Avatar 3, officially titled Avatar: Fire and Ash, hit theaters just days ago and is already making waves at the box office. The movie opened in some international markets on December 11, 2025, starting with South Korea under the name Avatar: Fire and Ash (아바타: 불과 재). It expanded wide to more countries like Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and France on December 17, 2025. In the US, it launched wide on December 19, 2025, including IMAX screenings by 20th Century Studios.
Early numbers show strong interest. On its first reported day, December 18, 2025, it pulled in $12 million from preview screenings with no theaters fully open yet. That jumped big time on December 19, its official wide release day, to $36.5 million domestically. It played in 3,800 theaters, averaging $9,605 per screen. For more real-time updates, check out sites tracking these figures hourly, like https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Avatar-Fire-and-Ash-(2025), which refreshes box office data often.
The film follows Jake Sully, now a Na’vi leader, his wife Neytiri, and their family on a new adventure. It runs 197 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating for intense action, violence, bloody images, some language, and thematic stuff. With a massive $400 million production budget, it’s off to a solid start, though worldwide totals are still building at just 0.3 times the budget so far. Domestic share sits at 26.7 percent of the global haul.
Fans compare it to Avatar: The Way of Water from before. This one faced delays from the 2023 WGA and SAG strikes but was filmed in California, New Zealand, and other US spots. Video release is slated for 2026 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment.
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https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Avatar-Fire-and-Ash-(2025)
