This third in the Avatar series directed by James Cameron makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

The movie comes on with a gross just shy of $90 Million which is quite a bit lower than the $135 Million of the previous movie on the franchise.

With an all new top 4 this weekend last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2, falls to number 5 this weekend.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $89,160,860 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $89,160,860 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took $134,100,226 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $22,000,555 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $22,000,555 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $19,010,430 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $19,010,430 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $15,611,344 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $15,611,344 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $14,846,073 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $283,156,002 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $241,431,697 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

James Cameron takes his third movie in the Avatar series to the top of the UK box office, although with the lowest debut gross of the series so far when adjusted for inflation.

The movie take just less than £10 Million over the weekend which is still good for the third in a series of movies but both the first two moves are global Billion dollar movies.

Last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2 falls to number 2 this weekend making for a Disney 1 2 double header.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,879,319 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,640,722 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £20,701,132 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,072,379 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £42,775,032 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £48,233,182 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £373,346 over the weekend, a 63% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,202,380 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £9,870,466 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

This week there are 9 new films released in countries around the globe looking to hit their box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top global movie, Zootopia 2, for the number 1 spot?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants
• The Housemaid
• Is This Thing On
• Eternity
• Colours of Time
• The Penguin Lessons
• Sorry, Baby
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Stitch Head

Avatar: Fire and Ash

• The movie is directed by James Cameron, it is the directors 12th movie.
• James Cameron also directed Avatar in 2009 which grossed $2.9 Bil. globally.
• It stars Sam Worthington who also starred in Fink! (2005).
• The film also stars Zoe Saldana who's last movie was Elio (2025).
• Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Avatar in 2009 and Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022.
• James Cameron directed Sam Worthington in Avatar: The Way of Water, and Avatar
• James Cameron directed Zoe Saldana in Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Austria / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / China / Czech Republic / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Hungary / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Italy / Japan / Kazakhstan / Latvia / Malaysia / Mexico / Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Philippines / Poland / Portugal / Singapore / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

• The movie is directed by Derek Drymon, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Derek Drymon also directed Hotel Transylvania: Transformania in 2021 which grossed $8.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Carolyn Lawrence who also starred in Little Man Tate (1992).
• The film also stars Mr. Lawrence who's last movie was Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024).
• Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie in 2024, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run in 2020, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015 and The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie in 2004.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Austria / Canada / France / Germany / Ireland / Italy / Spain / United States

The Housemaid

• The movie is directed by Paul Feig, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Paul Feig also directed People In New Jersey in 2013.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in Night Teeth (2021).
• The film also stars Amanda Seyfried who's last movie was I Don't Understand You (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Antigua & Barbuda / Bulgaria / Guyana / Saint Lucia / Trinidad & Tobago / United States

Is This Thing On

• The movie is directed by Bradley Cooper, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bradley Cooper also directed A Star Is Born in 2018 which grossed $436.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Will Arnett who also starred in Grindhouse (2007).
• The film also stars Laura Dern who's last movie was Jay Kelly (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / United States / United States

Eternity

• The movie is directed by David Freyne, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• David Freyne also directed The Cured in 2018.
• It stars Elizabeth Olsen who also starred in In Secret (2014).
• The film also stars Miles Teller who's last movie was The Gorge (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Bulgaria / Kazakhstan / Russia

Colours of Time

• The movie is directed by Cédric Klapisch, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Cédric Klapisch also directed Pot Luck in 2002.
• It stars Suzanne Lindon who also starred in Spring Blossom (2021).
• The film also stars Abraham Wapler who's last movie was OSS 117: From Africa With Love (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Romania / Singapore

The Penguin Lessons

• The movie is directed by Peter Cattaneo, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Peter Cattaneo also directed Military Wives in 2020 which grossed $3.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Saipan (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Portugal

Sorry, Baby

• The movie is from director Eva Victor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eva Victor who also starred in Shithouse (2020).
• The film also stars Naomi Ackie who's last movie was The Thursday Murder Club (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Austria / Germany

Silent Night, Deadly Night

• The movie is directed by Mike P. Nelson, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Mike P. Nelson also directed Wrong Turn in 2021 which grossed $4.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Rohan Campbell who also starred in The Right Kind of Wrong (2013).
• The film also stars Ruby Modine who's last movie was Memoria (2015).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hungary

Stitch Head

• The movie is directed by Steve Hudson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Steve Hudson also directed True North in 2006.
• It stars Asa Butterfield who also starred in The Wolfman (2010).
• The film also stars Joel Fry who's last movie was Paddington In Peru (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  France

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 21 new movies released gloabally

• The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants - From Wednesday, 24th December
• The Housemaid - From Wednesday, 24th December
• Anaconda - From Thursday, 25th December
• Goodbye June - From Wednesday, 24th December
• Song Sung Blue - From Thursday, 25th December
• Marty Supreme - From Thursday, 25th December
• Crayon Shin Chan: The Movie Super Hot the Spicy Kasukabe Dancers - From Wednesday, 24th December
• The Testament of Ann Lee - From Thursday, 25th December
• Alpha - From Thursday, 25th December
• Arco - From Thursday, 25th December
• Dust Bunny - From Thursday, 25th December
• Light of the World - From Thursday, 25th December
• KPop Demon Hunters - From Sunday, 28th December
• Dracula: A Love Tale - From Thursday, 25th December
• Keeper - From Friday, 26th December
• Eternity - From Friday, 26th December
• Shelby Oaks - From Thursday, 25th December
• Rental Family - From Friday, 26th December
• The Choral - From Thursday, 25th December
• Good Boy! - From Friday, 26th December
• Die My Love - From Friday, 7th November

After a single weekend at the top of the North American box office for Five Nights at Freddys 2 Zootopia 2 makes its return to the top.

The Disney animated movie takes $25.8 Million on its return and has not taken over $250 Million in total at the North American box office.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Ella Mccay which enters at number 7 with a debut gross of just over $2 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th December 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $25,880,118 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $258,550,122 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $200,929,655 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $19,394,300 over the weekend, a 70% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $95,375,315 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took $113,206,230 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,549,315 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $312,144,610 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took $359,038,440 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,500,000 over the weekend, a 43% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $7,900,000 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,367,101 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $59,327,501 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Now You See Me 2 which took $62,149,643 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

With a quiet weekend of new movies and the animated sequel Zootopia 2 hitting so well with audiences the Disney movie stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

The movie takes a very respectable £2.7 Million on its second weekend of release which takes its total gross to £15.5 Million.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Downton Abbey satirical comedy Fackham Hall which takes less thank half a million on its debut.

Things are set to change big time next weekend with the release of the third movie in one of the highest grossing franchises of all time as Avatar Fire and Ask hit the bg screen.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th December 2025

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,856,430 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £40,724,713 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £43,634,853 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,016,400 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,280,982 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £8,712,935 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £407,006 over its debut weekend