January has, historically, been a pretty bad month for the box office, even in the best of times. It was often used as a dumping ground for studios to release typically terrible movies, so expectations have usually been pretty low in the New Year. But this first weekend of new releases in 2023 gave us plenty of reason to be optimistic.
Yes, "Avatar: The Way of Water" led the way once again, topping the charts for the fourth weekend in a row and adding another $45 million to its total and...