"Hollywood kicked off 2026 with "Avatar: Fire and Ash" atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025. In three weeks of release, "Fire and Ash" has cleared $1 billion worldwide. The third chapter in James Cameron's Pandora epic collected $40 million over its third weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday."
"The most sustained success over the holiday collider in theaters belonged to a movie that opened all the way back in November. Yet Disney's "Zootopia 2" has had remarkable staying power. It landed in second place with $19 million, dipping a mere 4% from the previous weekend. The animated sequel has amassed $1.59 billion in six weeks. That makes "Zootopia 2" Disney's second highest grossing animated movie ever, trailing only 2019's photorealistic "The Lion King" ($1.66 billion)."
""The Housemaid," the twisty thriller starring Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, also emerged as a holiday-season hit for Lionsgate. It collected $14.9 million over the weekend, giving it $75.7 million domestically over three weeks. It dipped only 3% from last weekend. Internationally, "The Housemaid," which cost a modest $35 million to make, has added $57.3 million. Just as Sweeney's star power is propelling "The Housemaid," so is Chalamet's with "Marty Supreme.""
Avatar: Fire and Ash has earned over $1 billion worldwide in three weeks, collecting $40 million domestically in its third weekend and $777.1 million internationally. Disney framed the milestone as a monumental achievement for the franchise. The holiday week produced robust box-office activity with schools out. Zootopia 2 grossed $19 million over the weekend, down just 4% from the prior weekend, and has reached $1.59 billion in six weeks, making it Disney's second-highest-grossing animated film behind 2019's The Lion King ($1.66 billion). The Housemaid earned $14.9 million over the weekend, totaling $75.7 million domestically and $57.3 million internationally on a $35 million budget, and Timothée Chalamet is driving interest in Marty Supreme.
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