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New Year’s Day update on New Year’s Eve business: 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Avatar: Fire and Ash led what was a emblematic slow New Year’s Eve, making $8.1M yesterday and taking its stateside cume to $250.2M.
Worldwide, Avatar: Fire and Ash stands northbound of $860M; it’s bound to go Disney’s 3rd 2025 theatrical merchandise to transverse $1 cardinal aft Zootopia 2 and Lilo & Stitch.
That moving full is presently pacing -26% down 2022’s Avatar: Way of Water over nan aforesaid span, 13 days, that sequel ending its tally successful North America astatine $684M (during its first release, not counting re-release monies). Fire and Ash‘s 13-day cume is pacing -7% down nan original 2009 pic’s full astatine nan aforesaid constituent successful clip which was $268.8M (initial run’s last theatrical was $749.9M).
Note, by New Year’s Eve, Avatar: Way of Water had been successful theaters for 16 days. Way of Water‘s New Year’s Eve full was $18M, while nan original Avatar grossed $14.7M connected that day.
In nan U.S./Canada, New Year’s Eve ever takes an easiness earlier spiking today, which is akin trajectory to business connected Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As such, each movies connected New Year’s Eve grossed astir $28.7M, -38% from Tuesday’s estimated $46.4M.
Remember, nan money made by Stranger Things: Finale, which began yesterday astatine 5PM EST and runs done today, is concession cash, not container agency money. All we cognize is that 2 days earlier opening, 1.1 cardinal seats were sold astatine 620-plus theaters stateside, which is 700K awkward of nan 1.7M tickets that Sony/Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle had successful nan slope nan Monday earlier it’s opening Friday (why that comp? It’s besides a fan-driven title, granted non-Netflix).
Exhibitors and distribution heads person thing to kick astir erstwhile Christmas and New Year’s Day autumn connected a Thursday: They summation an other play of moviegoing.
Here’s really nan apical 10 went down astatine nan home container agency connected New Year’s Eve:
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th) 3,800 theaters, Wed $8.1M (-43% from Tuesday) Wk $96.4M Total $250.1M/Wk 2
- Zootopia 2 (Dis) 3,370 theaters, Wed $4.6M (-31%) Wk $36.5M Total $337.9M/Wk 5
3. Marty Supreme (A24) 2,668 (+2,662) theaters, Wed $2.4M Wk (-44%), Wk $28.1M, Total $38.9M/Wk 2
4. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Wed $2.375M (-36%), Wk $21.4M, Total $58.5M/Wk 2
5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Wed $2.19M (-37%), Wk $22.7M, Total $31.8M/Wk 1
6. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Wed $2.155M (-49%), Wk $25.2M, Total $56.2M/Wk 2
7. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Wed $2.1M (+9%) Wk $12.4M, Total $16.88M/Wk 1
8. SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Wed $2M (-44%) Wk $19.3M Total $46.3M/Wk 2
9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Wed $970K (-33%) Wk $9M, Total $335.4M/Wk 6
10. Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2 (Uni) 2,280 (-732) theaters, Wed $520K (-57%) Wk $7.1M Total $121.6M/Wk 4
