Avatar 3 Dominates North America Box Office for Fifth Week

The third installment in director James Cameron's blockbuster fantasy series took in another $17.2 million from Friday to Monday, when Americans mark Martin Luther King Jr Day. That put its US and Canadian haul at $367.4 million, and its worldwide total at more than $1.3 billion, according to Exhibitor Relations. "Fire and Ash" stars Zoe Saldana as Na'vi warrior Neytiri and Sam Worthington as ex-Marine Jake Sully, who must battle a new foe threatening their family's life on the planet Pandora. It is the fourth Cameron film to pass the $1 billion mark, along with the first two "Avatar" films and "Titanic." Debuting in second place with a disappointing $15 million was "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," the fourth installment in the zombie horror series, which comes less than a year after the last film. "Returning after 7 months is quick -- it's too quick, and it's hurting the numbers," Said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. Disney's feel-good animated film "Zootopia 2" showed its staying power, moving up to third place at $12 million over the four-day weekend. In fourth place at $10.2 million was "The Housemaid," an adaptation of Freida McFadden's best-selling novel about a young woman who is hired by a wealthy couple with dark secrets. Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in the Lionsgate release. "Marty Supreme," starring Oscars frontrunner Timothee Chalamet as a conniving 1950s table tennis player with big dreams, finished in fifth place at $6.7 million. Rounding out the top 10 are: "Primate" ($6 million) "Greenland 2: Migration" ($3.9 million) "Anaconda" ($3.8 million) "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants" ($3.0 million) "No Other Choice" ($2.7 million) © 2026 AFP