{"id":2249741,"date":"2026-01-25T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2249741"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:00:15","slug":"box-office-mercy-ends-avatar-fire-and-ash-five-weekend-reign-with-11-million-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/box-office-mercy-ends-avatar-fire-and-ash-five-weekend-reign-with-11-million-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: \u2018Mercy\u2019 Ends \u2018Avatar: Fire and Ash\u2019 Five-Weekend Reign With $11 Million Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0695435\/\">Chris Pratt<\/a>\u2019s sci-fi thriller \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31050594\/\">Mercy<\/a>\u201d has collected $11.2 million in its North American debut, enough to end the five-weekend reign of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000116\/\">James Cameron<\/a>\u2019s behemoth \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1757678\/\">Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though not a blockbuster result for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31050594\/\">Mercy<\/a>,\u201d it\u2019s an impressive tally considering the massive winter storm that\u2019s currently blanketing a large portion of the U.S. with snow. Warnings of frigid temperatures, high winds and blizzards have been issued across 37 states, from Texas to Maine, resulting in major theater closures across the country. Unsurprisingly, this ranks as the lowest collective weekend of the year with roughly $60 million across all films, down roughly 9% from the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31050594\/\">Mercy<\/a>\u201d was anticipated to earn $12 million over the weekend but projections were ever-so-slightly revised down as the storm started to spread. Moviegoers who braved the cold weren\u2019t impressed by \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31050594\/\">Mercy<\/a>,\u201d which was saddled with a \u201cB-\u201d grade on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0116834\/\">CinemaScore<\/a> exit polls.<\/p>\n<\/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 www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Pratt\u2019s sci-fi thriller \u201cMercy\u201d has collected $11.2 million in its North American debut, enough to end the five-weekend reign of James Cameron\u2019s behemoth \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d Though not a blockbuster result for \u201cMercy,\u201d it\u2019s an impressive tally considering the massive winter storm that\u2019s currently blanketing a large portion of the U.S. with snow. 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