‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ remains unmatched and ‘Babylon’ can’t beat ‘Puss in Boots 2’ at the Spanish box office

James Cameron continues to be the king of the world and of the Spanish box office. His Na’vi not only continues to top the box office in its sixth week in theaters, but goes a long way in keeping the weekend’s total above €5m. From last Friday to Sunday, 5.3 million euros were raised and 736,345 tickets were soldaccording to Comscore data.

‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ drops 29% from the previous weekend. It continues to gross more than €2m and its average per film is still stupendous (€5,968). Sure, they’re already bested on average per screen by “Puss in Boots” and “Babylon,” but neither can match the 1,100-plus screen lineup that the “Avatar” sequel has. Its total is already 43 million euros, making it the third highest-grossing film in history in our country, taking away the bronze from ‘The Impossible’. His next target: the 55 million euro ‘Eight Basque surnames’.

Households are keeping “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” as their preferred pick, holding back the DreamWorks film by a whopping 8% from the previous week. Add 774,307 euros to a total of 7.34 million euros, a wonderful number. The theaters are full: it grossed 2,284 euros per screen, the best average of the week.

‘Babylon’, best premiere of the week

The strongest premiere of the week is ‘Babylon’. The new Damien Chazelle took third place and €656,207 at the box office. Taking into account the impact it has suffered in the United States and that the critics are totally polarized with it, it is very correct information, but it will be necessary to see how it fares from now on, since practically a premiere of the race for awards comes every Friday. The 1.9 million euros from the premiere of ‘The City of Stars: La La Land’ are far away, yes. Nor can it top the premiere of ‘First Man’, the director’s latest film, which grossed €0.8m.

‘M3GAN’ drops to fourth position, but it’s very good that it only drops 29% being a horror film. The weekend box office was €455,101. In three weeks, the horror grossed €2.82 million.

In fifth place we find another premiere: ‘The amazing Mauricio’. The animated film collects €247,836 at the box office, but with an average of only €873 per theatre. The next release we find in the standings is ‘Decision to Leave’ by Park Chan-Wook, which reaches ninth position with €113,218 and a stupendous average of €1,690 per theater thanks to its limited release.

With the recently announced Oscar nominations, we’ve got a double session this week to keep doing your homework before the gala. ‘Tár’ hits theaters with Cate Blanchett a favorite for the Best Actress statuette. ‘The Whale’ also debuts Oscar nominee Brendan Fraser. In theaters also arrive ‘Big Bad Wolf’, ‘Devotion’. A Tale of Heroes”, “Life Without You” and “The Offer”, among others.