This weekend's box office premiere of "M3GAN" is expected to be a financial success, but it won't be enough to unseat "Avatar: The Way of Water" from the top spot.
The opening weekend estimate for Universal's PG-13 horror is currently $27 million, which is higher than prior predictions. It generated $11.7 million on Friday and will be the first film since 2018's "Insidious: The Last Key" to debut over $20 million in the first week of January, which is traditionally a quiet, post-holiday period.
James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" is anticipated to earn between $35 million and $43 million in its fourth weekend, pushing it above $500 million domestically, forcing "M3GAN" to take second place. Although there will be a 33% to 45% drop from last weekend, the blockbuster juggernaut continues to set records. With $1.546 billion worldwide, it topped Marvel's "The Avengers" on Friday to become the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time. It had the second-highest domestic box office performance of 2022, after only "Top Gun: Maverick."
It was initially estimated that "M3GAN" will gross between $17 million and $20 million this weekend from 3,400 cinemas. For a movie with a $12 million production budget, that is a great start.
The Gerard Johnstone-directed film "M3GAN," which stands for Model 3 Generative Android, starring Allison Williams and Violet McGraw. Unsettling antics occur when an AI invention designed to be a companion for a recently orphaned girl becomes a bit overly protective. It is made by James Wan's Atomic Monster Productions and Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions.
Also receiving positive reviews is "M3GAN," according to Variety's Owen Gleiberman, who wrote that the movie "is excessively immersed in pop-culture role models, but in its trifling way it's a fascinating genre film, one that boasts a healthy sense of its own ridiculousness."
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