Avatar: Fire and Ash, released on December 19, 2025, has had a solid but somewhat underwhelming opening weekend compared to expectations and its predecessors.
The openings were not great: A domestic (North America) opening weekend in the $85–90 million range (after a $36.5 million Friday, including previews) is below the pre-release projections of $90–105 million or higher and significantly lower than Avatar: The Way of Water's $134 million in 2022. It exceeds the original Avatar's $77 million from 2009 but falls short in the context of the franchise's massive scale and the shorter gap between sequels.
What Hollywood Reporter stated: Globally, the film tracked for a $340–350 million opening weekend, strong internationally (with standout performances in markets like China at around $52 million so far) but down about 20–25% from The Way of Water's comparable $444 million debut.
Avatar 3’s Indian box-office earnings were currently half those of its predecessor on the first weekend.
