Box Office Round-Up ~ 1/30/23

By: [email protected] on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 16:47

January 2023 ended much like it began, with two sequels to movies from over a decade ago atop the box office. Once again, Avatar: The Way of Water reigned supreme in its seventh week at number one, with $15.9 million. If it can hold onto the crown through the beginning of February, it will match only Titanic for consecutive number-one weekends (though it’s unlikely to surpass Titanic’s staggering fifteen-weekend streak).

In second place was DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which rode positive word-of-mouth—not to mention a recent Oscar nomination—to a rock-solid $10.4 million in its sixth weekend in theaters. Third place saw a surprise hit from Bollywood in actioner Pathaan, which grossed $6.8 million in its U.S. debut. Rounding out the top five were Tom Hanks drama A Man Called Otto with $6.6 million and horror hit M3GAN with $6.2 million, both showing surprisingly solid holds from prior weekends.

Some of the most notable successes at the box office this week occurred outside the top five, as a diverse field of nearly a dozen movies all cleared $1 million apiece. Among them were new release thriller Infinity Pool from Neon, faith-based Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist, Chinese import The Wandering Earth 2, concert documentary Billie Eilish Live at the O2, and a trio of newly minted Oscar nominees, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Women Talking, and The Whale.

1. Avatar: The Way of Water ($15.9 MM)
Director: James Cameron (CAA)
Writers: James Cameron (CAA), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (WME), Josh Friedman (UTA), Shane Salerno (CAA)
Cast: Sam Worthington (CAA|Anonymous Content)
Zoe Saldana (CAA|LBI Entertainment)
Sigourney Weaver (UTA)

2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ($10.4 MM)
Director: Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado (Summit Talent and Literary.
Writers: Tommy Swerdlow (Jackoway Austen Tyerman, et al), Tom Wheeler (WME), Paul Fisher (UTA)
Cast: Antonio Banderas (NuCo Media Group)
Salma Hayek (CAA|Entertainment 360)
Florence Pugh (CAA|Brillstein)

3. Pathaan ($6.8 MM)
Director: Siddharth Anand
Writers: Shridhar Raghavan, Abbas Tyrewala, Siddharth Anand
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan (Media House)
Deepika Padukone (Gersh)
John Abraham

4. A Man Called Otto ($6.6 MM)
Director: Marc Forster (WME)
Writer: David Magee (CAA)
Cast: Tom Hanks (CAA)
Mariana Treviño (APA|Vision Entertainment)
Rachel Keller (UTA|Independent Talent Group - UK|Suskin/Karshan Management)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers