As it enters its fourth weekend, is Avatar: The Way of Water starting to end its dominance in US theaters? It’s certainly not that far off yet, but an AI doll has managed to truly scare the Na’vi on Pandora. The new horror film from the legendary production company Blumhouse, which already had successful film series such as Insidious (as of 2012), The purge (since 2013) or the reboot of Halloween (since 2018) with horror icon Michael Myers successfully on the big screen, has reached a noticeable exclamation point in the ratings.
M3GAN horror doll scares Avatar 2
James Wan seems to once again appeal to the public’s taste. The Australian producer, director and screenwriter has worked his way up from short film (Saw) to numerous horror films (the Saw series, Conjuring) to Hollywood blockbusters that have grossed billions at the box office (Fast & Furious 7, Aquaman).
with M3GAN returns to its horror roots and immediately gets another hit. The shocker with the lifelike doll, who takes on his task as playmate and protector of an orphaned child a little too precisely due to a misleading artificial intelligence, is celebrating considerable success in the cinema. For the first time a film succeeds Avatars 2 “put the skin” and put them in place for a short time.
Horror Doll M3GAN Takes No. 1 in US Film Charts
According to Friday’s official US box office numbers, Horror Doll may M3GAN on the first day of the weekend $11.71 million The sales pushed Avatar from the top of the film charts. The successor to the most successful film of all time is finished with it $11.41 million narrowly in 2nd place.
However, it should be noted that the sales of the horror film M3GAN are the box office earnings of the Previews from Thursday included. The official way of counting then calculates $2.75 million added to the start day. Without the previews it would have Avatar – The way of water able to defend its leading position. Once the full weekend issues are out, we’ll know how successful M3GAN actually was.
Those: InsideKino
