‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for 4th straight week

LOS ANGELES  “Avatar: Fire and Ash” held onto the top spot at the box office for the fourth straight week, grossing another $21.3 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

The third film in director James Cameron’s science fiction series easily beat out Paramount’s horror film “Primate,” which opened with $11.3 million, Comscore reported.

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This image released by Disney shows Lo’ak, performed by Britain Dalton, left, and Tsireya, performed by Bailey Bass in a scene from “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” (20th Century Studios/Disney via AP)

“The Housemaid” took third place with $11.2 million Friday through Sunday in its fourth weekend in theaters in the United States and Canada.

“Zootopia 2” also continued its impressive run, making $10.1 million in its seventh weekend.

“Greenland 2,” a sequel to 2020’s disaster film starring Gerard Butler, opened with $8.5 million for fifth place.

“Marty Supreme” was sixth with $7.6 million in its fourth weekend.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Anaconda” ($5.1 million), “SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants” ($3.8 million), “David” ($3.08 million) and “Song Sung Blue” ($3 million).

This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $98.6 million. The year-to-date total is $327.5 million — up 23% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.

Billion-dollar earner

After four weeks, “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic brought in $342.6 million in North America and $888 million in the rest of the world. Last week it joined its two predecessors as a billion-dollar earner.

The week’s top-grossing new release was Paramount Pictures rampaging-chimp horror film “Primate,” which earned $11.3 million domestically and $13.4 worldwide.

Disney’s “Zootopia 2” has shown remarkable staying power since its November release. It continues to be a global juggernaut and a sensation in China. Globally, the animated sequel has piled up $1.65 billion. That put it just on the edge of becoming Disney’s highest grossing animated movie ever, trailing only the $1.66 billion brought in by 2019’s photorealistic “The Lion King.”

In its seventh week, it was fourth at the North American box office with $10.1 million for a domestic total of $378.8 million.

Golden Globe nomination

The figures came on a Sunday when much of Hollywood’s attention is on the Golden Globe Awards. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Zootopia 2” are nominated for two awards apiece.

But among contenders in top categories at the Globes, only A24’s “Marty Supreme” is in this weekend’s box office top 10, finishing sixth with a $7.6 million take and a $70.1 million four-week total in North America.
It’s nominated for best picture musical or comedy, with star Timothée Chalamet nominated for best actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for best screenplay.

On the whole, Hollywood started 2026 strongly. Revenues this weekend were up 23% from the same weekend in 2025, according to data firm Comscore. And the 2026 total so far is also up 23% from last year.
The movie industry is coming off a poor 2025, where domestic moviegoing continued to slide. But studios are hoping 2026 could be the best box-office year of the decade as they await the releases of new “Avengers,” “Spider-Man,” “Toy Story,” “Super Mario Bros” and “Dune” movies. (With CNS and AP reports)

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