Although it is only the sixth-best film opening this year, James Cameron needs it to be because his new film, The Way of Water, almost doubled the opening day success of his previous film, The Last Airbender.
The film made over 50 million dollars in its opening day.
The sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time, the Disney and 20th Century Studios movie, opened in more than 4,200 theaters this weekend and collected $17 million in Thursday previews and $36 million on Friday.
It is projected to make between $130 million and $150 million this weekend, which is less than the projected $170 million.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which made $90.7 on its opening day, is the most successful sequel to date.
It was narrowly defeated by the sequel to the movie "Jurassic World", which made over $60 million on its opening day.
IMAX and premium large format made up a third of the movie's ticket sales on Thursday and Friday.
The film was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for best drama film and another for best director. Critics on the site give it a 78% rating, while viewers give it a 94% rating on the site. Critics gave it a score of 69/100 and a general review was posted on Metacritic with a score of 71 100. The Hollywood Reporter called the sequel "monumental" and said it "justifies its three-hours-plus of screen time and its mammoth financial investment."
$400,000,000. That's how much it costs to make the movie. It needs to be the third or fourth highest grossing film in history in order to break even, according to the film's director. Before streaming movies, Titanic was the highest grossing movie of all time, making $2.20 billion, but that was before the firstAvatar movie made over $2 billion. Top Gun: Maverick was the highest grossing film of the year.
Is the sequel going to match other films over the opening weekend? Doctor Strange and Black Panther have had the biggest opening weekends of the year so far.
China will allow the movie to be shown in theaters.
The way of water is called a grand slam by critics ahead of its debut.
The movie, "The Way of Water," raked in $53 million on its opening day.
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