'Avatar: Fire and Ash' heats up the box office, grossing $88 million domestically

The Na’vi won the conflict of the container bureau this weekend, arsenic “Avatar: Fire and Ash” hauled successful a hefty $88 cardinal successful the U.S. and Canada during its opening weekend.

The 3rd installment of the Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar” franchise brought successful an estimated full of $345 cardinal globally, with astir $257 cardinal of that coming from planetary audiences. The movie reportedly has a fund of astatine slightest $350 million.

Box bureau analysts had expected a large planetary effect to the astir caller film, peculiarly since its predecessor “Avatar: The Way of Water” had beardown showings successful markets similar Germany, France and China.

In China, the movie opened to an estimated $57.6 million, marking the 2nd highest 2025 opening for a U.S. movie successful the state since Disney’s “Zootopia 2” a fewer weeks ago. (That movie went connected to gross much than $271.7 cardinal successful China connected its mode to a planetary container bureau full of $1.1 billion.)

The beardown effect successful China is different motion that definite movies tin inactive bash good successful the country, which was erstwhile seen arsenic a cardinal unit multiplier for large blockbusters and animated household films but has successful caller years cooled to American movies owed to geopolitics and the emergence of its home movie industry.

Angel Studio’s animated biblical communicative “David” came successful 2nd astatine the container bureau this weekend, with an estimated home gross of $22 million. Lionsgate thriller “The Housemaid,” Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies’ “The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants” and “Zootopia 2” rounded retired the apical five.

The weekend’s haul apt comes arsenic a alleviation to theatre owners, who person weathered a roller coaster year.

After a hard archetypal 3 months, the outpouring brought hits similar “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” earlier the summertime ended mostly flat. A sleepy autumn brought panic to the accumulation concern until person to the Thanksgiving holiday, erstwhile “Wicked: For Good” and “Zootopia 2” drew successful audiences.