{"id":2207020,"date":"2025-12-20T21:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2207020"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:25:26","slug":"avatar-fire-and-ash-extinguished-its-box-office-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/avatar-fire-and-ash-extinguished-its-box-office-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; extinguished &#8212; its box office competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2F117658743.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Avatar\u2019s latest sequel is on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d extinguished its competition and was No. 1 in theaters on Friday during its opener, raking in $36.5 million,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart__;!!F0Stn7g!D1HZFOwuN6pnMwSLez2NMwbN8BtS0CdIK8S7AmLh85PuCO_Zv3gR1VbjMMyZJIEiPKF5-HhCprpY5zwMZI70pD3pUfk$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d is the third installment in the James Cameron franchise.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920th Century Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The third installment in the \u201cAvatar\u201d franchise \u2014 which\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/entertainment\/avatar-fire-and-ash-review-even-the-weakest-of-james-camerons-trio-is-still-breathtaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Post called<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe weakest of James Cameron\u2019s trio\u201d \u2014 is expected to take in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/avatar-box-office-james-camerons-3rd-epic-fires-up-1236454715\/__;!!F0Stn7g!D1HZFOwuN6pnMwSLez2NMwbN8BtS0CdIK8S7AmLh85PuCO_Zv3gR1VbjMMyZJIEiPKF5-HhCprpY5zwMZI70zA4jAow$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">up to $95 million<\/a>\u00a0at the domestic box office this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In second place was the biblical animated musical \u201cDavid\u201d \u2014 based on the Old Testament\u2019s King of Israel who defeated Goliath, the giant Philistine \u2014 with $9.6 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cDavid\u201d is based on the Old Testament\u2019s King of Israel, who defeated Goliath. <span class=\"credit\">imdb<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The psychological thriller \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, came in third, with sales of $8 million on its opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney plays a live-in maid for an affluent couple in \u201cThe Housemaid.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/entertainment\/the-housemaid-review-sydney-sweeneys-new-thriller-is-a-trashy-gone-girl-ripoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Post<\/a>\u00a0bashed the film as a \u201cgussied-up pile of trash\u201d and \u201ca trashy \u2018Gone Girl\u2019 ripoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fourth was \u201cThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,\u201d with a $6 million take on its opening day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZootopia 2\u201d took fifth, with $4 million in sales.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avatar\u2019s latest sequel is on fire. \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d extinguished its competition and was No. 1 in theaters on Friday during its opener, raking in $36.5 million,\u00a0according to The Numbers. \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d is the third installment in the James Cameron franchise. \u00a920th Century Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection The third installment in the \u201cAvatar\u201d 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