{"id":2229842,"date":"2026-01-10T21:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2229842"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:30:13","slug":"avatar-fire-and-ash-still-burning-bright-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/avatar-fire-and-ash-still-burning-bright-at-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; still burning bright at box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2F118640320.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s still burning through the box office. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0was in first place in theaters for the fourth Friday in a row, raking in $5.1 million on Jan. 9, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart__;!!F0Stn7g!D1HZFOwuN6pnMwSLez2NMwbN8BtS0CdIK8S7AmLh85PuCO_Zv3gR1VbjMMyZJIEiPKF5-HhCprpY5zwMZI70pD3pUfk$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The third installment in the James Cameron sci-fi franchise has already passed the $1 billion mark in global earnings.<\/p>\n<p>In the second spot was \u201cPrimate,\u201d which opened on Friday with sales of $4.55 million.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/primate-review-paramount-comes-out-swinging-2026-wild-horror-flick-about-nightmare-pet-chimp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News said<\/a> the horror film \u2014 which centers around a family\u2019s chimp that turns into a cold-blooded killer \u2014 \u201cflexes its muscle despite the lack of star power in a genre that\u2019s been struggling for originality.\u201d<\/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 sci-fi franchise. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920th 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>\u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d the thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, moved up a notch to third, with $3.32 in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>In fourth was \u201cGreenland 2: Migration,\u201d with a $3.26 million take on its opening day. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Victoria Wyant and Johnny Sequoyah star in \u201cPrimate.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/08\/entertainment\/greenland-2-migration-review-the-destruction-of-earth-is-the-least-of-gerard-butlers-worries\/\">The Post called<\/a> the post-apocalyptic survival disaster flick \u2014 where Gerard Butler reprises his role in the 2020 original \u2014 an \u201cunnecessary bore of a sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d Amanda Seyfried stars as the wife of a couple who hire a troubled live-in housekeeper, played by Sydney Sweeney.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d fell two spots to fifth, earning over $2.25 million on Friday, its third in theaters. <\/p>\n<p>The sports drama was nominated for three Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy for its star Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, and Best Screenplay.<\/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 still burning through the box office. \u00a0 \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0was in first place in theaters for the fourth Friday in a row, raking in $5.1 million on Jan. 9, according to The Numbers. The third installment in the James Cameron sci-fi franchise has already passed the $1 billion mark in global earnings. 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