{"id":267184,"date":"2026-01-04T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/267184\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:53:12","slug":"fire-and-ash-is-4th-james-cameron-movie-to-earn-1b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/267184\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire And Ash&#8217; Is 4th James Cameron Movie To Earn $1B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t20th Century Studios\u2019<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/avatar-fire-and-ash\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avatar-fire-and-ash\" data-tag=\"avatar-fire-and-ash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a> <\/strong>has become the fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-cameron\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-cameron\" data-tag=\"james-cameron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Cameron<\/a> movie to earn more than $1 billion at the global box office after Avatar, Avatar: Way of Water and Titanic. The global cume is <strong>$1.08 billion<\/strong> with <strong>$306.0M <\/strong>domestic and <strong>$777.1M international.<\/strong> Remember, no other director other than Cameron owns three $2 billion-plus grossing movies in the top 10. Not the Russos, not Christopher Nolan, not even Steven Spielberg. The big question is where will Avatar: Fire and Ash final at. I keep hearing $1.7 billion, but that\u2019s an early non Disney prediction. By that wouldn\u2019t be shabby for a threequel, just behind Avengers: Infinity War\u2018s $2.05 billion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDisney\u2019s <strong>Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/zootopia-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zootopia-2\" data-tag=\"zootopia-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zootopia 2<\/a><\/strong> led the global weekend in No. 1 and 2 spots respectively with <strong>$169.6M<\/strong> and <strong>$81.7M<\/strong> (-10% in 52 material territories). Global on Z2 is <strong>$1.588B<\/strong> and<strong> $1.22B <\/strong>from abroad. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAvatar: Fire and Ash also becomes the second highest MPA title from 2025, titles which were all released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Zootopia 2 and Lilo &amp; Stitch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDomestic is much higher with a $40M third weekend, -37%, and a near $306M running cume. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA lot big milestones with <strong>Avatar 3<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pic is the third title in the franchise to click past $1B worldwide; the trilogy\u2019s running total now $6.35 billion. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As the No. 2 MPA title of 2025, Avatar 3 burns past Jurassic World: Rebirth ($869M), The Minecraft Movie ($958M) and Lilo &amp; Stitch ($1,038M). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avatar: Fire and Ash stands as No. 2 MPA international release of 2025, with a gross bigger than Lilo &amp; Stitch ($614M). The Walt Disney Studio owns the top 3 MPA titles at the 2025 B.O. which is comprised of Zootopia 2, Avatar: Fire and Ash and Lilo &amp; Stitch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avatar 3\u2019s international weekend of <strong>$129.6M <\/strong>in 51 material markets saw a -29% ease with one big market surge from last weekend \u2013 Japan, +26%. Other territories held strong with Australia (-14%), Brazil (-19%), France (-23%), UK (-26%), Mexico (-27%), Germany (-27%), China (-32%), Korea (-38%) and Italy (-41%).<\/li>\n<li>In China, Avatar 3 is the No. 2 MPA release of 2025 with $138M, behind Zootopia 2\u2018s $601.4M. <\/li>\n<li>Imax global weekend for the Cameron directed pic was $22.5M with a running cume for the large format exhibitor of $140M, one of the corp\u2019s top ten grossing releases of all-time. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MCDZOTW_WD023.jpg\" alt=\"'Zootopia 2' box office\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"429\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Zootopia 2\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalt Disney Animation<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>Zootopia 2 <\/strong>continues to mow down records. After six weekends, it\u2019s still the No. 1 MPA global release of last year and now the No. 2 global animated release of all-time having passed Frozen 2 ($1.456B). Disney owns five of the top six global MPA animated theatrical releases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn <strong>China, the sequel is the No. 2 MPA release of all-time<\/strong> with $604.1M (LC4, 246M) narrowly behind Avengers: Endgame (LC4 250M, $631M), which the sequel will pass on Monday in local currency. Count it up: Disney has three of the top 5 grossing MPA titles in the Middle Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith <strong>$1.22B<\/strong>, Zootopia 2 is the highest grossing MPA animated release ever at the Int\u2019l B.O., now No. 6 among all MPA titles at the foreign B.O., get this, beating 2015\u2019s Star Wars: Force Awakens ($1.135B) and Furious 7 ($1.162B). Disney owns four of the top four MPA animated international releases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tZootopia 2\u2018s offshore frame saw three key markets spikes from last weekend; UK (+34%), Australia (+20%) and China (+13%), while other strong key market holds included Japan (-5%), Brazil (-5%), Germany (-9%), Mexico (-14%), France (-16%), Italy (-31%) and Spain (-32%).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDANAC_CO031.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"423\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSony\u2019s <strong>Anaconda <\/strong>pulled in<strong> $13.4M <\/strong>abroad from 8,300 screens in 61 markets. Total Global is<strong> $88.4M<\/strong> and offshore cume is <strong>$42.5M<\/strong>. I keep getting phone calls that the movie cost much higher than a net $45M production after three weeks of reshoots. In fact, people laugh at me when I run that number. However, as a comedy, let\u2019s give respect for it being this high on a box office basis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFrance led all new markets with $1.1 million, 57% bigger than\u00a0Anyone But You. In holdover markets, Australia pulled in $1.9 million to lift its cume to $5.8 million, while the UK grossed $1.4 million to bring its total to $5.3 million. Mexico added $1.1 million for a running lifetime of $4.0 million. Notable holds include: Ecuador (+8%), Austria (+3%), Portugal (+2%), Netherlands (-8%), Peru (-11%), Colombia (-14%), UK (-20%), Germany (-20%), Belgium (-21%), Denmark (-26%), and New Zealand (-26%). Upcoming major market releases: Italy, China, Japan, and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MCDHOUS_LG038.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"424\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLionsgate\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-housemaid\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-housemaid\" data-tag=\"the-housemaid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Housemaid<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>opened No. 2 behind Avatar 3 in Spain, Brazil and Portugal. The pic is already  released in UK, France, Australia, Netherlands and Denmark. Hidden Pictures produced and Paul Feig directed thriller has a global cume of $133M which is well ahead of the final take of the filmmaker\u2019s A Simple Favor, also from Lionsgate ($97.7M final B.O., unadjusted for currency swings and inflation). Overseas is <strong>$57.3M<\/strong> while, North America posted a great -3% hold in weekend three for a running cume of <strong>$75.7M<\/strong>. Lionsgate didn\u2019t report the specific international weekend results. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MCDSOSU_UC011.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"533\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlso opening overseas this weekend and priming to reap off an anticipated awards halo run is Universal\/Focus Features\u2019 <strong>Song Sung Blue<\/strong> in Australia, UK &amp; Ireland, Mexico, NZ and France with an overall international of<strong> $4.47M <\/strong>(-21% in 40 territories)\/<strong>$10.3M<\/strong> global weekend. The running cume on the Craig Brewer directed, John Davis $30M production is <strong>$30.1M <\/strong>global.  In\u00a0<strong>Australia<\/strong>,\u00a0the Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson movie bowed to $2M at 310 screens, ranking 5th for the weekend, 3rd with sneak previews. \u00a0enjoyed a great opening, grossing $2.0M across 310 screens. The opening is well above\u00a0A Complete Unknown. UK &amp; Ireland\u00a0did $1.3M at 620 screens for a No. 7 rank; $300K from New Year\u2019s Day previews. This result is above\u00a0The Holdovers. Mexico minted $266K and ranked No. 8 with best performance coming from VIP cinemas in central cities, which repped over a third of admissions. The result is in line with A Complete Unknown. Pic opened to No. 2 in New Zealand with $266K, while France brought in $188K from 273 screens. The movie has already opened in Netherland, German Switzerland, South Africa\/other Africas and Austria, the latter posting an +11% surge in weekend 2 for $37K and a running cume of $114K, in line with\u00a0A Real Pain\u00a0and just above\u00a0The Fabelmans\u00a0at the same point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOther foreign weekend results:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>Wicked: For Good <\/strong>(Uni) 3,648 global screens\/1,763 foreign, <strong>$6M WW<\/strong>, <strong>$2.82M <\/strong>Int\u2019l (-30%), Intl Total <strong>$178.5M<\/strong>, WW <strong>$518.3M<\/strong>\/Wk 7<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2<\/strong> (Uni) 4,469 global screens\/2,843 foreign, <strong>$4.95M<\/strong> WW, <strong>$2.25M<\/strong> Int\u2019l (-47M), Int\u2019l Total <strong>$106.2M<\/strong>, WW <strong>$231.4M<\/strong>\/Wk 5<br \/>By comparison, the global adjusted for inflation and currency swings remains at a final worldwide take of $291.5M. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlso performing big in Italy is the local comedy Buen Camino with a running cume of 48.7M Euros or <strong>$57.4M<\/strong>. By comparison, Avatar 3 has made $24.2M in the market to date. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Century Studios\u2019 Avatar: Fire and Ash has become the fourth James Cameron movie to earn more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[56379,18,117,19,17,56378,327,47486,26098],"class_list":{"0":"post-267184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-avatar-fire-and-ash","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-james-cameron","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-the-housemaid","16":"tag-zootopia-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115838347094530618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}