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Avatar: Fire and Ash remains the top box office performer over the Christmas holiday, grossing $64M in its second week and maintaining strong international sales, while other films like Anaconda and Marty Supreme had varied performances. The 2025 box office is ending on a positive note with overall growth compared to 2024.
Wicked: For Good opened strongly with $143 million domestically, surpassing the original Wicked's opening, but experienced a steep second-week drop. Internationally, it has earned $29.4 million in 10 days, with potential to catch up to the original's total of $759 million, though competition from Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 may impact its success.
Sydney Sweeney's film 'Christy' performed poorly at the box office, grossing only $1.3 million in its opening weekend, ranking among the worst wide releases, despite generally positive reviews. The film's lack of support and limited public interest, coupled with Sweeney's focus on other projects and controversies, contributed to its underperformance in a competitive market. Sweeney's upcoming projects are expected to perform better.
'Predator: Badlands' set a franchise record with $80 million globally on its debut, becoming the biggest opening in the series, while 'One Battle After Another' nears $200 million worldwide, marking a career high for director Paul Thomas Anderson. The success of 'Badlands' is attributed to positive reviews, word-of-mouth, and its PG-13 rating broadening its audience, signaling a strong box office recovery.
The Halloween weekend box office was disappointing, with 'Regretting You' narrowly beating 'The Black Phone 2' due to seasonal and demographic factors, while the re-release of the Twilight movies drew significant attention, highlighting the impact of genre and audience preferences on movie performance.
The Halloween weekend box office was the worst in 31 years, with 'Regretting You' claiming the top spot with $8.1 million, though 'Black Phone 2' is also contending for first place with an estimated $8 million. Overall ticket sales were significantly low at $49.8 million, reflecting a lack of major releases and the holiday's impact on cinema attendance.
'Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc' debuts at No. 1 with $17.2 million, marking a successful anime entry, while the Springsteen biopic underperforms with $9.1 million, highlighting the varied box office results for new releases this weekend.
Black Phone 2 opened with $26.5 million in North America, leading a slow October box office, and has a global total of $42 million. Despite decent reviews, it performed slightly better than its predecessor but faced a sluggish market, with other films like Tron: Ares and Good Fortune underperforming. The overall box office remains down compared to previous years, highlighting a challenging period for theaters.
Taylor Swift's concert film dominates the weekend box office with $33 million, showcasing her strong box office draw, while Dwayne Johnson's latest film underperforms with only $6 million, marking his lowest opening. Other notable releases include Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another,' which surpasses previous records, and the re-release of 'Avatar: The Way of Water,' which opens modestly. The box office landscape highlights the varying success of films based on star power and franchise appeal.
The film 'Him' debuted to $13.5 million, underperforming expectations, while 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' flopped with $3.5 million, both facing poor reviews and buzz. 'Demon Slayer' remains the top box office hit, and other holdovers like 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' and 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' continue to perform well. Overall, the box office is slightly up from last year but still below pre-pandemic levels.
The U.S. box office saw a significant decline of 49% this weekend, with new releases 'Him' and 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' underperforming, while 'Demon Slayer' remains the top film, crossing $100 million domestically. 'Him' opened at #1 but is expected to decline due to poor reviews and NFL games, and 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' debuted poorly, likely struggling financially.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is narrowly leading the box office over Jordan Peele's Him, while Margot Robbie's new film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey underperforms, finishing sixth with poor reviews and audience scores.
The weekend box office sees 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' and 'Him' tied for first with $15-16 million, while 'Big Bold Beautiful Journey' flops with just over $3 million, highlighting challenges for original films without strong critical or audience support.
The article discusses how the second weekend box office performance often reveals a film's true success or failure, with many movies experiencing significant drops after strong openings, highlighting the importance of sustained performance over initial hype.
The film 'Weapons' continues to dominate the weekend box office with a $25M second weekend, maintaining its top spot despite a 43% drop, while 'Nobody 2' opens with $9.25M. Overall, the weekend grossed around $92M, marking the first sub-$100M weekend in 13 weeks, with 'Weapons' performing strongly both domestically and internationally.