“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is still at the top of the American box office despite a rather quiet weekend. The action film “Violent Night” is in 2nd position and the Christmas Disney “Avalonia” on the 3rd step of the podium.
US BOX OFFICE FROM DECEMBER 2 TO 4, 2022
1 – Black Panther 2: $17,593,000 ($393,724,077 cumulative)
2- Violent Night: $13,300,000
3 – Avalonia, the strange journey: 4,921,000 ($25,519,736 cumulative)
4 – The Menu: $3,556,000 ($24,724,732 cumulative)
5 – Devotion: $2,800,000 ($13,800,007 cumulative)
6 – I Heard the Bells: $1,817,446 ($2,584,458 cumulative)
7 – Black Adam: $1,665,000 ($165,171,640 cumulative)
8 – The Fabelmans: $1,300,000 ($5,565,446 cumulative)
9 – Bones & All: $1,191,431 ($6,041,165 cumulative)
10 – Ticket to paradise: $850,000 ($66,524,175 cumulative)
TO REMEMBER
Despite a fairly calm weekend, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues its momentum and is still at the top of admissions to American theaters for this first weekend of December.
The Marvel film records almost 18 million dollars for a cumulative 393 million on the North American territory. It thus exceeds the DC film The Batman with Robert Pattinson (369 million $) and another Marvel film, Thor: Love & Thunder (343 million $).
To date, Wakanda Forever has recorded $733 million worldwide, and should therefore soon surpass Thor 4 and its $760 million and The Batman and its $770 million at the end of its international career.
The action film Violent Night starring David Harbor made a fine entry at the box office with $13.3 million and placed second. Released last Wednesday in our dark rooms, Tommy Wirkola’s film follows Santa Claus – a former Viking warrior – who is thinking of hanging up because no one believes in him anymore. But when a little girl whose family is taken hostage calls on him, all his certainties will change.
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Jim Orr, the head of domestic distribution at Universal Pictures said on the microphone of Deadline : “Violent Night made a terrific debut this weekend. 87North, director Tommy Wirkola and the incomparable David Harbor as Santa Claus have created an incredibly original, fun and irreverent take on the ultimate superhero that thrilled audiences this weekend and will do so for many weeks to come. come.“
The Christmas Disney, Avalonia, the strange journey for its part totals less than 5 million in the second week and is placed on the third step of the podium. The animated film, which will be released directly on Disney + at home, totals $ 25 million on American soil to date.
With an estimate of $56.4 million for all the films, it was the 8th weakest weekend of the year for the American box office. The lowest being the weekend of January 28-30, 2022 with $34.9 million.