The records just keep toppling as director James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water enters its sixth week of release. With an estimated $214 million at the global IMAX box office by the end of the extended MLK holiday weekend, The Way of Water has now become the third-biggest movie in history on the IMAX format.
This weekend, the science-fiction sequel added $14.2 million from IMAX theaters, and is projected to make $16.7 million by Monday. IMAX accounted for 12% of the overall global business this weekend, while North America contributed $5.5 million to that tally. Domestically, The Way of Water will hit $75 million from IMAX by Monday, making it the third-biggest release of all time in the premium format.
Internationally, the film has made $138 million from IMAX, ranking second on the all-time list behind Avengers: Endgame ($146 million). The Way of Water is also the second-biggest IMAX title in China, where it added $2.8 million this weekend, for a running haul of over $46 million. Additionally, 44 international markets such as South Korea, France, Germany, Mexico, Italy, India, UAE, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Ukraine, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Chile, Singapore, Thailand, and Colombia now count The Way of Water as their biggest IMAX release ever.
