Hello everyone,
BOX OFFICE: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the domestic box office making almost double the new release at #2. It made $21.5 million and its domestic total in closing in on $350 million. However, the box office numbers keep declining every weekend. It’s down 48% from the previous weekends box office. #2 was the new thriller “Primate” which made $11.1 million. It just barely made more than “The Housemaid” which made $10.9 million. Last weeks, #2 “Zootopia 2” went down significantly to #4 with $10 million (probably because the kids went back to school). The other new release “Greenland 2: Migration” was #5 with $8.4 million.
Overall, the domestic weekend declined another 30% – with the previous weekends decline it’s down over 50% from the final weekend on 2025. The domestic total was $93.6 million.
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” also dominated the foreign box office making $87 million in foreign countries. It’s doing really well making approx. $110 million worldwide but it’s current global total is $1.231 billion. If it wants to pass $2 billion like the other 2 movies it will need to make at least $100 million for the next 7 weeks – which I doubt. I think it will end around $1.5 billion which means it’ll be the first Avatar movie that wasn’t the #1 movie of the year (“Zootopia 2” is at $1.65 billion and climbing and “Ne Zha 2” is at $2.259 billion.
OTHER NEWS:
IMAX recently announced that 2025 was its best year ever making $1.28 billion worldwide. They keep adding more theaters around the world and keep making more money each year.
The fight between Paramount and Warner Bros continues with Paramount demanding to see all the details about the Warner Bros deal with Netflix. Plus, they’re trying to get some people appointed to the board at Warner Bros that favor the Paramount deal.
The Golden Globes were given out this past weekend.
Best Picture – Drama: Hamnet
Best Picture – Comedy or Musical: One Battle After Another
Best Male Actor – Drama: Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Best Female Actor – Drama: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Best Male Actor – Musical or Comedy: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Best Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) – people seem to forget it’s loosely based on a book.
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Best Non-English Language: The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Best Animated: KPop Demon Hunters
Cinematic And Box Office Achievement: Sinners – not sure what the qualifications are to win this award since “Sinners” is #19 on the worldwide box office list for 2025.
LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR: To promote “Greenland 2 Migration” they had 3D sidewalk artwork at a few locations.
It’s pretty funny to watch people walk over it without noticing it. You can see the video of the above photo at this link.
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 