Archive · 17 Jan 2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Avatar: Fire & Ash Battle for MLK Weekend Box Office Lead
Two big movies, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Avatar: Fire & Ash, are fighting to be the number one movie this MLK weekend.
They are both expected to make about $15 million over four days.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a new movie, while Avatar: Fire & Ash has been in theaters for a few weeks.
There aren't many new movies out this weekend, so these two are the main ones to watch.
Critics really like 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and it's doing well in theaters.
Another movie, Marty Supreme, is also doing well and is about to become the highest-grossing A24 movie ever in the U.S.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Avatar: Fire & Ash are battling for the top spot at the domestic box office over the MLK weekend.
Both films are expected to gross around $15 million over the four-day weekend.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple had a strong start with $5.8 million on Friday, including $2.1 million from Thursday night previews.
Avatar: Fire & Ash is in its fifth weekend and has grossed a total of $365 million so far.
Marty Supreme is on track to become A24's highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office, surpassing Everything Everywhere All at Once.
- Who
- Sony's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and 20th Century Studios' Avatar: Fire & Ash
- What
- Box office battle for the MLK weekend lead
- When
- MLK weekend (four-day frame)
- Where
- Domestic box office
- Why
- Both films are competing for the top spot in a sluggish MLK weekend
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
- Sony, 3,506 theaters, Fri $5.8M, 3-day $13M, 4-day $15M, Total $15M (Week 1)
- Avatar: Fire & Ash
- 20th Century Studios, 3,300 theaters, Fri $3M, 3-day $13.7M, 4-day $15M, Total $365M (Week 5)
- Zootopia 2
- Disney, 3,100 theaters, Fri $2M, 3-day $10M, 4-day $12.8M, Total $394M (Week 8)
- The Housemaid
- LG, 3,101 theaters, Fri $2.3M, 3-day $8.4M, 4-day $10M, Total $108.6M (Week 5)
- Marty Supreme
- A24, 2,027 theaters, Fri $1.6M, 3-day $5.2M, 4-day $6.5M, Total $80.1M (Week 5)
- Primate
- Paramount, 2,964 theaters, Fri $1.4M, 3-day $5.2M, 4-day $6.3M, Total $20.8M (Week 2)