{"id":218776,"date":"2026-01-25T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/weekend-box-office-mercy-opens-to-11-2-million-dethroning-avatar-fire-and-ash\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T17:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:22:05","slug":"weekend-box-office-mercy-opens-to-11-2-million-dethroning-avatar-fire-and-ash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/weekend-box-office-mercy-opens-to-11-2-million-dethroning-avatar-fire-and-ash\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: &#8216;Mercy&#8217; Opens to $11.2 Million, Dethroning &#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Box Office: &#8216;Mercy&#8217; Ends &#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; Five-Weekend Reign With $11 Million Debut <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7C8DiKWWQZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/7C8DiKWWQZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2015446809129222407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/b> spent five weekends at the top of the box office, but this weekend&#8217;s new release <b>Mercy<\/b> managed to knock it out of the top spot with an $11.2 million opening. The weekend&#8217;s takes overall for every film will be lower than a usual January weekend due to the winter storm blanketing much of the country, but <b>Mercy <\/b>received a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a B- Cinemascore, so it will have to do some work to recoup its $60 million production budget.<\/p>\n<p><b>Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/b> fell to second place this weekend with a $7 million haul in its sixth weekend of release. It has now made $378 million domestically and $1.378 billion globally.<\/p>\n<p><b>Zootopia 2<\/b> is still holding strong in its ninth weekend of release with a $5.7 million haul. It has made $401 million domestically and $1.744 billion globally since its Thanksgiving release.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Housemaid<\/b> and <b>28 Days Later: The Bone Temple<\/b> rounded out the top five releases, bringing in $4.2 and $3.6 million, respectively. <b>The Bone Temple<\/b> had a precipitous 71% drop from its opening weekend, not a good indicator for future legs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Marty Supreme<\/b> came in just behind <b>The Bone Temple<\/b>, bringing its total domestic gross to $86 million. And behind <b>Marty<\/b> was the other new release of the weekend <b>Return to Silent Hill<\/b>, which garnered $3.2 million in box office receipts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2015446809129222407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/131820442.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box Office: &#8216;Mercy&#8217; Ends &#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; Five-Weekend Reign With $11 Million Debut https:\/\/t.co\/7C8DiKWWQZ \u2014 Variety (@Variety) January 25, 2026 Avatar: Fire and Ash spent five weekends at the top of the box office, but this weekend&#8217;s new release Mercy managed to knock it out of the top spot with an $11.2 million opening. 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