Nabs ‘Avatar’ $ 21M in China as US ‘softbox’ ‘Raya’ and ‘Tom & Jerry’

The big news out of China is the $ 21 million “opening weekend” for the re-release of James Cameron Avatar. That equates to $ 6.2 million (30%) in IMAX alone, and by tomorrow it will be the first ever film to raise $ 250 million worldwide just yet in IMAX audios. The film earned a whopping $ 204 million in China in 2009/2010 in about 10% of Chinese theaters available today.

The iteration increases its life to $ 225 million in China and $ 2.811 billion worldwide, safely above the global cume of $ 2.79 billion of Avengers: Endgame. We’ll see if it is Avatar can become just like the third Hollywood film (after Tenet‘s $ 66 million cume and Anam$ 57 million cume) to the top $ 55 million in China since then Frozen II ($ 122 million) at the end of 2019. Similarly, this is encouraging news for him Avatar 2 on (for now) December 16, 2022.

Walt Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, which would have really been a global breakdown under normal circumstances, China fell 60% at weekend two, earning $ 3.4 million and bringing its cume to $ 14.6 million to date. There were hopes a Anamlike a jolt after opening weekend, but clearly that did not happen and the $ 20 million film did not break in China. Another big Hollywood news that has fallen in China even as Chinese theaters are mostly “business as usual. ”

Vibrant fashion earned $ 5.5 million (-35%) in North American theaters at weekend two, with theaters reopening in California for a further boost. The film has now earned $ 15.982 million domestically and $ 52.6 million worldwide. I can’t speak to Disney + raw revenue, but Kelly Marie Tran / Awkwafina’s adventure is currently waiting in the fifth behind it WandaVision and the unstable trip of it Club Mickey Mouse, The Simpsons and Moana.

Warner Bros. ‘ Tom & Jerry also received a “slow rise in California theaters opening slowly” this weekend, as the Tim Story-directed comedy earned $ 4.075 million (-37%) in weekend three. That gives Chloe Grace Moretz / Michael Pena a $ 28.15 million 17-day domestic puppy and a global cume $ 66.9 million (including $ 15.6 million in China). By pre-Covid standards this is a loss, but A) it’s still moving high on HBO Max and B) I’m not so sure of a poor review Tom & Jerry a film would have been better than that in exceptional circumstances.

Walking chaos he earned another $ 2.23 million (-41%) in weekend two, giving Daisy Ridley / Tom Holland $ 100 million a $ ten million cume. YA startup directed by Doug Liman was a better-than-expected film driven by time. However, in terms of being released now and in those circumstances, it was clear that he was “sent to live on a farm.”

It comes with such Beautiful Creatures, The Giver, Cirque du Freak, The Dark is Rising, The Host and The Spiderwick Chronicles as one-and-done YA rights. It’s also another proof that being in the lead in a block franchise doesn’t mean a bad thing to an audience when it comes to another franchise or in particular just a regular film. I mean, we’ve known that for years, but like Chris Hemsworth (The Hunter, The Saint), Chris Pine (Jack Ryan: Fast Recruit, Dungeons and Dragons) and Tom Holland (Chaos walking, unrecorded) keep getting new rights doomed.