Varang (Oona Chaplin) in twentieth Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash’. Photograph courtesy of twentieth Century Studios. © 2025 twentieth Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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- ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash’ gained the weekend’s field workplace once more.
- ‘Marty Supreme’ nabbed third place.
- ‘Tune Sung Blue’ and ‘Anaconda’ additionally debuted.
As we’ve discovered earlier than with ‘Avatar’ films, it’s not essentially the launch, it’s the maintain. A key phrase among the many movies’ Na’vi characters is “I see you,” and audiences actually got here out to see the third entry, ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash,’ with the title staying high of the field workplace for a second weekend.
Throughout the Christmas vacation weekend, James Cameron’s newest took in a strong $64 million over the standard weekend and $88 million for the reason that Christmas vacation on Thursday.
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That three-day incomes marks a 28% decline from its $89 million launch, a stronger maintain than 2022’s ‘The Approach of Water’ managed.
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How is ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash’ performing?
Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) in twentieth Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fireplace and Ash’. Photograph courtesy of twentieth Century Studios. © 2025 twentieth Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
As talked about above, the third entry is holding on effectively. To date, it has earned greater than $217.7 million domestically and exhibits little signal of slowing down.
Worldwide, due to robust enterprise in locations corresponding to China, the film has now crossed $760 million, indicating that it ought to on the very least go the $1 billion mark. Will it push previous $2 billion like its predecessors? That’s trickier to foretell.
Nonetheless, whereas some might deride the franchise for having little cultural influence, crowds actually end up for it.
What else occurred on the field workplace this weekend?
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’. Photograph: A24.
There was additionally excellent news for star Timothée Chalamet and director Josh Safdie, as ‘Marty Supreme’, which expanded and loved the very best numbers amongst “newcomers” in third place with $17.4 million from 2,600 theaters over the weekend and $27.1 million via the four-day vacation body.
Home ticket gross sales stand at $28.3 million after a weekend in restricted launch. The three-day determine marks the second-biggest opening weekend so far for A24.
Nonetheless, second was Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2,’ which has been one of many yr’s success tales. The animated sequel took in $20 million over the weekend and $25.2 million since Christmas Day. In whole worldwide, it has now earned $1.42 billion.
Fourth was ‘The Housemaid’ with $15.4 million for the weekend, forward of recent arrival ‘Anaconda’ in sixth. The motion comedy, which options Paul Rudd and Jack Black, made $14.6 million over the weekend and has taken $23.7 million since Christmas. The film additionally opened internationally with $20 million for a world begin of $43.7 million.
Additionally new to the charts was ‘Tune Sung Blue,’ which stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson within the based-on-truth story of Neil Diamond tribute musicians. That earned $7.6 million over the weekend in eighth place and $12 million via the four-day vacation body.
(L to R) Kate Hudson as Claire Sardina and Hugh Jackman as Mike Sardina in director Craig Brewer’s ‘Tune Sung Blue’, a Focus Options launch. Credit score: Sarah Shatz/Focus Options © 2025 All Rights Reserved.