James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Manner of Water” led ticket gross sales in film theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the primary movie to have such a sustained reign atop the field workplace since 2009′s “Avatar.”

The Walt Disney Co.’s “The Manner of Water” added $19.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, in accordance with studio estimates Sunday. Its world complete has now surpassed $2 billion, placing it sixth all-time and simply forward of “Spider-Man: No Manner Dwelling.” Domestically, “The Manner of Water” is as much as $598 million. Continued strong worldwide gross sales ($56.3 million for the weekend) has helped push the “Avatar” sequel to $2.024 billion worldwide.

This picture launched by twentieth Century Studios reveals Kate Winslet, as Ronal, left, and Cliff Curtis, as Tonowari, in a scene from “Avatar: The Manner of Water.” (twentieth Century Studios by way of AP) (Uncredited/AP)

A yr in the past, “Spider-Man: No Manner Dwelling” additionally topped the field workplace for six weekends, however did it over the course of seven weeks. It’s a must to return to Cameron’s unique “Avatar” to discover a film that stayed No. 1 for such a protracted span. (“Avatar” in the end topped out at seven weeks.) Earlier than that, the one movie up to now 25 years to handle the feat was one other Cameron movie; “Titanic” (1997) went undefeated for 15 weeks.

“The Manner of Water” has now reached a goal that Cameron himself set for the very costly sequel. Forward of its launch, Cameron stated turning into “the third or fourth highest-grossing movie in historical past” was “your break even.”

The box-office domination for “The Manner of Water” has been aided, partially, by a dearth of formidable challengers. The one new large launch from a serious studio on the weekend was the thriller “Lacking,” from Sony’s Display Gems and Stage 6 Movies. A low-budget sequel to 2018′s “Looking,” starring Storm Reid as an adolescent looking for her lacking mom, “Lacking” performs out throughout pc screens. The movie, budgeted at $7 million, debuted with $9.3 million.

January is often a gradual interval in theaters, however a handful of strong-performing holdovers have helped prop up gross sales.

Although it didn’t open massively in December, Common Photos’ “Puss in Boots: The Final Want” has had lengthy legs as one of many solely household choices in theaters during the last month. In its fifth week, it got here in second place with $11.5 million domestically and $17.8 million abroad. The “Puss in Boots” sequel has grossed $297.5 million globally.

The creepy doll horror hit “M3gan,” additionally from Common, has likewise continued to tug in moviegoers. It notched $9.8 million in its third week, bringing its home haul to $73.3 million.

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