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James Cameron looked smitten with his fifth wife Suzy Amis as the pair hit the red carpet at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday.The Avatar director, 68, posed up with his actress wife, 61, who he met when he directed her as Lizzy Calvert in Titanic in 1996 - ahead of the iconic filmmaker's battle to scoop  two awards for Avatar: The Way of Water.Cameron looked dapper in a black suit with a blue tie, while Amis wore a chic white blazer.  Couple: James Cameron looked smitten with his fifth wife Suzy Amis as the pair hit the red carpet at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday Cameron told Laverne Cox on the red carpet that his wife tells him what to do at these events: 'She's the brains of the operation. She always just tells me what to say.'The pair have been married since 2000 and share one son and two daughters.

Michelle Yeoh was a winner at the Golden Globes 2023 when she became the recipient of the trophy for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her work on Everything Everywhere All at Once.

James Cameron ended 2022 with one hell of a bang. Despite people thinking his “Avatar” sequel, ‘The Way of Water,’ would be a bomb, the film was released and has been doing incredible business on its way to $2 billion+ at the global box office.

Titanic, perhaps the most beloved disaster film of all time, is headed back to movie theaters on February 10.It's been 25 years since star-crossed lovers Rose Dewitt Bukater and Jack Dawson, played respectively by Kate Winslet, 47, and Leonardo DiCaprio, 48, were first introduced to movie goers. Now they are returning bigger and better than ever.To celebrate the blockbuster's silver anniversary, Titanic has been digitally remastered and will be shown in 3D 4K HDR with high-frame rate.  Silver anniversary: It's been 25 years since star-crossed lovers Rose Dewitt Bukater and Jack Dawson, played by Kate Winslet, 47, and Leonardo DiCaprio, 48, were first introduced to movie goers.

Saudi Arabian family comedy Sattar, about a depressed man who decides to pursue his dreams of becoming a freestyle wrestling champion, has set a new box office record for a local film at home.

The first weekend of any year at the box office is typically a weak one, but Avatar: The Way of Water and newcomer M3gan proved to be the exception to that rule.M3gan opened as the first new wide release for 2023, taking in a strong $30.2 million at the box office (via Deadline), just days after producer James Wan and director Gerard Johnstone hinted a M3gan sequel may be coming.Despite a strong debut, it could not dethrone director James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water, which won its fourth straight weekend with $45 million.  First 2023 movie: M3gan opened as the first new wide release for 2023, taking in a strong $30.2 million at the box office (via Deadline ), just days after producer James Wan and director Gerard Johnstone hinted a M3gan sequel may be coming  Blockbuster: Despite a strong debut, it could not dethrone director James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water, which won its fourth straight weekend with $45 millionAvatar: The Way of Water continues its blistering run, dropping just 33.2% in its fourth weekend, from a third weekend that saw a surprising 6.4% increase from the second weekend.The long-awaited sequel was added in 138 more theaters for a fourth-weekend theater count of 4,340, with a strong per-screen average of $10,368. The fourth-weekend haul pushed the blockbuster past the $500 million domestic threshold with $516.7 million, with the worldwide haul passing $1.7 billion.

EXCLUSIVE: James Wan has been labeled by fans for being responsible for killer doll movies, specifically his Conjuring franchise spinoff, Annabelle.

Refresh for latest…: That was fast. Coming out of its fourth weekend of release, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has topped $1.7B globally and become the No. 7 biggest movie of all time worldwide.

James Cameron believes Avatar: The Way of Water will break even, and is confident Disney will proceed with the sequels.

The Blumhouse-Universal PG-13 genre title is off to a great start with $2.75M after 5PM showtimes. Universal is betting $17M heading into the weekend on M3GAN while tracking was seeing well north of $20M. Horror fans come out on Thursday night so hopefully this great momentum keeps up.

BAFTA has unveiled the longlists across all categories for its 2023 Film Awards, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees Of Inisherin and Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front lead. Scroll down for the lists in full.

They are known as the peaceful inhabitants of Pandora.But director James Cameron is preparing to show a different side of the Na'vi community in the next Avatar sequel.  Speaking with the French outlet 20 Minutes, Cameron, 68, described his intentions to introduce new communities to the franchise and showcase a darker side of the Na'vi. 'I want to show the Na'vi from another angle': Director James Cameron is preparing to show a different side of the Na'vi community in the next Avatar sequelThe next film will show 'different cultures from those I have already shown,' Cameron told the outlet, according to Total Film.'The fire will be represented by the "Ash People." I want to show the Na'vi from another angle because, so far, I have only shown their good sides,' he explained.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has now officially, and as projected, crossed the $1 billion mark at the international box office with Tuesday’s grosses included. What’s more for this 20th Century Studios/Disney juggernaut, at $1,482.5M worldwide through Tuesday, the epic sci-fi sequel is next on its way to yet another milestone and will top $1.5B global when today’s numbers are factored. In doing so, it will become the No. 1 worldwide release of 2022, surpassing Top Gun: Maverick’s $1.489B.

EXCLUSIVE: Damien Chazelle will be recognized with the Advanced Imaging Society’s Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 13th annual Lumiere Awards, taking place at The Beverly Hills Hotel on February 10. 

French cinemas amassed nearly 152 million admissions in 2022, new data from the National Cinema Center (CNC) shows. That’s an estimated 26.9% off the pre-pandemic three-year average (2017-2019), and an estimated 59.2% hike on 2021 which endured 138 days of movie theater closures. France reports its box office in terms of admissions, however, the total for the year is expected to exceed $1 billion.

China’s box office in 2022 dropped 36% versus 2021, reaching approximately RMB 30B ($4.35B). According to China.org, citing figures from the China Film Administration, 85% of the 2022 revenue was generated by local movies, led by The Battle at Lake Changjin II with RMB 4.07B ($636M at historical rates, per comScore). This past weekend, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water became the highest-grossing studio import of the year, overtaking Jurassic World Dominion with an estimated $152.8M through Sunday.

Refresh for latest…: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water rang in the New Year with another $186.7M from 52 international markets for a $1.379B global cume to date. Excluding China, the film rose 4% from last weekend’s Christmas frame offshore (including China it was even with last session). The international box office now stands at an estimated $957M, meaning Way of Water will cross $1B overseas early this week. 

SUNDAY AM, NEW YEAR’S DAY: Refresh for more analysis and chart While New Year’s Eve is typically a better moviegoing day than Christmas Eve, business was still down yesterday at -27% from Friday for all movies. That’s a similar decline to last weekend’s Friday-to-Christmas Eve (-26%), however New Year’s Eve made more than Christmas Eve, $27.9M to $22.2M. Moviegoing is expected to be +19% on New Year’s Day, and there will be an extra cushion in Monday, Jan. 2 as many typically have off in honor of the Sunday holiday. Per our sources, weather wasn’t an issue this weekend.

It was another $20M day for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, so big that it was the biggest regular box office Thursday of the year after the sequel’s Dec. 22 take of $14.6M and Top Gun: Maverick‘s June 2 gross. The movie’s running total is $358M stateside with a 3-day expected to be around $50M and will cross the $400M threshold on New Year’s Day per box office sources. New Year’s Eve Saturday isn’t expected to be as depressed as Christmas Eve was a week ago.

James Cameron's work as a writer and director of such films as Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009), The Abyss (1989), Aliens (1986) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) has left an indelible mark on the moviemaking industry.In most cases his epics are some of the most expensive and longest running films with no shortage of action.While his latest grand adventure Avatar: The Way of Water runs 192 minutes (3 hours and 12 minutes), this go around he actually decided to shorten the runtime, in part, as to not 'fetishize' gun violence. Avoiding gratuitous violence: James Cameron, 68, revealed that he cut out 10 minutes from Avatar: The Way Of Water that he deemed unnecessary in order to 'not fetishize the gun, like I did on a couple of Terminator movies 30+ years ago' 'I actually cut about 10 minutes of the movie targeting gunplay action,' Cameron told Esquire Middle East, as reported by Huff Post. 'I wanted to get rid of some of the ugliness, to find a balance between light and dark.

After earning the highest grossing Tuesday of 2022 with $24.1M, 20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm’s Avatar: The Way of Water also notched the best Wednesday of the year yesterday with $20.4M beating Top Gun: Maverick‘s June 1 take of $14.8M, and Avatar 2‘s first Wednesday of $14.4M. At a running total of $337.9M through 13 days, the James Cameron directed, Jon Landau produced sequel is pacing 1% ahead of Top Gun: Maverick at the same point in time.