Avatar: The Way of Water is continuing to grow in the box office in one of the final days in 2022. The film, which is a belated sequel to the 2009 smash hit Avatar, opened to a lukewarm weekend of $134 million in the domestic box office.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Per Deadline, Avatar: The Way of Water's box office run took in an additional $22 million this Friday. This is a 15 percent boost from last Friday, when the film only made $19.2 million.
However, the fact that it can show growth on individual days throughout its run is unusual, as typically a film will have its biggest days in its first week with a continual slowdown over the coming weeks. The factors contributing to this growth are many, but one that couldn't have been predicted was the extreme weather in the American Midwest.
That atrocious Midwest weather as well as the film's run time of over three hours have seen Avatar: The Way of Water's cumulative box office total rising slowly and steadily in the domestic sphere, where it won't be able to beat Top Gun: Maverick's incredible gross before the end of the year. However, it is already the No. 1 film of the year in international markets.
Probably because of the storm that hit up north. I enjoyed this one better than the first.