Way of Water made an estimated $7 million on Friday to reach $538 m domestic, moving past Rogue One and The Dark Knight on the all-time domestic list. It should pass The lion King today for 13th all-time domestically.
M3GAN was a strong second at $4.85 million. Whatever Tom Hanks is doing was third with $.05 million and Puss n Boots took 4th at 3.03 million to reach just shy of $96 million on its unlikely quest for $100 million.
Disney cut the # of theaters for Wakanda Forever in half as it heads for digital in 2 weeks. It dropped down to 1,910 theaters and made just $524,000, but it should have the legs to get past The Dark Knight RIses by the end of the weekend for 24th place. Including No Way Home, which is technically a Sony release, by the end of the weekend Marvel movies will have spots: 2,3,6,7,10,23 and 24 in the all-time domestic list.
Newcomer House Party debuted with $1.4 million in a limited release of 1,400 theaters.
Avatar 2 trails No Way Home by $148 million for 6th on the all-time global list.