With caveats for sure, but after five days of release (and seven in some countries), the trajectory for James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) is clearer.
Mostly, now we know enough to guess its ranking among 2022 domestic releases.Unless a bigger-than-expected surge occurs, “Maverick-2022-movie-posters/”>Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount) will take the 2022 domestic crown with 719 million amassed so far.
But the Tom Cruise-starrer, which has a worldwide total of 1.489 billion, should be surpassed by “The Way of Water” when all grosses are in.
It’s near-certain that the latter will top the 770 million foreign take for “Maverick,” at this point best in that category.Through Tuesday, “The Way of Water” has done 168.6 million domestic and 555.9 million worldwide.
There are small positive signs that its trajectory will improve compared to recent pre-Christmas weekend releases, from “The Force Awakens” (2015) to “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021).
In particular, its 13 percent improvement Tuesday
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