Box Office: Avatar: The Way of Water spends another week at top, M3GAN makes creepy debut

This weekend the Australian box office made $16.15 million, down -7% from last week’s $17.4 million.

In its fifth week,  Avatar: The Way of Water continues to top the box office charts, grossing over $5 million this past weekend, a drop of -37% from the week before.

Directed by James Cameron, the film sees cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, and Stephen Lang reprising their roles from the original film, with Kate Winslet and Cliff Curtis joining as new members.

The film reportedly cost $US350 million ($521 million) to make and has recently surpassed The Lion King (2019) to become the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in Australia.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh and Olivia Colman, has maintained its spot at second in its third week on screens. The animated film made $1.9 million across 354 screens across Australia this week.

In its first week, horror film M3GAN has debuted at third. The film centres around M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. The designer of the toy decides to pair a M3GAN prototype with her niece Cady - a decision that has unimaginable consequences. The film grossed over $1.9 million.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre also entered the box office charts this past weekend. Coming in at fourth, the film follows the journey of an agent who is recruited by a global intelligence alliance to track down and stop the sale of a deadly weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order, grossing $1.5 million.