‘They Knocked on the Door’ is not even close to ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, which continues to lead the Spanish box office

‘A knock at the door’, a new film by M. Night Shyamalan, was the only release with the potential to take the Spanish box office throne from the hegemonic ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’, and stayed a long way away. With 323 screens and a gross of 563,200 euros, the film starring Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint and Jonathan Groff, has not been able to keep up with the enormous success of James Cameron who this weekend from 3 to 5 February added 1 million euros moreaccording to Comscore data.

46.9 million euros accumulates the sequel to ‘Avatar’, which in its eighth week it collects 1,090,842 euros down a little more than the previous one, 31%, but continuing to be present in 316 cinemas with an average of 3,452 euros per cinema. So in our market this blockbuster it can boast of even higher maintenance than that enjoyed at home, with figures almost as impressive. In the United States, Shyamalan’s film managed to end the reign of the Na’vi, a sequel that greeted the weekend in third position in the charts, losing 32% and amassing another 10.8 million dollars. Contrary in our country ‘knock on the door’which was released with only 354 screens (compared to the 912 still enjoyed by ‘Avatar 2’), he had to settle for second place.

To close the top 3 Spain there is ‘Puss in Boots: the last wish’, family proposal that holds up wonderfully in its seventh week losing only 27%. With 523 screens, it’s clear that Universal’s animated film has gotten the most love from this studio, a home it shares with ‘Knock at the Door’. 529,197 euros add up to this film for the little ones who already accumulates 8.9 million euros. For his part, despite the 30% drop, “The Whale”, a film for which Brendan Fraser is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category, remains in fourth position adding 283,933 euros in its second week, with a cumulative amount of 916,811 euros.

Already in fifth and sixth position we come across two more of the four previews that creep into the top 20 of the week. “Knock on the Door” launched at number two, “Other People’s Children” nearly finished the chart at number nineteen, and “Inisherin’s Banshee” and “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom” at number five and number six, respectively. The film directed by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson was seen in 179 cinemas thanks to which it was made for €280,000. Naturally, this film will probably be nominated for 9 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, hog some attention in the next few weeks, that’s what it takes to have that many nominations.

And if they don’t say “As bestas”. This drama by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, in its 13th week available in theaters, it was up 2% in just the days leading up to the Goya. The prizes awarded this year by the Spanish Academy have decreed the film at the top of the nominations: the film led by Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs opts for 17 statuettes, which With the push of said cinephile appointment it adds 79,835 euros, already exceeding 4.4 million.

Beware of replicas

It is clear that a very powerful premiere is needed for ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ to leave the top position of the Spanish box office, so it would be doubly difficult for an awakening to perform the miracle, but its potential shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s all about James Cameron and everything would stay home. ‘Avatar’, the first installment of the saga, managed to reach the top of the Spanish box office with its re-release last year, so there is no doubt that a film that returns to theaters has the ability to reach the top. Of course, we are talking about the Pandora phenomenon and a weekend in which not even terror resisted the return of Jake, Neytiri and company.

AS ‘Titanic’, which returns to theaters this February 10 on its 25th anniversary, would have a hard time working so much magicbut by proxy… Along with this mythical film directed by Cameron with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, We will also see ‘The Communion Girl’ and the arrival of ‘Los Fabelman’ in cinemas. The Steven Spielberg-directed film is one of the most powerful to open this week, with 7 Oscar nominations under its belt, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.