By Ben Miller
It only took eight weeks, but Avatar: The Way of Water is no longer the top film at the box office. M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin and the award-winning ladies of 80 for Brady both managed to top James Cameron's sequel, though not with any overwhelming numbers. Both films managed just north of $14 and $12 million, respectively. More than anything else, it's just nice to have some competition and new things to watch in theaters. Studios are releasing less and less these days...
| Weekend Box Office (actuals) Feb 3rd-5th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended /  = Oscar Nominated |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 KNOCK AT THE CABIN |
 PATHAAN |
| 1 🔺 KNOCK AT THE CABIN $14.1 *NEW* 3,646 screens |
1 PATHAAN $2.6 (cum. $14.2) 683 screens |
| 2 🔺 80 FOR BRADY $12.7 *NEW* 3,912 screens |
2 THE WANDERING EARTH II $624k (cum. $4.1) 172 screens |
 ★ AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER $11.3 (cum. $636.9) 3,310 screens |
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5 A MAN CALLED OTTO $4.2 (cum. $53.0) 3,407 screens |
5 MAYBE I DO $210k (cum. $1.0) 389 screens |
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6 M3GAN $3.8 (cum. $87.6) 2,835 screens |
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 INFINITY POOL |
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7 MISSING $3.7 (cum. $23.0) 2,565 screens |
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8 PLANE $2.2 (cum. $28.8) 2,852 screens |
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9 🔺 THE AMAZING MAURICE $1.4 *NEW* 1,694 screens |
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10 INFINITY POOL $835k (cum. $4.2) 1,750 screens |
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 11 ★ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $528k (cum. $72.0) 935 screens |
11 SKINAMARINK $34k (cum. $1.9) 68 screens |
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13 TURN EVERY PAGE... $18k (cum. $185K) 15 screens |
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There are 13 movies currently in wide release |
14 ★ ONE FINE MORNING $18k (cum. $49k) 3 screens |
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15 ★ BROKER $14k (cum. $1.0) 32 screens |
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16 ★ SAINT OMER $13k (cum. $206k) 16 screens |
The only other two releases were the animated film The Amazing Maurice. The leader in per-screen average was Belgium's Oscar-nominated Close. The film doesn't expand for another two weeks, so it has another shot to claim that title again next weekend.
Next weekend - The stripperverse trilogy comes to a close with Magic Mike's Last Dance. We'll have to see if it makes an impact. Meanwhile, Titanic is re-releasing in theaters for its 25th anniversary, because James Cameron doesn't have enough money already.
What did you watch this weekend? I keep knocking out Oscar entries with Documentary nominees All That Breathes and A House Made of Splinters as well as Cinematography nominee BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. I also found time for rewatches of To Leslie and Top Gun: Maverick.