‘AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH’ has surpassed the USD1 billion (RM4.05 billion) mark at the global box office, as it kept the top spot in North American theatres with another USD40 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The third instalment in director James Cameron’s blockbuster series has now earned USD306 million in the United States and Canada, and another USD777 million abroad, putting the total at USD1.08 billion, Exhibitor Relations reported.
‘Fire and Ash’ stars Zoe Saldana as Na’vi warrior Neytiri and Sam Worthington as ex-Marine Jake Sully, who must battle a new foe threatening their family’s life on the planet Pandora.
It is the fourth Cameron film to pass the USD1 billion mark, with the first two ‘Avatar’ films and ‘Titanic’.
In second place in North America was ‘Zootopia 2’, Disney’s feel-good animated film and an Oscar contender, at USD19 million. Its global total now stands at nearly USD1.6 billion.
Coming in third at USD14.9 million was Lionsgate’s ‘The Housemaid’, a film version of Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel about a young woman (Sydney Sweeney) who is hired by a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) with dark secrets.
‘Marty Supreme’, A24’s period sports drama starring Timothee Chalamet, finished in fourth place with USD12.6 million.
‘Anaconda’, the new meta comedy action flick starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black as friends trying to reboot the original 1997 horror film, finished in fifth place with USD10 million.
Rounding out the top 10 are:
‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ (USD8.2 million)
‘David’ (USD8 million)
‘Song Sung Blue’ (USD5.8 million)
‘Wicked: For Good’ (USD3.3 million)
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ (USD2.7 million) – AFP
