{"id":180082,"date":"2023-01-07T20:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/m3gan-box-office-27-million-opening-weekend-behind-avatar-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T20:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:58:58","slug":"m3gan-box-office-27-million-opening-weekend-behind-avatar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/m3gan-box-office-27-million-opening-weekend-behind-avatar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘M3GAN’ Box Office: $27 Million Opening Weekend Behind ‘Avatar 2’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\t\u201cM3GAN\u201d is poised to make a killing in its box office debut this weekend, but it won’t be enough to scare off \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d from the top spot.<\/p>\n

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\tUniversal’s PG-13 horror is now expected to take a $27 million stab into its opening weekend, which is up from earlier projections. It made $11.7 million on Friday, and it will be the first movie to open above $20 million in the first weekend of January \u2014 typically a slow, post-holiday time \u2014 since 2018’s \u201cInsidious: The Last Key.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tHowever, \u201cM3GAN\u201d will have to settle for second place, as James Cameron’s \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d is looking to make between $35 million and $43 million in its fourth weekend, which will bring it past $500 million domestically. That will be about a 33% to 45% decrease from last weekend, but the blockbuster juggernaut keeps breaking records. On Friday, it surpassed Marvel’s \u201cThe Avengers\u201d as No. 9 on the highest-grossing movies of all time with $1.546 billion globally. It’s the second highest-grossing domestic release of 2022 behind \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cM3GAN\u201d was previously predicted to make $17 million to $20 million this weekend from 3,400 theaters. That’s a killer start for a movie with a production budget of only $12 million. <\/p>\n

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\tShort for Model 3 Generative Android, \u201cM3GAN\u201d is directed by Gerard Johnstone and stars Allison Williams and Violet McGraw. When an AI creation meant to provide companionship to a recently orphaned girl becomes a little too protective, terrifying antics ensue. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cM3GAN\u201d has been getting good reviews, too, with variety<\/em>‘s Owen Gleiberman writing that the film \u201cis overly steeped in pop-culture role models, but in its trivial way it’s a diverting genre film, one that possesses a healthy sense of its own absurdity.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n