Avatar: The Way of Water tops weekend box office again Published By Alexandra Heilbron on Dec 25, 2022

Winter storms across the country kept many movie fans away from theaters over the holiday weekend, leading to numbers far less than what was anticipated.

Avatar: The Way of Water starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana remained at the top of the box office for the second weekend in a row, despite the release of three new movies. The film took in an extra $56 million for a two-week total of $253.7 million.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish debuted in second. The animated film, starring the voice of Antonio Banderas in the title role, opened on Wednesday, earning a total of $18.3 million.

Opening in third was the new movie Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody starring Naomi Ackie as the late Whitney Houston. It earned $5.3 million.

Babylon, starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, opened in fourth place, taking in $3.5 million.

Rounding out the top five was Violent Night, which dropped two spots from last weekend. It earned an additional $3.1 million for a four-week total of $41.6 million. ~Alexandra Heilbron