Avatar: The Way of Water enjoys biggest debut of 2023 as it lands at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart

Plus M3GAN also makes a Top 10 debut.
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Avatar: The Way of Water earns the biggest debut of 2023 so far as it soars to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.

With sales in excess of 175,000 just on digital downloads, the long-awaited sequel to 2009’s Avatar scores the biggest first week for a film since Top Gun: Maverick (Number 5 this week) in August 2022.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical drops one to Number 2, while Elvis enjoys a surge up the chart to Number 3.

Our second new entry this week comes from M3GAN, which debuts at Number 4. The Sci-fi horror quickly became a cult favourite upon its cinematic release, and enters the chart on digital downloads only.

As families enjoy the Easter holidays, Hop returns to the Top 10 at Number 6, a brand new peak for the 2011 animated adventure led by Russell Brand and James Marsden among a star-studded voice cast.

Dropping five places is former Number 1 A Man Called Otto (7), finishing just ahead of Babylon (8) which rises one. Biographical drama Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (9) re-enters the Top 10 after rising seven places. Finally, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish floats down five to Number 10.

Official Film Chart Top 40 - 12/04/2023

LW POS TITLE
NEW 1 AVATAR - THE WAY OF WATER
1 2 ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
8 3 ELVIS
NEW 4 M3GAN
3 5 TOP GUN - MAVERICK
12 6 HOP
2 7 A MAN CALLED OTTO
9 8 BABYLON
16 9 WHITNEY HOUSTON - I WANNA DANCE WITH
5 10 PUSS IN BOOTS - THE LAST WISH
10 11 BLACK ADAM
4 12 COCAINE BEAR
7 13 JOHN WICK
RE 14 DUNE (2021)
6 15 JOHN WICK - CHAPTER 2
31 16 HARRY POTTER & THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
29 17 THE BATMAN
23 18 MINIONS - THE RISE OF GRU
17 19 JURASSIC WORLD - DOMINION
28 20 LYLE LYLE CROCODILE
RE 21 A QUIET PLACE
18 22 BULLET TRAIN
25 23 THE BAD GUYS
22 24 THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
27 25 SPIDER-MAN - NO WAY HOME
40 26 FANTASTIC BEASTS - SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
15 27 SING 2
RE 28 TICKET TO PARADISE
RE 29 INTERSTELLAR
RE 30 DON'T WORRY DARLING
RE 31 HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
26 32 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
RE 33 THE MENU
11 34 JOHN WICK - CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM
RE 35 HARRY POTTER - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
21 36 BLACK PANTHER - WAKANDA FOREVER
RE 37 HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
RE 38 AVATAR
35 39 FAST & FURIOUS 9
38 40 SHREK

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