James Cameron’s “Avatar-The-Way-of-Water-2022-movie-posters/”>Avatar: The Way of Water” is now looking to string together seven weekends atop the domestic box office.
That’s a run of No.
1 finishes that now ranks as the 12th-most ever for a domestic release, tying the numbers of the sci-fi film’s 2009 predecessor and, funnily, another family drama with an aquatic emphasis in the title: Henry and Jane Fonda’s 1981 film “On Golden Pond.”“The Way of Water” earned 3.5 million from 3,600 locations on Friday, down a soft 25 from its previous outing.
The “Avatar” sequel has now surged past the 600 million mark at the domestic box office, with the potential to unseat “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (620.1 million) as the 11th-highest grossing North American release of all time once the weekend is out.
Total domestic gross currently stands at 608 million.On Friday, “The Way of Water” became the fourth highest-grossing movie in global box office history,
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