Avatar The Way of Water is unstoppable, earns over 1 billion dollars globally

The Sony biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody made $4.2 million in its second week of release. Babylon, the epic of early Hollywood starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, continued to fare badly despite its five Golden Globe nominations. The Paramount release earned just $2.7 million in its second week, a 24% drop, and averaged just $815 per location. By comparison, the new Avatar, a 20th Century Studios film, averaged more than $15,000.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. Avatar: The Way of Water, $63 million.

2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, $16 million.

3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, $4.8 million.

4. I Wanna Dance With Somebody, $4.2 million.

5. Babylon, $2.7 million.

6. Violent Night, $2.1 million.

7. The Whale, $1.3 million.

8. The Fabelmans, $1.1 million.

9. The Menu, $1.1 million.

10. Strange World, $538,000.