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Avatar: Fire And Ash, Zootopia 2 and The Housemaid led nan measurement but a harvest of indies of each sizes pulling up down injected variety, colour and coin to a buoyant 2026 container agency debut. The weekend’s wide full three-day home container agency astatine an estimated $132 cardinal is nan champion first play of a caller twelvemonth post-Covid. A young 2026 is astatine $157 cardinal year-to-date, up 6.6% from 2025, arsenic per Comcsore.
We Bury The Dead opened to $2.5 cardinal connected 1,1172 screens, Vertical’s highest-grossing opening play movie to date. “We’re thrilled that 2026 kicked disconnected pinch specified a beardown container agency play and proud that We Bury The Dead was portion of that moviegoing experience,” said CEO Peter Jarowey of nan Daisey Ridley-starring zombie pic by Zak Hilditch. Vertical has been ramping up its slate. “We’re grateful to our theatrical partners for their continued support arsenic we bring much films to nan large screen.”
Neon’s No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook grossed a important $991k connected 45 screens successful week 2 for a $1.98 cardinal cume. The Secret Agent is astatine $200k connected 117 screens successful week 6 for a cume of $1.98 million. The large indie supplier has been deftly steering a harvest of terrific world titles pinch Sentimental Value still connected 70 screens pinch a cume of $4 cardinal successful week 9 and It Was Just An Accident connected 15 successful week 12 astatine $1.7 million.
IFC’s psychological scary The Plague by Charlie Polinger pinch Joel Edgerton grossed $400k connected 590 screens for a $445.1k cume successful a nationalist week 2 description .
In its 4th weekend, Janus Films’ merchandise of Bi Gan’s Resurrection began its nationalist description , grossing an estimated $132.4k on 86 screens for a cume of $345.7k. Janus has besides been releasing much and showing immoderate bully numbers.
From Searchlight Pictures, Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern deed $1 cardinal up of its nationalist description pinch important increases and holds crossed 33 theaters. It’s up by 22% from past play for a $250k gross. Expands to 1,000+ theaters adjacent week. Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee starring Amanda Seyfried is holding successful its 2nd play exclusively successful 70mm grossing $66k for a cume of $259k from 4 screens successful NY and LA pinch increases crossed 3 of nan 4. Expands Jan. 16.
The 2nd play of Mubi’s Father Mother Sister Brother from Jim Jarmusch continued its level rollout pinch an estimated $51.7k from 4 screens for a gross of $187.7k Momentum remains solid, nan distrib said, pinch sold-out screenings reported passim nan 2nd framework arsenic nan merchandise builds toward a nationwide description Jan. 9.
Top 10: A24’s Marty Supreme is no. 4 astatine nan home container agency connected 2,887 screens for a $12.5 cardinal play and a $56 cardinal cume. Animated David from Angel Studios is astatine no. 7 connected 2,900 screens pinch an $8 cardinal play and a $70 cardinal cume.
Craig Brewer’s Song Sung Blue from Focus Features is astatine no. 8 connected 2,700 screens pinch $5.87 cardinal for nan 3 days a $25 cardinal cume. Starring Hugh Jackmann and Kate Hudson, nan movie has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes assemblage people is overperforming successful nan mediate of nan U.S. including markets for illustration Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Salt Lake City and astatine location circuits Marcus, Harkins, Emagine, and nan Larry Miller Theaters.
