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US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th January 2026: Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a fourth weekend at number 1 while horror Primate is the top new movie at 2

US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th January 2026:  Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a fourth weekend at number 1 while horror Primate is the top new movie at 2
Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron and Disneys Avatar: Fire and Ash spends a fourth weekend at the top with a $21.5 Million gross keeping at teh top this week.

The movie has been another smash hit for the Avatar series and the gross now stands at nearly $343 Million, this is however significantly small that the previous movie which had passed the half Billion point by now.

Highest new movie of the week is horror Primate which lands at number 2 with just over $11 Million on its debut weekend.

US Box Office QuickView

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th January 2026

Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weekends US box office
  • It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $21,502,272 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $342,792,800 after 4 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 $517,628,365 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has a total gross of $11,155,908 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2026

  • The movie remains at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $10,910,461 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $93,864,614 after 4 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

Zootopia 2

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $10,004,157 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $378,748,741 after 7 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $307,386,397 at the box office after 7 weekends of release.

  • The movie is a new entry at Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It has a total gross of $8,401,148 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2026
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