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BOX OFFICE: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” retained the #1 spot at the domestic box office for the first holiday weekend of 2026. It made $17.9 million (4-day) and $14.5 (3-day). Its domestic total is now just under $370 million. The biggest new opening was “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” which made $14.4 million (4-day) and $12.5 million (3-day).
The total domestic box office was $85.5 million (3-day) which was down about 9% from the week before and the first holiday weekend of the year made $104.8 million total.
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: “Zootopia 2” is now the highest grossing US animated movie worldwide passing $1.7 billion. The highest grossing animated movie is “Ne Zha 2” from China. Meanwhile, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” is now approaching $1.325 billion worldwide.
OTHER NEWS:
Last week Lucasfilm announced that after nearly 14 years Kathleen Kennedy would be stepping down as President but will continue as a producer for the next two Star Wars movie (“The Mandalorian and Grogu” releasing May of this year and “Star Wars: Starfighter” releasing May of 2027). The new co-presidents of Lucasfilm will be Dave Filoni (currently Lucasfilm EVP and Chief Creative Officer) and Lynwen Brennan (currently President & GM of Lucasfilm Business.)
Today, Netflix changed their offer to buy Warner Bros to an all-cash offer (similar to Paramount’s competing offer). Meanwhile, Ted Sarandos has been saying that Netflix will continue to release Warner Bros movies for a 45-day theatrical window after the purchase is complete.
LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR: They recently announced that there will be ANOTHER “Jackass” movie coming in June this summer. However….
Co-creator of the Jackass franchise, Johnny Knoxville said he has way to many concussions over the years so he’s going to leave that to the other cast members this time.
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 