The James Cameron directed
Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to dominate the UK box office as it spends its third weekend at the top of the box office chart.
The movie has now taken over £31 Million in the UK as it adds another £4.5 Million on its third weekend of release.
It is well behind the previous movie which at this point had taken £45 Million on its UK cinema run.
Highest movie of the weekend lands outside the top 5 this week as Song Sung Blue makes its debut at number 6 this weekend with just shy of £1 Million on its debut.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th January 2026
- The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £4,427,062 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £31,598,260 over 3 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took £44,971,330 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £3,857,746 over the weekend, a 13% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £12,367,165 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,764,274 over the weekend, a 50% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,002,922 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Remains At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,084,983 over the weekend, a 25% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £27,522,024 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £22,212,103 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,177,468 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,996,385 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Avatar: Fire and Ash - £4,427,062
- The Housemaid - £3,857,746
- Marty Supreme - £2,764,274
- Zootopia 2 - £2,084,983
- The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants - £1,177,468
- Song Sung Blue - £936,254
- Anaconda - £802,726
- Wicked: For Good - £605,793
- Saipan - £375,264
- Back to the Past - £251,825
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