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Knock at the Cabin ends Avatar: The Way of Water’s seven-week run at the top of the box office

February 6, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic-horror was doing more than just knocking on cabin doors at the weekend, it was knocking billion-dollar box-office behemoth Avatar: The Way of Water from the top spot after seven weeks. 

Knock at the Cabin, Shyamalan’s fifteenth feature-film, won the weekend with $14.2 million, which comes in slightly below estimations, as-well-as the opening weekend of 2021’s Old, which bowed with $16.8 million during a pandemic-affected release window and went on to make $48 million domestic and $90 million worldwide. 

These days Shyamalan movies are always about the bigger picture, with the director self-financing all his films since The Visit, which cost $5 million to produce and earned $98 million at the global box-office. It’s all about how audiences react (you can read our ★★★★ review here) following the opening weekend and whether those multipliers hold. Estimates have Knock at the Cabin budgeted at around $20 million, so it’s off to a decent start. 

However Knock at the Cabin performs, it will ultimately become the answer to the quiz-question about which film knocked Avatar: The Way of Water from it’s pedestal, with James Cameron’s all-conquering sequel slipping to number three with an estimated $10.8 million for the weekend. Don’t feel too bad for it though, because that lifted its figures to $636 million domestic and $2.174 billion at the worldwide box-office.

SEE ALSO: It’s Long Overdue to Hail M. Night Shyamalan as One of the Great Filmmakers

Sandwiched between Knock and Avatar was NFL-themed sports-comedy 80 for Brady (read our ★ ★ review here), which capitalised on its proximity to Super Bowl Weekend, and was able to find a little extra distance in its arm because of that, grossing a solid $12.5 million for the 3-day frame.

Check out all of the dollars and decimal points over at BoxOfficeMojo, and don’t forget to let us know what you watched over the weekend by heading to our socials @FlickeringMyth…

 

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: 80 For Brady, Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan

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