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Box Office Round-up
Avatar: Fire And Ash topped the UK box office, adding £6.1m, which takes its total to £20.8m. It’s currently the 12th highest grossing film of 2025. Avatar: The Way Of Water, which opened in December 2022, finished its run with £77.4m, a total which looks out of reach for this third film.
The Housemaid, based on Frieda McFadden’s novel, opened in second with £4.4m, which includes £1.4m from previews after opening on the 22nd. Colleen Hoover’s Regretting You finished its run with £6.3m after it opened in October but this literary adaptation is going to fly past that.
The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants opened in third with £3m, which includes £2m from previews after opening on the 20th. The previous Spongebob movie, Sponge Out Of Water, finished on £8.6m and this sequel looks set for a similar total.
Zootropolis 2 added £1.6m in fourth, which takes its total to £22.5m. It’s now the 10th highest grossing film of 2025. The first Zootropolis finished its run with £24.1m, a total this sequel will surpass before the weekend.
Marty Supreme opened in fifth with £1.4m, which is especially impressive when this was only from 133 locations. For context, Zootropolis 2 was on at 704 locations. Marty Supreme goes wider from New Year’s Day.
Outside of the top 10, Sentimental Value opened in ninth with £251k, which includes £135k from previews. This is another film that is expected to expand to more screens from New Year’s Day.
Next Weekend
Song Sung Blue stars Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman as Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
Across The Pond
Avatar: Fire And Ash stayed on top of the box office in North America too, adding $64m for a new total of $217.7m. Zootopia 2 came in second adding $20m for a new total of $321.4m Marty Supreme opened in third with $15.6m and four-day total of $28.3m, after opening on Christmas day. The Housemaid added $15.4m in fourth for a new total of $46.5m. Anaconda rounded out the top five, opening with $14.6m and a four-day total of $23.7m.