Box Office: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Remains No. 1 in Fifth Weekend as ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Stumbles With $13 Million Debut https://t.co/PwWA2KfWMy
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the most recent film in the 28 Days Later series, did not meet its $20 to $22 million projections for this weekend’s opening, making only $13 million to place second at the box office. The previous installment in the series opened in June 2025 to $30 million, so this is a definite step down from that box office result. Unfortunately, this is also the most expensive film in the series yet, costing about $63 million to produce.
Avatar: Fire and Ash held on to first place with $14.2 million. The film has already made $367.5 million domestically and $1.3 billion worldwide, but its legs are not as good as those of the first two films in the series, which ended up making $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion.
Zootopia 2 came in third place with $9 million in its eighth weekend of release, while The Housemaid followed closely behind with $8.5 million. The Housemaid only cost $35 million but has made $108.7 million domestically and $247.3 million globally, a fantastic result for a mid-budget film.
In fifth place was Marty Supreme with $5.4 million, bringing its domestic total to $80.8 million and surpassing Everything Everywhere All At Once as A24’s top grossing film in North America. The film has only been released in select international territories, but has already made $17 million, bringing its total take so far to $97 million.
In other news, No Other Choice made $2.2 million as it slowly expands its footprint to 695 theaters, for a total for $6.9 million at the box office. Hamnet also expanded this weekend, earning $1.3 million in 718 theaters, for a total take of $15 million domestically and $27.5 million globally.
