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M3GAN Devastates The World Box Office With $45 Million

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M3GAN Devastates The World Box Office With $45 Million

The 2022 American science fiction horror film by Gerard Johnstone has blown away the Global Box Office with $45 Million. M3GAN was screen played by Akela Cooper and written by Akela and James Wan. 

The film portrays the story of a scary doll named M3GAN, short for Model 3 Generative ANdroid. M3GAN was a life-like AI doll that was designed as a faithful partner to the child it has been programmed for and even as a supporter to the child’s caretaker.

The film, which premiered on January 6, took over the internet by storm as the marketing promoted the film for an early release.

Although the big marketing company doesn’t guarantee a turn out to the theatre, the science fiction horror film has gained huge success that showcases how much the audience has been obsessed with killer dolls. 

M3GAN Beats Avatar: The Way Of Water

From the first weekend premiere alone, the film has acquired a global total of $45 million out of which $30.2 million was collected at the domestic box office and $14.8 million was acquired internationally.

The film played over 3,509 theatres across North America and just within a week it beat the Friday box office of Avatar: The Way of Water by James Cameron.

M3GAN Beats Avatar: The Way Of Water

The Gerard Johnstone film collected $11.7 million during the initial three-day weekend period while the James Cameron film collected $11.4 million at the beginning of its fourth weekend.

Although the film acquired a huge collection, Cameron’s film stays at the top spot for the weekend while the second place was taken by M3GAN replacing Puss in Boots: The Last Wish by DreamWorks Animation and broadcasted by Universal Pictures.  

The idea for a horror thriller dubbed in Wan’s Atomic Monster Productions, an American film and television production company that produced blockbusters like The Conjuring Universe, Lights Out, Mortal Kombat, Malignant, and now, M3GAN.

With the film, he was sure to have a killer doll more like his 2014 film Annabelle which also portrays a killer doll. But he wanted to bring out some changes as he combined his idea with technology.

He stated that the concept of the upcoming film will be embracing technology and showing what’ll happen if technology goes wild. Van stated that this film is a commentary on the world that for him seemed more relevant. 

Changes For Acquiring PG-13 Rating

The news of the ongoing production of the “techno horror-thriller” named M3GAN was broadcasted on July 2018 through the media. And the shooting for this film was scheduled to begin in late 2018.

The film was produced with a budget of $12 million and the filming was done right before the covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand.

Since the original picture was more violent, the film had to go through re-shoots in post-production in order to acquire a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Associates. 

M3GAN’s teaser poster was released at the 2022 CinemaCon and the first trailer was aired on October 11, 2022.

Also, the film was scheduled to release on January 13 but was rescheduled to January 6, 2023, in order to avoid a clash with Calmatic’s American comedy film, House Party, and Marc Forster’s comedy-drama film, A Man Called Otto.

The science fiction horror film has received a rating of 94% from 178 reviews as per the latest estimate released by Rotten Tomatoes.

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It was commended that the film is a rare horror comedy that is relentlessly fanciful and at the same time entertaining. 

According to the latest update, in November 2022, it is informed that Universal Pictures is pleased with the film’s popularity and success. As a result, they are planning for a sequel in the coming years.

And in January 2023, Johnstone confirmed the upcoming sequel and Wan made sure that he has a clear idea of how the sequel should be.   

Amie Donald portrays the role of M3GAN while Violet McGraw appears as Cady. Allison Williams plays Gemma and Jen Van Epps, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jack Cassidy, Ronny Chieng, Amy Usherwood, Lori Dungey, etc appear in other leading roles.

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