Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a third weekend at the top of the global box office this weekend taking another $170 Million and pushing its total gross over the $1 Billion mark.
Highest new movie of the weekend is Back to the Past which lands at 5 with $30 Million from 6 countries.
Global Box Office QuickView
Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th January 2026
- The movie remains at Number 1 on this weeks Global box office
- It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
- It grosses $169,600,000 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
- The movie is release in 52 Countries globally this weekend
- It has a total gross of $1,083,124,602 over 3 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 $1,378,461,914 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $81,700,000 over the weekend, a 7% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $1,588,247,129 over 6 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 15th Top Grossing Movie of all time.
- The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $1,378,461,914 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $42,265,000 over the weekend, a 31% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $133,024,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 62 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $31,000,000 over the weekend, a 7% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $112,334,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 62 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
- It has a total gross of $29,324,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 6 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2026
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