The Avatar series continues to show strength as the third movie in the series Avatar: Fire and Ash spends its fifth weekend at the top of the North American box office.

The movie has now taken nearly $365 Million which although well behind the previous movie in the series is still a massive box office gross in the current cinema climate.

Top new movie is the weekend is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple which lands at number 2 this week with just over $12.5 Million.

This is disappointingly half that of the previous movie despite positive word of mouth and critics reviews.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th January 2026

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 5 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $14,489,184 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $364,699,524 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took $562,919,348 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $12,521,327 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Years Later which took $30,002,966 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,171,087 over the weekend, a 8% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $390,413,294 after 8 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $316,404,151 at the box office after 8 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,543,288 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $107,169,352 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,477,927 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $79,653,221 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026