‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ U.S. Cume Rises To $250M+ After Slow New Year’s Eve – Box Office
Written by admin on January 1, 2026
New Year’s Day update on New Year’s Eve business: 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Avatar: Fire and Ash led what was a typical slow New Year’s Eve, making $8.1M yesterday and taking its stateside cume to $250.2M.
Worldwide, Avatar: Fire and Ash stands north of $860M; it’s bound to become Disney’s third 2025 theatrical release to cross $1 billion after Zootopia 2 and Lilo & Stitch.
That running total is currently pacing -26% behind 2022’s Avatar: Way of Water over the same span, 13 days, that sequel ending its run in North America at $684M (during its initial release, not counting re-release monies). Fire and Ash‘s 13-day cume is pacing -7% behind the original 2009 pic’s total at the same point in time which was $268.8M (initial run’s final theatrical was $749.9M).
Note, by New Year’s Eve, Avatar: Way of Water had been in theaters for 16 days. Way of Water‘s New Year’s Eve total was $18M, while the original Avatar grossed $14.7M on that day.
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In the U.S./Canada, New Year’s Eve always takes an ease before spiking today, which is similar trajectory to business on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As such, all movies on New Year’s Eve grossed around $28.7M, -38% from Tuesday’s estimated $46.4M.
Remember, the money made by Stranger Things: Finale, which began yesterday at 5PM EST and runs through today, is concession cash, not box office money. All we know is that two days before opening, 1.1 million seats were sold at 620-plus theaters stateside, which is 700K shy of the 1.7M tickets that Sony/Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle had in the bank the Monday before it’s opening Friday (why that comp? It’s also a fan-driven title, granted non-Netflix).
Exhibitors and distribution heads have nothing to complain about when Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Thursday: They gain an extra weekend of moviegoing.
Here’s how the top 10 went down at the domestic box office on New Year’s Eve:
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th) 3,800 theaters, Wed $8.1M (-43% from Tuesday) Wk $96.4M Total $250.1M/Wk 2
- Zootopia 2 (Dis) 3,370 theaters, Wed $4.6M (-31%) Wk $36.5M Total $337.9M/Wk 5
3. Marty Supreme (A24) 2,668 (+2,662) theaters, Wed $2.4M Wk (-44%), Wk $28.1M, Total $38.9M/Wk 2
4. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Wed $2.375M (-36%), Wk $21.4M, Total $58.5M/Wk 2
5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Wed $2.19M (-37%), Wk $22.7M, Total $31.8M/Wk 1
6. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Wed $2.155M (-49%), Wk $25.2M, Total $56.2M/Wk 2
7. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Wed $2.1M (+9%) Wk $12.4M, Total $16.88M/Wk 1
8. SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Wed $2M (-44%) Wk $19.3M Total $46.3M/Wk 2
9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Wed $970K (-33%) Wk $9M, Total $335.4M/Wk 6
10. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Uni) 2,280 (-732) theaters, Wed $520K (-57%) Wk $7.1M Total $121.6M/Wk 4
