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Global Box Office Weekend Report 23rd - 25th January 2026: Avatar 3 spends a sixth weekend as the top global movie while Mercy debuts at 4

Global Box Office Weekend Report 23rd - 25th January 2026:  Avatar 3 spends a sixth weekend as the top global movie while Mercy debuts at 4
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Six weeks at the top now for Avatar: Fire and Ash as the movies total gross starts to get close to $1.5 Million with a weekend taking $35 Million globally.

The movie is slowing down in its gross now and will not go over the $2 Billion mark unlike the previous two Avatar movie which has achieved this 6 weeks into their box office runs.

Top new movie this week comes in at number 4 as the Chris Pratt sci-fi thriller Mercy makes its debut at number 4.

Global Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Avatar: Fire and Ash (6th Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Mercy (@4)
  • Longest run - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (31 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Zootopia 2 ($1,744,027,846)
  • Total Global top 15 this weekend - $199,428,170
  • Also new this weekend
    • Border 2
  • Check out the full Global box office.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th January 2026

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weeks Global box office
  • It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
  • It grosses $35,100,000 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
  • The movie is release in 53 Countries globally this weekend
  • It has a total gross of $1378692585 over 6 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took $2,023,961,353 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

Zootopia 2

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $25,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $1,744,027,846 over 9 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 53 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is globally the 9th Top Grossing Movie of all time.
  • The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $2,023,961,353 at the box office after 9 weeks in cinemas.

The Housemaid~2025

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $25,500,000 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $294,900,000 over 6 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 74 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

Mercy~2025

Mercy

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
  • It has a total gross of $22,800,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 81 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2026

Return to Silent Hill

  • The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
  • It has a total gross of $19,307,300 over 1 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 37 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Silent Hill: Revelation which took $0 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
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