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LOS ANGELES — <\/span>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d<\/a> kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry. <\/p>\n The third chapter in James Cameron\u2019s Pandora epic<\/a> brought in $21.3 million in North American theaters for The Walt Disney Co., according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n In total after four weeks, \u201cFire and Ash\u201d<\/a> has grossed $342.6 million in North America and $888 million in the rest of the world. Last week it joined its two predecessors as a billion-dollar earner. <\/p>\n The week’s top-grossing new release was Paramount Pictures rampaging-chimp horror film \u201cPrimate,\u201d which earned $11.3 million domestically. <\/p>\n Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d<\/a> has shown remarkable staying power since its November release. It continues to be a global juggernaut and a sensation in China. Globally, the animated sequel has piled up $1.65 billion. That put it just on the edge of becoming Disney\u2019s highest grossing animated movie ever, trailing only the $1.66 billion brought in by 2019’s photorealistic \u201cThe Lion King.\u201d <\/p>\n In its seventh week, it was fourth at the North American box office with $10.1 million for a domestic total of $378.8 million. <\/p>\n The Sydney Sweeney-driven thriller \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d<\/a> continues to be a good earner for Lionsgate, which earlier this week greenlit a sequel. It collected $11.2 million in North America in its fourth weekend for a total of $94.15 million after costing just $35 million to make. <\/p>\n The figures came on a Sunday when much of Hollywood’s attention is on the Golden Globe Awards<\/a>. \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d and \u201cZootopia 2\u201d are nominated for two awards apiece. <\/p>\n But among contenders in top categories at the Globes, only A24’s \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d<\/a> is in this weekend’s box office top 10, finishing sixth with a $7.6 million take and a $70.1 million four-week total in North America. <\/p>\n It’s nominated for best picture musical or comedy, with star Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> nominated for best actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for best screenplay. <\/p>\n On the whole, Hollywood started 2026 strongly. Revenues this weekend were up 23% from the same weekend in 2025, according to data firm Comscore. And the 2026 total so far is also up 23% from last year. <\/p>\n