‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Tops U.K., Ireland Box Office for Third Weekend as ‘The Housemaid’ Continues Cleaning Up

Disney’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” held the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a third consecutive weekend, adding £4.4 million ($6 million) and lifting its cumulative total to £31.6 million ($42.8 million), according to Comscore.

Lionsgate U.K.’s erotic thriller “The Housemaid,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, remained a strong second, pulling in $5.2 million in its sophomore frame to reach $16.7 million after two weekends.

Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Marty Supreme,” starring Timothée Chalamet, climbed to third place with $3.7 million, pushing its total to $8.1 million after two weeks in release. Disney’s “Zootopia 2” followed in fourth, grossing $2.8 million to bring its six-week total to $37.2 million.

Paramount’s “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” rounded out the top five, earning $1.6 million for a total of $8.1 million in its second weekend.

Further down the chart, Universal debuted Craig Brewer’s Hugh Jackman–Kate Hudson vehicle “Song Sung Blue” with…