The weekend box office always tends to lag in January, and despite no major studio tent poles slated for this month, holdovers from December and select smaller-scale films that took advantage of the open field. In first came Avatar in its fourth week, still going strong with $21.3 million propping up theaters until the next slate of anticipated releases in February.
Second place went to a surprise underdog with Primate, a slasher that follows a pet chimp gone mad that massacres a group of college students. Primate took home $11.3 million for its domestic opening, even with a B- CinemaScore, which isn’t unusual for horror films.
The Housemaid, another holdover, took third in its fourth week with $11.2 million, just behind Primate. Fourth was taken by Zootopia 2 with $10.1 million in its seventh week, still in the top five. Fifth went to newcomer Greenland 2: Migration, with $8.5 million rounding out the top five.
Marty Supreme took sixth this week after being in theaters for four weeks with $7.63 million, beating Anaconda in seventh after three weeks with $5.1 million.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants came in eighth with $3.8 million for its fourth week in theaters. David beat out Song Sung Blue with the former taking home $3.08 million in its fourth week and the latter with $3 million in its third week.
The weekend box office is as follows:
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash Weekend $21.3M Total $342.59M 4
2. Primate Weekend $11.3M Total $11.3M Week 1
3. The Housemaid Weekend $11.2M Total $94.15M Week 4
4. Zootopia 2 Weekend $10.1M Total $378.84M Week 7
5. Greenland 2: Migration Weekend $8.5M Total $8.5M Week 1
6. Marty Supreme Weekend $7.63M Total $70.13M Week 4
7. Anaconda Weekend $5.1M Total $54.27M Week 3
8. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants Weekend $3.8M Total $63.63M Week 4
9. David Weekend $3.08M Total $75.17M Week 4
10. Song Sung Blue Weekend $3M Total $31.14M Week 3
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