‘Avatar: Fire & Ash’ Heads To $217M Cume, ‘Marty Supreme’ Great $27M, ‘Anaconda’ $23M+, ‘Song Sung Blue’ $12M In Final B.O. Weekend Of 2025 – Update

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: There’s a really bully consciousness of Chi during nan last play of nan 2025 container agency pinch movies of varying sizes, i.e. a slew of mid-budget titles upward to a $400M 3D sci-fi epic and a a Thanksgiving animation holdover performing strongly. All of this leaves galore astir municipality pinch a affirmative cognition astir nan existent authorities of moviegoing — why screw it up? Netflix, please admit this and publication nan room astir theatrical arsenic you swallow up Warner Bros mobility pictures. “Evolving nan window” isn’t really needed correct now. Define what you mean by a accepted window. Hopefully it’s eye-to-eye pinch nan starring circuits. Here’s a New Year’s resolution: Show america nan money. Show america a existent committedness to a wide merchandise without immoderate hitches, bugs, missing circuits aliases unreported tech blah blah data. Sound good? Show nan intermezo manufacture and filmmakers you mean it successful actions, not words, for 2026 and beyond.

This weekend, 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash comes successful pinch a 3-day of $64M, down a awesome 28% amended than Way of Water‘s 2nd framework of -53%. Imax delivered different $8.7M, -33% successful their auditoriums, pinch nan cume for nan ample format exhibitor astatine $30.8M stateside.

Even much pom-poms: Marty Supreme‘s 4-day is awesome astatine $27.1M, afloat ten-day tally of $28.1M. With a 3-day of $17.5M, it’s A24’s second-highest opening ever down Civil War‘s $25.5M.

Anaconda‘s 4-day is $23.6M, while Focus Features’ 4-day is still $12M on Song Sung Blue. Yes, of course, Anaconda, will profit much than Marty Supreme based connected their respective accumulation costs of $45M nett and $65M net, but these are fantabulous starts, bound for agelong legs into January. Excellent clasp by Lionsgate and Hidden Pictures’ The Housemaid, -19%, pinch $15.4M, successful 4th place, beating David‘s 2nd play of $12.6M; that family movie outpegging nan Amanda Seyfried-Sydney Sweeney R-rated thriller successful their opening weekends.

For nan astir part, it’s arguable we didn’t person a dud among nan wide merchandise vacation movies. The schoolhouse of thought is to debar passing judgement connected thing until we’re past MLK, however, you tin typically spot a explosive astatine nan vacation B.O., publication caller ones being Welcome to Marwen ($2.3M), Downsizing ($4.9M), Father Figures ($3.2M), etc. We cognize that they’re duds because nan debased gross is paired pinch a not truthful bully CinemaScore and/or accumulation cost, Marwen (B-, $50M earlier P&A), Downsizing (C), Father Figures (B-). A 5x aggregate disconnected opening for specified fare (low by year-end vacation standards) is nan champion Christmas wish they tin get.

When it comes to nan astonishment sleepers of yore, i.e. Anyone But You ($6M opening, 14.7x multiple, $88.3M last domestic) and Greatest Showman ($8.8M, 19.8x multiple, last $174.3M stateside), you get a consciousness of those successful nan adjacent play aliases two. Both those titles posted large spikes successful play 2, pinch Anyone But You getting a further boost successful play 3. Many judge nan measurement that Jan. 1 falls connected a Thursday, we’re getting different robust play of moviegoing adjacent weekend. The first framework of 2025 cleared $103M per Box Office Mojo, and successful station Covid times, it’s awesome to beryllium northbound of nan period mark.

While Song Sung Blue has nan lowest commencement of nan bunch pinch a 4-day of $12M, you can’t contradict its A CinemaScore and definite urge of 67% peculiarly arsenic it heads into awards play (pic still has a changeable astatine SAG and Oscar noms). Pic’s prima Kate Hudson is presently nan sole large nom successful Best Female Actor successful Musical aliases Comedy Film astatine nan Golden Globes. Best definite urge is pinch women complete 25 astatine 70% who was nan starring demo for nan pic astatine 58%. The Craig Brewer directed, John Davis produced movie has nan seeds for a awesome run. Hopefully it tin grow its assemblage beyond its 86% Caucasian, adjacent half complete 55+.

Comscore is calculating nan play astir $176.8M for each titles, which is +3% astir from a twelvemonth ago. A twelvemonth ago, six movies made northbound of $11M+; this year’s it’s seven. Muy bien.

4. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Fri $5.2M (-34%), Sat $5.4M Sun $4.6M 3-day $15.4M (-19%), Total $46.4M/Wk 2

5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Fri $5.4M, Sat $5.2M Sun $3.9M 3-day $14.55M, Total $23.65M/Wk 1

6. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Fri $4.7M (-51%) Sat $4.4M Sun $3.5M 3-day $12.69M (-42%), Total $49.7M/Wk 2

7.  SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Fri $3.84M (+20%) Sat $3.9M Sun $3.4M 3-day $11.2M (-28%), Total $38.1M/Wk 2

8. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Fri $2.66M, Sat $2.5M Sun $2.38M 3-day $7.6M, Total $12M/Wk 1

9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Fri $1.85M (+45%), Sat $1.84M Sun $1.57M 3-day $5.26M (+8%), Total $331.6M/Wk 6
A bully uptick present earlier nan movie hits PVOD connected Dec. 30.

10. Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2 (Uni) 2,280 (-732) theaters, Fri $1.48M (-33%) Sat $1.6M Sun $1.3M 3-day $4.4M (-43%), Total $118.9M/Wk 4

SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday post… Rainstorms successful Los Angeles aren’t getting successful nan measurement of moviegoing, nor is two-to-five inches of snowfall successful NYC arsenic 20th Century Studios’ James Cameron Avatar: Fire and Ash is leading, of course, nan last play of 2025 pinch a 2nd framework around $60M complete Friday-Sunday, -33%, pending really coming plays out.

That’s a amended 2nd play clasp than 2022’s Avatar: Way of Water (-52%) which encountered fierce crystal storms astatine nan time, but thing thumps nan 2nd play easiness of nan original Avatar back successful 2009, which dipped -1.8%.

With Christmas, nan 4-day connected Fire and Ash stands astatine $84M aft a 2nd Friday that came successful astatine $22.6M astatine 3,800 theaters. Running cume by Sunday gets nan threequel to $213.7M. The pic has already crossed nan half cardinal people worldwide.

In play 2 of Fire and Ash, general audiences continued to show up astatine 88% pinch parents repping 7% and kids nether 12 astatine 4%. Mostly moms taking kids astatine 52%. Parents gave nan 3 hr and 17-minute runtime movie a 90% definite urge while kids (mostly boys astatine 69%) gave it a 62% must-see-right-away. Still a beardown definite urge from wide audiences astatine 70%. Women complete 25 (29% showing up) gave nan threequel nan champion definite urge astatine 76%. Men nether 25 (16%) gave it nan lowest definite urge astatine 52%.

The last play of nan twelvemonth is ringing successful pinch an estimated $180M, +5% from nan aforesaid framework a twelvemonth agone which was $171M. By nan way, we’re coming disconnected of nan champion Christmas week ever station Covid pinch an estimated $342.3M, +10% from past year’s erstwhile precocious of $311.4M (per Box Office Mojo). We’re still down greatly from 2019, -29%, which was $485.5M, but that’s erstwhile we had Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on marquees.

Disney has bragging authorities for 2nd spot with Zootopia 2, which a period aft its merchandise refuses to beryllium penned up astatine 3,370 theaters. Weekend 5 is $19M-$20M, +35% connected nan high-end for a moving cume by Sunday of $321.3M. On nan high-end, nan 4-day is around $25.2M. The sequel is astir $20M-$21M distant from besting nan original 2016’s stateside gross of $341.2M. As we reported earlier this week, Disney is nan only awesome workplace to click past $6 cardinal astatine nan world container office.

A24’s Josh Safdie directed Marty Supreme in 4-days will make much than Timothee Chalamet’s Christmas movie from past year, A Complete Unknown did successful 5 days, $26M-$27M to $23.2M.

Rivals are impressed by this number: It’s a play movie astir a ping-pong subordinate from nan Lower East Side, not an easy taxable matter that creates a statement to nan multiplex, but it helps erstwhile you person nan unit of Chalamet successful nan campaign. The viral of it each sparked pinch nan zoom sketch below. We already told you that nan societal media beingness for Marty Supreme stood astatine 197M earlier opening crossed TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube; that’s pinch Chalamet opinionated atop The Sphere successful Las Vegas. There was besides a Marty Supreme blimp flying complete Beverly Hills successful further stunts. When polled by Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, moviegoers said nan astir influential shape of advertizing for Marty Supreme was societal media (28%) and friends and family (19%).

Friday was $6.7M, -30% from Christmas Day’s $9.5M for a 3-day that stands astatine $16M-$17M astatine 2,668 theaters. Don’t beryllium shocked if it’s higher, for illustration a $17M 3-day and $30M 4-day. A24 has 70MM locations which are generating large bucks, and there’s immoderate PLFs. Comp this to nan erstwhile Safdie Brothers movie, nan zany gangster drama, Uncut Gems, which went wide complete a 2019 5-day Christmas agelong pinch $18.8M. The Adam Sandler movie finaled astatine $50M.

The PostTrak definite urge connected Marty Supreme is simply a awesome 60% pinch 4 1/2 stars. Men complete 25 are first successful statement astatine 36% followed by women complete 25 astatine 27%, followed by men nether 25 astatine 21% and women nether 25 astatine 16%. 18-34 turnout is 66%. Even though women nether 25 were amazingly nan smaller to show up yesterday, they emotion their Marty the astir pinch a 94% affirmative and a 73% definite recommend. Diversity demos are 51% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic and Latino, 10% Black and 11% Asian American. Very bully walk-up business pinch 52% buying their summons aforesaid days. 50% went for Chalamet.

Marty Supreme is playing champion connected nan East and West pinch adjacent to half nan gross coming from those regions versus a norm of 39% compared to each different films successful nan marketplace. Overperforming cities are NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, DC, Boston, Toronto and more. The trajectory is showing that this Josh Safdie directed movie is playing much broadly than an creation film. Regal Union Square is presently nan top-grossing multiplex successful nan federation for nan pic pinch adjacent to $74k.

Fourth is simply a spot of a conflict betwixt Lionsgate’s The Housemaid holding successful pinch a 3-day of $14.75M (4-day of $18.2M), aft a Friday of $5.2M, and Sony’s Anaconda, which is sneaking up down pinch a 3-day of $14.4M, 4-day of $23.5M, aft a $5M Friday arsenic good astatine 3,509 theaters. The 4-day commencement connected nan year’s erstwhile astir prolific drama Naked Gun was $18.4M. Very bully commencement present for Anaconda particularly successful regards to its fund of nett $45M (Marty Supreme cost $65M earlier P&A).

Anaconda is playing champion successful South Central, Midwest, Mountain and West. The workplace has immoderate PLF screens. AMC Burbank is nan starring location pinch conscionable complete $34K. General audiences showed up astatine 88% while parents arrived pinch kids nether 12, respectively astatine 10% and 3%. Kids springiness it 5 stars, parents 4 stars. Largely mom leaning astatine 57%, but successful wide general audience, guys outnumber women, 53% to 47%. Massive walk-up pinch 74% buying their tickets aforesaid day, but an alright definite urge of 54%.

Anaconda‘s societal media was propelled by Jack Black’s 48.7M fans on pinch Selton Melo’s 9.9M, however, Paul Rudd is disconnected nan grid. Social media analytics corp RelishMix says, “Convo runs affirmative for Anaconda when nan crowd leans into self-awareness and drama arsenic nan point, not nan apology. There’s a clear pouch of viewers clocking nan movie arsenic a deliberate tonal pivot, person to Tropic Thunder, Jumanji, aliases Be Kind Rewind than creature-feature horror. These comments framework nan formed arsenic a feature, not a flaw, treating Black and Rudd arsenic genre translators alternatively than sacred-cow desecrators. Nostalgia useful erstwhile it’s playful, not reverent, and that’s wherever enthusiasm clusters. Humor-forward fans applaud nan meta energy, soundtrack drops, and Christmas counter-programming angle. ‘Anaconda meets Tropic Thunder!!! I emotion it!’ and ‘Whoever thought of making Anaconda comedy action brilliant move!’ anchor this broadside of nan conversation, often comparing it favorably to nan original’s campy estimation alternatively than its scares.”

But astir influential shape of advertizing for Anaconda? Twenty-nine percent opportunity it was nan in-theater trailer.

Focus Features’ Song Sung Blue at 2,587 theaters is seeing $2.66M connected Friday, $7.6M for nan 3-day and $12M for nan 4-day. Rotten Tomatoes assemblage people is ace astatine 98% certified fresh. Net accumulation costs for nan Craig Brewer directed title is $30M. The societal media beingness for nan Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman movie counts 128M, which is nether A Complete Unknown‘s 187.4M. Still, there’s Jackman pushing nan pic to his 80.5M followers and Hudson to her 23.1M.

Of those heading to Song Sung Blue, 61% were women, 94% complete 25. Major older-skewing pinch a monolithic 48% complete 55, and 76% complete 45 and 86% Caucasian. Narrow audience, but a very bully 67% definite urge pinch 94% affirmative and 5 stars. Where did they drawback ads? Twenty-one percent said nan in-theater trailer spurred them nan astir to go, followed by friends and family (21%) and TV spots connected linear networks (13%). Married couples repped 42% of attendance (versus 19% pinch Marty Supreme and 25% for Anaconda). Again, walk-up business play is successful afloat plaything pinch 64% purchasing their tickets nan aforesaid day.

Observes RelishMix: “Convo on Song Sung Blue lands strongest pinch audiences craving warmth, nostalgia, and communal philharmonic comfort. The affirmative thread treats this little arsenic prestige cinema and much arsenic a feel-good jukebox experience, many times framing schmaltz arsenic intentional and welcome. Jackman’s philharmonic credibility is defended done comparisons to The Greatest Showman and earlier stage-forward performances, while Neil Diamond’s catalog is viewed arsenic affectional shorthand that does nan dense lifting. Fans thin into sing-along energy, cross-generational memory, and sincerity complete subtlety, positioning nan movie arsenic counter-programming to darker aliases much ironic releases. The reside present is knowingly corny but emotionally confident. ‘I deliberation we each request a movie for illustration this correct now,’ and ‘Cheesy but besides superb and heartfelt, cleanable for Neil Diamond,’ neatly seizure nan pro argument.”

4. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Fri $5.2M (-34%), 3-day $14.75M (-22%), Total $45.8M/Wk 2

5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Fri $5.4M, 3-day $14.4M, Total $22M/Wk 1

6. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Fri $4.7M (-51%), 3-day $13.5M (-39%), Total $50.5M/Wk 2

7.  SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Fri $3.84M (+20%), 3-day $11.45M (-27%), Total $38.4M/Wk 2

8. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Fri $2.66M, 3-day $7.65M, Total $12M/Wk 1

9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Fri $1.85M (+45%), 3-day $4.75M (-2%), Total $331.3M/Wk 6

10. Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2 (Uni) 2,280 (-732) theaters, Fri $1.48M (-33%) 3-day $4M (-48%), Total $118.5M/Wk 4