Despite the less than favourable critical reviews Chris Pratt's new movie
Mercy makes its debut at the top of the North American box office on its debut weekend.
The movie takes a mediocre gross this weekend just over $10 Million.
After 5 weeks at the top Avatar: Fire and Ash drop to number 2 with a weekend gross of nearly $6.5 Million with a total gross closing in on $400 Million
With a blockbusterless weekend ahead the James Cameron directed movie could yet see another weekend at the top.
US Box Office QuickView
- Number 1 - Mercy (1st Weekend)
- Highest debut - Mercy (@1)
- Longest run - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (41 weeks)
- Highest total gross - Zootopia 2 ($401,027,954)
- Best Percentage change week on week - Hamnet (27%)
- Total US top 15 this weekend - $54,520,771
- Also new this weekend
- Return to Silent Hill
- Clika
- Check out the full US box office.
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th January 2026
Mercy~2025
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It has a total gross of $10,809,178 after 1 weekends of release
- The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2026
Avatar: Fire and Ash
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $6,407,504 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $377,900,089 after 6 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 $598,409,459 at the box office after 6 weekends of release.
Zootopia 2
- The movie remains at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $5,300,108 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $401,027,954 after 9 weekends of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $323,841,347 at the box office after 9 weekends of release.
The Housemaid~2025
- The movie remains at Number 4 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $3,942,459 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $115,194,302 after 6 weekends of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
Marty Supreme
- The movie remains at Number 5 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $3,546,857 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $86,299,295 after 6 weekends of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
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6 years of college/university studying film and Culture and he decided to take a different path, so he taught himself to develop websites.
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