Disney’s magnum opus “Avatar: The Way Of Water” existed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £4.9 million ($6 million) in its instant weekend.

James Cameron’s in backward to Pandora now has a total of £25.03 million in the property, according to numbers from Comscore.

In instant place, in its fifth weekend, Sony/TriStar Pictures’ Roald Dahl adaptation “Matilda the Musical” tranquil another £1.1 million for a total of £16.1 million.

Richard Curtis’ perennially accepted romantic comedy “Love Actually,” rereleased by Park Circus, charted in third region with £408,179, while another holiday season rerelease from the commerce, “Elf,” snared £252,061 in fourth place.

Rounding off the top five, in its fourth weekend, was Universal’s bad Santa hit “Violent Night” with £246,399 for a total of £3.3 million.

In sixth location, in its seventh weekend, Disney’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” tranquil £200,946 for a total of £32.2 million. And in ninth region, in its fifth weekend, Disney’s “Strange World” took in £143,572 and now has a total of £2.5 million.

Park Circus rereleases “Home Alone,” “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “The Muppet Christmas Carol” contained seventh, eighth and 10th places on the chart with £187526, £177,501 and £142,774 respectively.

The upcoming weekend, on Friday, Dec. 30, Curzon is releasing François Ozon’s gender-swapping contracts to German auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 classic “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant,” “Peter von Kant,” which has had festival play at Berlin and San Sebastián.

On new year’s eve, Trafalgar Releasing is bowing live concert hide “Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2022.”