Weekend Box Office: M3GAN is Another Slasher Hit
By Ben Miller
As Smile and The Black Phone proved in 2022, no genre gets more bang for their buck than horror. Avatar: The Way of Water was the top draw at theaters this weekend, but it's the murderous robot M3GAN that made the biggest splash. Budgeted at a mere $12 million, Gerard Jonstone's film grossed a shocking $30 million to go along with jubiliant critical praise (93% on Rotten Tomatoes!). After all, she is our new horror princess. The Way of Water managed just a 33% drop in its fourth week with $45 million as it barrells it's way towards $2 billion worldwide. Despite only being in theaters for four weeks, it's the seventh highest grossing movie of all-time. James Cameron cannot miss (at least financially).
Weekend Box Office (actuals) Jan 6th-8th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
1 ★ AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER $45.8 (cum. $517.6) 4340 screens |
1 🔺 A MAN CALLED OTTO $4.2 (cum. $4.2) 637 screens |
2 🔺 ★ M3GAN $30.4 *NEW* 3509 screens |
2 🔺 ★ CORSAGE $251k (cum. $342k) 317 screens |