‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Thursday grosses around $17 million on first glance

EXCLUSIVE: We hear from our sources that James Cameron’s sequel to his highest-grossing film in the world, avatar: the way of water, is currently on its way to a $17 million Thursday night showtimes kick off at 3 p.m.

As always, these numbers may vary. Immediately Avatar: the way of waterThursday is about that Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 ($17 million on Thursday night, $56 million on Friday, $146.5 million in 3 days) and just under jurassic worlds ($18.5 million Thursday from 7 p.m., $81.9 million Friday, $208.8 million opening) and that of The dough ($17.6 million Thursday night from 3 p.m., $56.6 million Friday, $134 million opening). The dough ran at 2 hours and 56 minutes Avatar: the way of water running at 3 hours and 12 minutes.

Here’s what to consider Avatar 2: People flock here by appointment. As a result, distribution sources expect this movie to continue to run from weekend to weekend, even if it bottoms out this weekend. avatar 2 doesn’t come pre-installed like Marvel images (note Black Panther: Wakanda aheadThursday night posted $28 million, Friday $84.2 million and $181.3 million at 30 days). See moviegoers avatar 2 want the perfect match, the perfect time, the perfect layout. I have heard that airtime for premium 3D, Imax, Dolby and Premium formats is hard to come by in LA, NYC and Phoenix. It is the experience auditors who will be the drivers of this picture’s weekend ticket sales.

morning, avatar 2 will be screened in 4,100 theaters (or 12K screens) across the US, consisting of 400 Imax screens, 950 PLFs (of which 75% are 3D), 3,000 3D theaters, 280 D-Box/4D motion screens and 85 ScreenX Locations.

Through this morning, box office analytics firm EntTelligence reports that the preview night and opening day of avatar 2 accounted for just 53% of opening weekend sales, “which is a very good thing,” reports the organization.

“This means this film is not burdened with sharp box office losses. In comparison, a superhero movie often has more than 70% advance sales for preview night/opening day. Below 70% is a strong indication of success. 53% exceed this benchmark,” reports EntTelligence.

Another indication of this avatar 2 is not pre-installed: 23% of all pre-sales are for after the opening weekend. The days after the release of the film after the opening weekend is doing better than Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The average ticket price for a 3D Premium prime seat is $18.28 avatar 2, versus $12.53 for a 2D seat and last weekend’s average theater ticket price of $12.04.

The sequel has been Fandango’s #1 ticket seller every day since Monday, December 5th. Produced by Jon Landau, the sequel has also seen the most 3D ticket sales on Fandango since then. Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This is the result of a survey of more than 4,000 people avatar 2 79% of ticket buyers want to see more blockbusters in 3D or premium big screen formats.

First day abroad BO for Avatar: The Way of Water per Nancy is $15.8 million from 15 major international pay markets, including France, Germany, Italy and Korea, and an additional $5.4 million from Sneak Previews in China for a total of $21.2 million.

Avatar: The Way of Water is rated 80% fresh by Rotten Tomatoes critics, just below the 82% they gave it for 2009 avatar.

More updates tomorrow morning.