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Global Box Office Weekend Report 2nd - 4th January 2026: Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a third weekend at the top of the global box office as its gross passes $1 Billion

Global Box Office Weekend Report 2nd - 4th January 2026:  Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a third weekend at the top of the global box office as its gross passes $1 Billion
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a third weekend at the top of the global box office this weekend taking another $170 Million and pushing its total gross over the $1 Billion mark.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Back to the Past which lands at 5 with $30 Million from 6 countries.

Global Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Avatar: Fire and Ash (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Back to the Past (@5)
  • Longest run - Zootopia 2 (6 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Zootopia 2 ($1,588,247,129)
  • Total Global top 15 this weekend - $447,884,931
  • Also new this weekend
    • Fredonia: The Movie
    • Buratino
    • We Bury the Dead
    • Bloody Heaven
    • Dragoste La Tara
  • Check out the full Global box office.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th January 2026

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weeks Global box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
  • It grosses $169,600,000 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
  • The movie is release in 52 Countries globally this weekend
  • It has a total gross of $1083124602 over 3 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took $1,378,461,914 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Zootopia 2

  • The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $81,700,000 over the weekend, a 7% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $1,588,247,129 over 6 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 53 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is globally the 15th Top Grossing Movie of all time.
  • The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $1,378,461,914 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

The Housemaid~2025

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $42,265,000 over the weekend, a 31% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $133,024,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 62 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

  • The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $31,000,000 over the weekend, a 7% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $112,334,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 62 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

Back to the Past

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
  • It has a total gross of $29,324,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 6 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2026
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