When James Cameron's Avatar: Fire And Ash arrived in theaters in mid-December, it did exactly what it was expected to do (which is to say act like a bulldozer at the box office), but we have spent most of January waiting for the arrival of a title that would knock it out of its #1 position. Featuring the star power of Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, the new real-time science-fiction feature didn't exactly have what anyone would describe as a great opening weekend, but the film did sell enough tickets to become the new number one movie in the United States and Canada. Mercy didn't exactly light the world on fire, as early weekend results from The Numbers show that it had what is being recorded as only the third best debut for a new 2026 movie: it made less than both the aforementioned 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ($12.5 million) and Johannes Roberts' Primate ($11.2 million).
Author: Eric Eisenberg
Published at: 2026-01-25 20:16:48
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