{"id":2221147,"date":"2026-01-03T20:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2221147"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:38:28","slug":"avatar-fire-and-ash-still-fired-up-on-its-third-week-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/avatar-fire-and-ash-still-fired-up-on-its-third-week-in-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; still fired up on its third week in theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2F118197932.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s unsinkable. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTitanic\u201d director James Cameron\u2019s \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0remains at the No. 1 spot in the box office for the third consecutive Friday, pulling in $14 million,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart__;!!F0Stn7g!D1HZFOwuN6pnMwSLez2NMwbN8BtS0CdIK8S7AmLh85PuCO_Zv3gR1VbjMMyZJIEiPKF5-HhCprpY5zwMZI70pD3pUfk$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The third installment in the sci-fi franchise is on track to take in $36 million this weekend, the strongest earning first weekend of a new year since the COVID pandemic, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/box-office-avatar-fire-and-ash-2026-first-weekend-1236660722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as per Deadline.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d moved up a spot to second, with sales of $7.1 million on its sixth Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The animated comedy has surpassed the $1.46 billion mark globally, which means it beat out \u201cFrozen 2\u201d to become <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/zootopia-2-box-office-walt-disney-record-1236659242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Disney Animation Studios\u2019 top-grossing movie of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Cameron\u2019s \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d remains at No. 1 for the third consecutive Friday <span class=\"credit\">20th Century Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d which opened on Christmas Day, moved down a notch to third, with over $4.6 million in revenue. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/entertainment\/marty-supreme-review-timothee-chalamet-wins-in-the-best-movie-of-the-year\/\">The Post called<\/a> the film, which stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/01\/entertainment\/see-nyc-native-timothee-chalamets-adorable-yearbook-pic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>\u00a0as the titular table tennis prodigy, \u201cthe best movie of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira and Idris Elba reprise their roles in \u201cZootopia 2.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Post called \u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d which stars Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, \u201cthe best movie of the year.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fourth was the thriller \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, with a $4.6 million take.<\/p>\n<p>Dropping a spot to fifth was the reboot \u201cAnaconda,\u201d featuring Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton, which generated $3.57 in revenue.<\/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>It\u2019s unsinkable. \u201cTitanic\u201d director James Cameron\u2019s \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0remains at the No. 1 spot in the box office for the third consecutive Friday, pulling in $14 million,\u00a0according to The Numbers. 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