‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Eyes $16M Monday, Raises Domestic Box Office To $150M+ - Deadline

Disney/20th Century Studio’s Avatar: The Way of Water is heading to a Monday astir $16M which volition instrumentality its 4 time full to $150.1M. Nothing to outcry astir arsenic the Monday for the James Cameron directed movie bests the archetypal Monday of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($11.1M).

If Avatar 2 exceeds $16M today, that volition fertile arsenic the 2nd champion Monday of 2022, besting the Monday July 4th gross of Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru.

The apical grossing Monday of the twelvemonth belongs to the Memorial Day instrumentality of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick which made $33.8M. A twelvemonth ago, the archetypal Monday of Sony/Marvel Studio’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $37.1M, the 3rd champion Monday ever astatine the home container office.

The 3-day container bureau for Avatar: The Way of Water kept intact with what Disney called connected Sunday AM, the sequel finaling astatine $134.1M. In regards to the sequel missing its $150M-$175M projections, galore sources are calling tracking retired connected that one. This 3 hr 12 infinitesimal 3D opus should ne'er person been comped to Marvel movies which are front-loaded; Avatar 2‘s container bureau substance tied greatly to premium theatre summons income (i.e. Imax, Dolby, 4DX, etc).

Currently, Avatar 2‘s Monday is emulating a akin Sunday-to-Monday diminution to that of Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story which went down -54% implicit that clip span for a $17.6M Monday. Avatar 2‘s Sunday-to-Monday diminution is looking similar -56% aft making $36.5M yesterday.