 1,910 | -345 | $1,143 | $449,096,372 | 10 |
| 8 | (7) | The Whale | A24 | $1,450,125 | -4% | 1,500 | +665 | $967 | $10,743,065 | 6 |
| 9 | (6) | Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Sony Pictures | $1,175,000 | -51% | 2,205 | -979 | $533 | $21,903,718 | 4 |
| 10 | N | Waltair Veerayya | Friday Enter… | $1,080,000 | 350 | $3,086 | $1,080,000 | 1 | ||
| 11 | N | Skinamarink | IFC Midnight | $746,000 | 692 | $1,078 | $746,000 | 1 | ||
| - | (11) | The Fabelmans | Universal | $520,000 | -12% | 808 | -190 | $644 | $14,214,705 | 10 |
| - | (8) | Babylon | Paramount Pi… | $500,000 | -65% | 678 | -1,703 | $737 | $14,707,000 | 4 |
| - | N | The Devil Conspiracy | Third Day Pr… | $414,000 | 925 | $448 | $414,000 | 1 | ||
| - | (-) | Broker | Neon | $297,000 | +303% | 271 | +254 | $1,096 | $482,253 | 3 |
| - | (10) | The Menu | Searchlight … | $268,000 | -61% | 350 | -450 | $766 | $38,174,997 | 9 |
| - | (-) | Women Talking | United Artists | $189,000 | +33% | 32 | +3 | $5,906 | $602,401 | 4 |
| - | (-) | Corsage | IFC Films | $85,000 | -66% | 202 | -115 | $421 | $553,213 | 4 |
| - | (-) | Strange World | Walt Disney | $84,000 | -61% | 610 | +35 | $138 | $37,822,648 | 8 |
| - | (-) | The Banshees of Inisherin | Searchlight … | $76,000 | +41% | 55 | n/c | $1,382 | $9,278,185 | 13 |
| - | (9) | Violent Night | Universal | $70,000 | -90% | 362 | -1,619 | $193 | $49,669,005 | 7 |
| - | (-) | TÁR | Focus Features | $68,000 | +19% | 60 | +8 | $1,133 | $5,799,170 | 15 |
| - | (-) | Saint Omer | Super LTD | $62,500 | 245 | $255 | $62,500 | 6 | ||
| - | (-) | EO | Janus Films | $52,800 | -34% | 70 | +8 | $754 | $653,246 | 9 |
| - | (-) | Holy Spider (عنكبوت مقدس) | Utopia | $30,792 | +317% | 95 | +85 | $324 | $260,738 | 12 |
| - | (-) | Empire of Light | Searchlight … | $20,000 | -62% | 48 | -72 | $417 | $1,146,961 | 6 |
| - | (-) | All The Beauty And The Bloodshed | Neon | $11,900 | -21% | 16 | -8 | $744 | $347,517 | 8 |
| - | (-) | No Bears | Janus Films | $11,560 | +62% | 2 | +1 | $5,780 | $53,148 | 4 |
| - | N | Jethica | Cinedigm | $2,554 | 1 | $2,554 | $2,554 | 1 | ||
| 29 | $98,390,231 |
I'm sure you know this but it's worth noting that weekend was Christmas Eve and Christmas when kids are more interested in toys than in movies.
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