Pathaan became the fifth-highest-grossing movie.
The fourth-highest global grosser of all time, Avatar: The Way of Water continued to rule the box office charts this weekend with an estimated $15.7 million in North American theatres.
Since Cameron released the first Avatar in 2009, the sci-fi movie from Disney/20th Century “has been #1 for 7 straight weeks… a milestone that hasn’t been accomplished,” according to industry monitor Exhibitor Relations on Twitter.
Despite earning $10.6 million from Friday through Sunday, Universal’s kid-friendly Puss in Boots: The Last Wish only came in second place for the North American weekend.
The original Avatar, Titanic, and The Way of Water, the top four grossing films ever, now bear Cameron’s name (Avengers: Endgame from Disney and Marvel sneaks in at second).
With $10.6 million from Friday through Sunday, Universal’s kid-friendly Puss in Boots: The Last Wish came in second place for the North American weekend.
Sony’s upbeat film A Man Called Otto, which earned $6.8 million, came in third, moving up two positions from the previous weekend. In the film adaptation of the Swedish book A Man Called Ove, Tom Hanks portrays the cynic with the same name.
The terrifying doll thriller M3GAN from Universal and Blumhouse Productions earned $6.4 million, placing it in fourth place. A young orphan made an android doll as a companion, however, it’s getting progressively creepier.
however, With a North American gross of $5.9 million, the latest action thriller from Yash Raj Films, Pathaan, came in fifth position. It features Shah Rukh Khan, regarded as the King of Bollywood, in a plot involving spies, rogue agents, and a deadly virus created in a lab.