“Avatar: Fire and Ash” stored on smoldering on the field workplace, taking the highest spot for a fourth straight week on a comparatively quiet weekend because the January doldrums started setting in for the business.
The third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic introduced in $21.3 million in North American theaters for The Walt Disney Co., in accordance with studio estimates Sunday.
In complete after 4 weeks, “Fire and Ash” has grossed $342.6 million in North America and $888 million in the remainder of the world. Last week it joined its two predecessors as a billion-dollar earner.
The week’s top-grossing new launch was Paramount Pictures rampaging-chimp horror movie “Primate,” which earned $11.3 million domestically.
Disney’s “Zootopia 2” has proven exceptional endurance since its November launch. It continues to be a worldwide juggernaut and a sensation in China. Globally, the animated sequel has piled up $1.65 billion. That put it simply on the sting of turning into Disney’s highest grossing animated film ever, trailing solely the $1.66 billion introduced in by 2019’s photorealistic “The Lion King.”
In its seventh week, it was fourth on the North American field workplace with $10.1 million for a home complete of $378.8 million.
The Sydney Sweeney-driven thriller “The Housemaid” continues to be an excellent earner for Lionsgate, which earlier this week greenlit a sequel. It collected $11.2 million in North America in its fourth weekend for a complete of $94.15 million after costing simply $35 million to make.
The figures got here on a Sunday when a lot of Hollywood’s consideration is on the Golden Globe Awards. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Zootopia 2” are nominated for 2 awards apiece.
But amongst contenders in prime classes on the Globes, solely A24’s “Marty Supreme” is on this weekend’s field workplace prime 10, ending sixth with a $7.6 million take and a $70.1 million four-week complete in North America.
It’s nominated for greatest image musical or comedy, with star Timothée Chalamet nominated for greatest actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for greatest screenplay.
On the entire, Hollywood began 2026 strongly. Revenues this weekend had been up 23% from the identical weekend in 2025, in accordance with information agency Comscore. And the 2026 complete to date can be up 23% from final 12 months.
The film business is coming off a poor 2025, the place home moviegoing continued to slip. But studios are hoping 2026 could possibly be the perfect box-office 12 months of the last decade as they await the releases of recent “Avengers,” “Spider-Man,” “Toy Story,” “Super Mario Bros” and “Dune” films.
With remaining home figures being launched Monday, this listing elements within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in accordance with Comscore:
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” $21.3 million.
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“Primate,” $ 11.3 million
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“The Housemaid,” $11.2 million.
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“Zootopia 2,” $10.1 million.
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“Greenland 2: Migration,” $8.5 million
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“Marty Supreme,” $7.6 million.
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“Anaconda,” $5.1 million.
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“The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,” $3.8 million.
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“David,” $3.1 million.
- “Song Sung Blue,” $3 million.
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