Continuation of “Avatar 3” and good reception of “Marty Supreme” (box office of the week)

“Avatar: Fire and Ashes”, the third part of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic series, remained at the top of the US box office charts this Christmas. This week, the sports comedy-drama “Marty Supreme”, the musical “Songsang Blue” and the action-comedy “Anaconda” were also released and although they had good sales, they could not compete with “Zootopia 2”, which returned to the second place in the fifth week of release.

“Avatar 3” managed to sell $64 million in its second week, a 28 percent drop from its $89 million opening; That’s a much better drop than “Water Road” (2022), which opened to $134 million but fell 52% in its second week. “Avatar 3” has so far grossed $217.7 million in North America and $760 million worldwide, and given the performance of the previous two installments, it is expected to remain at the top in the coming weeks. Avatar 1 and 2 were #1 at the box office for seven consecutive weeks and ended up grossing more than $2 billion.

Among the week’s new movies, “Marty Supreme” was the best performer, coming in third with $15.5 million. The film’s total in the U.S. so far is $28.3 million, making it the second-biggest opening in A24’s history; A popular independent company that has released works such as “Hereditary” and “Lady Bird”. Alex Garland’s “Civil War” still holds the record for the studio’s best opening with $25 million.

The wide acceptance of “Marty Supreme” should be attributed to the good direction of Josh Safadi, who has created a work that is in line with the audience’s taste. Of course, the popularity of Timothée Chalami should not be ignored. The film was made on a budget of 70 million dollars and is expected to continue attracting audiences due to good reviews and positive word of mouth. Audiences in Simascore polls gave the film a B-positive rating, which is much better than the C-positive rating of Safadi’s previous film, “Uncut Jewels”. “Marty Supreme”, which is also the most expensive film in the history of A24 studio, needs to sell at least 140 million dollars to make up for its budget.

David A. “Sports dramas aren’t usually blockbusters, but casting them right can make them better,” says Gross (analyst). Referring to films like “F1” starring Brad Pitt and “Air” starring Matt Damon, he added: “Timothy Chalami has exactly such a defining role.”

The movie “Anaconda” was in fifth place with $23.6 million sales. The film also grossed $20 million internationally for a $43.7 million opening. “Anaconda” was produced with a budget of 45 million dollars and in it Jack Black and Paul Rudd play the role of two close friends; They travel to the jungle to fulfill their childhood dream of remaking their beloved movie (the 1997 original Anaconda). But when reality collides with art and a real anaconda starts hunting them, things spiral out of control. Critics and viewers had different opinions about this movie; The average score of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes site is 51%, but the audience gave it a B score on CinemaScore.

The movie “Sangsang Blue” was in the eighth place with the sale of 12 million dollars. The film, which has a budget of 30 million dollars and stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, is about two down-on-their-luck musicians who decide to form a band to pay tribute to Neil Diamond (famous singer). The film received high marks (A grade in CinemaScore) and 65% of its audience was women. David A. In this regard, Gross says: “This is a movie that will send the audience home satisfied, and now we have to wait for the word-of-mouth advertising among older audiences – who usually decide to go to the cinema later – to have its effect.”

But the animation “Zootopia 2” surpassed all the new movies of the week with sales of 20 million dollars. So far, this animation has grossed $321 million in North America and $1.42 billion worldwide. With these statistics, “Zootopia 2” has officially become the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2025. This animation, directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, tells the story of a rabbit police officer (Jennifer Goodwin) and a crooked fox (Jason Bateman), who are now partners but do not have a good working relationship until a complex criminal case brings them together.

Lionsgate’s psychological thriller “The Maid” also took in $15.4 million this week, taking fourth place. The film has so far grossed $46.6 million in the US and a total of $64.9 million worldwide. Lionsgate is hoping the film can become a hit like “A Simple Favor” (2018) and “We’re Over It” (2024). An adaptation of the famous novel of the same name written by Frieda McFadden, “The Maid” tells the story of a young woman who has been in prison for some time and now steps into the house of a rich family as a maid. This film, which was made with a budget of 35 million dollars, is not far from recouping its production costs.

And finally, the North American box office has sold 8.76 billion dollars in the past year; That is, 1.5% more than 2024 and about 22% less than 2019 (before the Corona era). Of course, there are three days left until the end of 2025, but in the best case, the total sales of Hollywood will probably reach 8.87 billion dollars.

* Sales figures are based on millions of dollars and include domestic sales of films in North America.

Source: variety