As it enters its fourth weekend, is Avatar – The Way of Water beginning to end its dominance in US cinemas? It’s certainly not quite that far yet, but a doll with artificial intelligence managed to really scare the Na’vi on Pandora. The new horror film from the legendary production company Blumhouse, which has already had successful film series such as insider (from 2012), The Purge (from 2013) or the reboot of Halloween (from 2018) with horror icon Michael Myers successfully on the big screen, made a notable exclamation point in the charts.
Horror doll M3GAN scares Avatar 2
James Wan once again seems to appeal to the public’s taste. The Australian producer, film director and screenwriter worked his way from the short film (Saw) through numerous horror films (Saw series, Conjuring) to Hollywood blockbusters that brought in billions at the box office (Fast & Furious 7, Aquaman).
with M3GAN he goes back to his horror roots and immediately lands another hit. The shocker with the lifelike-looking doll, which takes its task as a playmate and protector of an orphan child a little too precisely due to misguided artificial intelligence, celebrates a considerable success in the cinema. For the first time a film manages avatar 2 to “put the skin on” and to put them in their place for a short time.
Horror doll M3GAN conquers number 1 in the US cinema charts
According to the official Friday numbers from the US box office, Horror Doll could M3GAN on the first day of the weekend $11.71 million Sales ousted Avatar – The Way of Water from the top of the cinema charts. The successor to the most successful film of all time ended up with it $11.41 million a hair’s breadth in 2nd place.
However, it should be noted that the sales of the horror film M3GAN are the box office earnings of the Previews from Thursday included. The official way of counting thus calculates $2.75 million added to the start day. Without the previews would have Avatar-The Way of Water able to defend its leading position. Once the full weekend numbers are in, we’ll know just how successful M3GAN actually was.
Source: Inside cinema
