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Sony’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opened at No. 1 in the UK and Ireland with about £3.3 million ($4.5 million), while Lionsgate UK’s The Housemaid dropped to second in its fourth weekend; Hamnet was third, followed by Avatar: Fire and Ash in fourth and Marty Supreme in fifth, as a varied slate rolls into cinemas across the region.
Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland, The Bone Temple picks up where 28 Years Later left off, deepens Kelson and Samson’s dynamic, expands the Fingers’ menace, and tees up Jim’s return and the trilogy’s final installment, all while delivering brisk, entertaining franchise-forward horror.
Iron Maiden say licensing their music to the horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was a rare but calculated risk, approving the use of The Number of the Beast in a climactic scene. The band praised the British film and its directors, noting they don’t let many people use their music but felt the project was worth it. They also hint at more Maiden needle drops to come, including a track for the Corin Hardy movie Whistle, signaling a busy “Maiden at the Movies” year in 2026.
Avatar: Fire and Ash remained No. 1 at the domestic box office in its fifth weekend with about $13.3 million (roughly $17.2 million over the four-day frame), while Sony’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opened to around $13 million over the four-day MLK weekend—well below pre-weekend expectations of $20–22 million—highlighting Avatar’s continued market strength and a softer, costlier launch for Bone Temple.
A long-awaited return for The Bone Temple opens with a disappointing weekend box office, underperforming against expectations and competing releases, signaling a lukewarm reception despite the film’s 28-year wait.
The Bone Temple opened on Friday with $5.6 million and is projected to total around $15 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, a stiff challenge to Avatar: Fire and Ash and well behind the original’s debut; Sony hopes strong reviews and word-of-mouth could help the second film in its planned trilogy gain traction.
’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opened Friday to $5.6 million from 3,506 North American theaters to lead the box office and end Avatar: Fire and Ash’s four-week reign. The horror sequel is forecast to bring in about $15 million over the four-day MLK weekend; the film cost roughly $63 million to produce. The rest of the top five consisted of Avatar: Fire and Ash (No. 2), The Housemaid (No. 3), Zootopia 2 (No. 4), and Marty Supreme (No. 5). Avatar is still projected to log about $17 million for the MLK frame and approach $367 million domestic by Monday, while other holdovers continue their runs.
Sony’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opened the MLK weekend with $2.1 million in previews from 2 p.m. showtimes. Directed by Nia DaCosta, the follow-up to the franchise’s original by Danny Boyle is tracking roughly $20–22 million over the four days, behind Avatar: Fire and Ash’s continued run. Critics are positive, pegging Bone Temple at 94% and PostTrak at about 4.5/5.
The zombie-horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple opened to $2.1 million in previews and is projected to gross $20–22 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The film has a $63 million budget and brings back Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Emma Laird, and Cillian Murphy, with Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson and Jack O’Connell as Jimmy Crystal; Nia DaCosta directs from an Alex Garland script. It will compete with Avatar: Fire and Ash for first place in its fifth weekend, following the original film’s $30 million debut and $70 million North American run.
Jack O’Connell discusses a standout year leaning into villain roles—from Sir Jimmy Crystal in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple to Sinners—along with upcoming turns in Ink and Godzilla x Kong: Supernova; he credits luck, the freedom of playing riskier characters, and collaborations with Danny Boyle, while keeping the purple tracksuit as a defining prop for his evolving villain era.
Film critic Adam Nayman hails The Bone Temple as a sharp, self-contained yet franchise-ready bridge sequel to 28 Years Later. With Nia DaCosta directing and Alex Garland’s script tightening loose ends, the movie deepens the series’ mythic, post-apocalyptic world, centering on Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal’s cult-like insurgents and Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Kelson alongside a standout performance from Jack O’Connell. Blending brutal horror, sly humor, and philosophical echo, it functions as both a taut standalone and a strong setup for future installments, suggesting this trilogy could become a cherished classic if the finale lands.
Ralph Fiennes anchors 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple with a calm, hypnotic Dr. Kelson in a melancholic, violence-heavy revival that braids grief and social fracture. Nia DaCosta directs a slower, more intimate thriller from Alex Garland’s script, while Jack O’Connell leads a terrifying cult‑led arc and Alfie Williams’s Spike is sidelined. The film aims for big-picture ideas about trauma and culture, delivering a memorable performance from Fiennes even as it struggles to sustain urgency, and it closes with a cheeky finale that tees up a planned trilogy’s final chapter.
Sony’s The Bone Temple, the fourth entry in the 28 Days Later universe, is aiming for a $20–22 million four‑day domestic debut during the MLK holiday, hoping to edge out James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, which is projected to add about $18–19 million. The film carries a reported budget around $63 million, follows last June’s $30 million opening for 28 Years Later, and has strong early buzz (Rotten Tomatoes around 94%). Directed by Nia DaCosta with a script by Alex Garland, it centers on a Rage Virus-stricken Britain. January box office is typically slow, and while Avatar 3 remains powerful, it could fade after five weekends as other titles eye openings like Mercy, Send Help, and Shelter.
Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell anchor 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a kinetic fourth chapter that, surprisingly, makes the undead almost secondary to tense human clashes under Nia DaCosta’s direction; the film introduces a Clockwork-Orangey non-infected gang led by Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal and features Dr Ian Kelson contending with a rampaging alpha zombie named Samson, while Spike on Holy Island witnesses the brutal world these characters inhabit. A standout moment is Fiennes dancing to Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast, and the movie opens January 15 in Australia and January 16 in the UK and US.
Sony’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is tracking a $20M+ four‑day MLK opening across about 3,400 North American theaters, aiming to dethrone Avatar: Fire and Ash, which remains strong in IMAX and premium formats; previews start Thursday, with Bone Temple budgeting around $63M and facing expanding rivals Hamnet and Dead Man’s Wire as the holiday frame unfolds.