In today's Box Office Breakdown, we analyze the top ten films at the box office this weekend. Plus, some breakout awards titles that are doing great business.
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20th Century’s Avatar: Fire and Ash took #1 at the box office for the third weekend in a row with $40M domestic. This brings its domestic total to $306M. Internationally, it has earned $777.1M, bringing its worldwide total to $1.08bn.
All three Avatar films have now hit $1bn at the box office very quickly.
Fire and Ash made $1bn within 18 days of its release. Avatar 2 (2022) did it in 14 days. And Avatar 1 (2009) hit $1bn in 17 days of release, going on to take the crown as the highest-grossing film of all time, including its re-release.
Domestically, Fire and Ash is trailing behind both of the previous Avatar films’ 3rd week totals:
Avatar (2009)
$352.1M - 3 week domestic total (vs. 3’s $306M)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
$446.9M - 3 week domestic total (vs. 3’s $306M)
Fire and Ash had opened better than the first Avatar, but dropped from the previous Avatar film:
Avatar (2009)
$73M domestic opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $88M)
$159.2M international opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $257M)
$232.2M worldwide opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $345M)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
$134M domestic opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $88M)
$301M international opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $257M)
$435M worldwide opening (vs. Fire and Ash’s $345M)
However, the total gross of an Avatar film cannot be determined by its opening.
Even though Avatar 2 opened nearly double that of the first film, it still grossed $420M less:
Avatar (2009)
$749.8M domestic total
$1.994bn international total
$2.74bn worldwide total
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
$684M domestic total
$1.64bn international total
$2.32bn worldwide total
It’ll take another couple of weeks to see where Fire and Ash will land.
The production budget is $400M+.
The per-screen average was a mammoth $10.4K/screen across 3835 theaters.
Here is the trailer.
Here’s the breakdown of the rest of the top 10:
$19M - Zootopia 2 (Disney)
$363.6M domestic total
$1.588bn worldwide
$250M+ production budget
RT: 91%
Week 6
This was the highest-grossing US film of 2025, and the second highest worldwide (behind Ne Zha 2).
It is also Disney’s highest-grossing animated film of all time.
The film dropped a minuscule 4% in its 6th week, finally surpassing the domestic total of the first film:
Zootopia (2016)
$341.3M domestic total
vs. $363.6M ($22.3M more) for Zootopia 2
$1.024bn worldwide
Disney and Pixar have consistently proved they can put out animated sequels that outperform the first film by wide margins:
Inside Out 2 (2024)
$154.2M opening
vs. $90.4M Inside Out 1
$653M domestic total
vs. $356.5M Inside Out 1
$1.699bn worldwide
vs. $859.1M Inside Out 1
Moana 2 (2024)
$139.8M opening
vs. $56.6M Moana 1
$460.4M domestic total
vs. $248.8M Moana 1
$1.059bn worldwide
vs. $643.3M Moana 1
Frozen 2 (2019)
$130.3M opening
vs. $93.6M Frozen 1
$477.4M domestic total
vs. $400M Frozen 1
$1.454bn worldwide
vs. $1.28bn Frozen 1
This film will continue to bring in big numbers.
$14.9M - The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
$75.7M domestic total
$133M worldwide
$60M budget
RT: 81%
Week 3
The film dropped a minuscule 3% in its week 3, continuing a sensational run for a psychological thriller film.
This is tracking to become Sweeney’s highest grossing domestic film of all time (for a film she stars in):
Anyone But You (2024)
$88M domestic total
Immaculate
$15M domestic total
This is great news as the last three Sydney Sweeney films were box office fails:
Christy (2025)
$1.3M opening
$1.9M domestic total
$2M worldwide
Americana (2025)
$500K opening
$1.5M domestic total (estimated)
Eden (2024)
$1M opening
$1.6M domestic total
$2.8M worldwide
Interestingly, it seems people like Sweeney movies that either tilt horror (like this and Immaculate) or romance (like Anyone But You).
$12.6M - Marty Supreme (A24)
$56M domestic total
$57.9M worldwide
$60-70M budget
RT: 95%
Week 3
This is now Timothée Chalamet’s 5th highest grossing film domestically of all time, for a film in which he stars:
Dune: Part 2 (2024)
$282.7M domestic total
Wonka (2023)
$218.6M domestic total
Dune (2021)
$111M domestic total
A Complete Unknown (2024)
$75M domestic total
What’s wild is that Marty Supreme in which Chalamet plays a real-life eccentric ping pong star is doing better in its 3rd week domestically than the film in which he plays music icon Bob Dylan:
A Complete Unknown (2024)
$51M - week 3 domestic total (vs. Supreme’s $56M)
We’re excited to see Marty Supreme crush at the box office. A24 has been on an all-out Timothée Chalamet-fueled marketing campaign.
$10M - Anaconda (Sony)
$45.9M domestic total
$88.4M worldwide
$45M+ budget
RT: 52%
Week 2
This is the third Anaconda film released theatrically and it is a meta-sequel, about the making of an Anaconda film.
Including, inflation it is trailing behind the first Anaconda film:
Anaconda (1997)
$16.6M opening ($33.8M w/ inflation)
vs. 2025’s $14.5M opening
$32.7M week 3 total ($66.6M w/ inflation)
vs. 2025’s $45.9M week 3 total
However, Anaconda (2025) has already surpassed the sequel:
Anaconda 2 (2004)
$32.2M domestic total
$71M worldwide
Anaconda (2025) will be profitable by the time it ends its theatrical run.
$8.2M - The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (Paramount)
$57.6M domestic total
$112.3M worldwide
$64M production budget
RT: 88%
Week 3
So far, this is the lowest performing SpongeBob movie:
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
$55.4M opening
vs. 2025’s $15.6M
$126.3M week 3 domestic total
vs. 2025’s $57.6M
$162.2M domestic total
$325.2M worldwide
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
$32M opening
vs. 2025’s $15.6M
$68.2M week 3 domestic total
vs. 2025’s $57.6M
$85.4M domestic total
$141.1M worldwide
It’s a crowded weekend for kids’ films with Zootopia 2 and Avatar pulling in a ton of business.
This will continue to glide along at the box office and come close to recouping by the time it ends its box office run.
$8M - David (Angel Studios)
$70.1M domestic total
$78M to acquire rights to David IP (w/ Angel Studios putting in $31M cash, and the rest crowd-funded)
RT: 70%
Week 3
Trailer (animated)
This is Angel Studios' 2nd highest performing film of all time domestically, sitting in between:
Sound of Freedom (2023)
$184.2M domestic total
$250.6M worldwide
The King of Kings (2025)
$60.3M domestic total
$79.7M worldwide
Angel Studios picked up the David IP a few months back from Slingshot USA, which produced the popular Young David kids' animated series.
Faith-based films are becoming increasingly popular in the US, and Angel Studios leads the pack for the top films in this arena.
We expect to see major studios putting out faith-based films in the future, given Angel Studios has proved out the model.
$5.8M - Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
$24.9M domestic total
$30.1M worldwide
$30M production budget
RT: 78% (98% audience score)
Week 2
The best comp is another Jackman-led musical:
The Greatest Showman (2017)
$8.8M opening (vs. Song Sung Blue’s $7M)
$174.3M domestic total
$435M worldwide
Song Sung Blue won’t reach these heights. But it just started to open internationally, where Jackman’s popularity in markets like Australia, UK, Mexico and Japan, will help this become profitable.
$3.3M - Wicked: For Good (Universal)
$339.9M domestic total
$518.4M worldwide
$350M production budget (for both parts)
RT: 67%
Week 7
At this point, Wicked 2 is tracking way behind the first film and will not reach its sensational total:
Wicked (2024)
$450.5M week 7 domestic total ($110M above Wicked: For Good)
$475M domestic total
$758.7M worldwide
Wicked 2 has also skyrocketed at the box office due to Universal’s all-out marketing, but the 2nd film hasn’t performed as well critically, which may be the reason for the large drop.
$2.7M - Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Universal/Blumhouse)
$125.2M domestic total
$231.5M worldwide
$36M production budget
RT: 16%
Week 5
This series is now some of Blumhouse’s most valuable IP.
However, this film is trailing the original:
Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
$80M opening (21% higher than 2’s $64M)
$136.2M week 5 total (vs. 2’s $125.2M)
$137.3M domestic
$291.5M worldwide
15th-highest-grossing horror film of all time
4th highest opening weekend of any horror film
Remember, Jason Blum (Blumhouse Pictures) was belittled for pursuing Five Nights at Freddy’s, a movie that originated as a video game series:
“Everyone said we could never get the movie done, including, by the way, internally in my company.”
Right now, it seems like this film may not break the first film’s sensational totals unless it really keeps plugging away during the holidays.
Here are the lowest-grossing films of the week:
$34K - Ella McCay (20th Century)
Dir: James L. Brooks (As Good as it Gets)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson
$4M domestic total
$4.5M worldwide
$296 /screen average
Week 4
$23K - It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Winner: Cannes Palme d’Or
$1.66M domestic total
$4.8M worldwide
$1.5K /screen average
Week 12
$1.4K - Mistress Dispeller (Oscilloscope)
Premiere: Venice and TIFF
Oscar shortlisted
$89.7K domestic total
$133.5K worldwide
$341/screen average
Week 11
Vertical’s We Bury the Dead earned $2.5M in its opening weekend. With a great per-screen average of $2.2K/screen across 1172 theaters. The film stars Daisy Ridley and premiered at SXSW.
There’s also a flurry of awards titles doing great business:
$991.3K - No Other Choice (Neon)
$2M domestic total
$20.1M worldwide
$22K/screen average
$710K - Hamnet (Focus Features)
$11.8M domestic total
$2.3K/screen average
$400K - The Plague (IFC)
$445K domestic total
$678/screen average
$66K - The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
$258.7K domestic total
$16.5K/screen average
$51.7K - Father, Mother, Sister Brother (Mubi)
$187.7K domestic total
$1.16M worldwide
$13K/screen average
Interesting choice to credit Sweeney for The Housemaid’s performance when Amanda M. Seyfried is a proven movie star. Sweeney flops unless there’s a hot guy next to her.