\n\tEven more pom-poms: Marty Supreme<\/a>\u2018s 4-day is fantastic at $27.1M, full ten-day run of $28.1M. With a 3-day of $17.5M, it\u2019s A24\u2019s second-highest opening ever behind Civil War\u2018s $25.5M. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tAnaconda<\/a>\u2018s 4-day is $23.6M, while Focus Features\u2019 4-day is still $12M on Song Sung Blue<\/a>. Yes, of course, Anaconda, will profit more than Marty Supreme based on their respective production costs of $45M net and $65M net, but these are excellent starts, bound for long legs into January. Excellent hold by Lionsgate and Hidden Pictures\u2019 The Housemaid<\/a>, -19%, with $15.4M, in fourth place, beating David\u2018s second weekend of $12.6M; that family film outpegging the Amanda Seyfried-Sydney Sweeney R-rated thriller in their opening weekends.<\/p>\n \n\tFor the most part, it\u2019s arguable we didn\u2019t have a dud among the wide release holiday movies. The school of thought is to avoid passing judgement on anything until we\u2019re past MLK, however, you can typically spot a bomb at the holiday B.O., read recent ones being Welcome to Marwen ($2.3M), Downsizing ($4.9M), Father Figures ($3.2M), etc. We know that they\u2019re duds because the low gross is paired with a not so good CinemaScore and\/or production cost, Marwen (B-, $50M before P&A), Downsizing (C), Father Figures (B-). A 5x multiple off opening for such fare (low by year-end holiday standards) is the best Christmas wish they can get. <\/p>\n \n\tWhen it comes to the surprise sleepers of yore, i.e. Anyone But You ($6M opening, 14.7x multiple, $88.3M final domestic) and Greatest Showman ($8.8M, 19.8x multiple, final $174.3M stateside), you get a sense of those in the next weekend or two. Both those titles posted big spikes in weekend 2, with Anyone But You getting a further boost in weekend 3. Many believe the way that Jan. 1 falls on a Thursday, we\u2019re getting another robust weekend of moviegoing next weekend. The first frame of 2025 cleared $103M per Box Office Mojo, and in post Covid times, it\u2019s great to be north of the century mark. <\/p>\n \n\tWhile Song Sung Blue has the lowest start of the bunch with a 4-day of $12M, you can\u2019t deny its A CinemaScore and definite recommend of 67% particularly as it heads into awards season (pic still has a shot at SAG and Oscar noms). Pic\u2019s star Kate Hudson is currently the sole big nom in Best Female Actor in Musical or Comedy Film at the Golden Globes. Best definite recommend is with women over 25 at 70% who was the leading demo for the pic at 58%. The Craig Brewer directed, John Davis produced movie has the seeds for a great run. Hopefully it can expand its audience beyond its 86% Caucasian, near half over 55+. <\/p>\n \n\tComscore is calculating the weekend around $176.8M for all titles, which is +3% roughly from a year ago. A year ago, six movies made north of $11M+; this year\u2019s it\u2019s seven. Muy bien. <\/p>\n Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th) 3,800 theaters, Fri $22.6M (-38%) Sat $22.2M (excellent hold) Sun $19.2M Sun 3-day $64M (-28%), Total $217.6M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n Zootopia 2 (Dis) 3,370 theaters, Fri $6.7M (+66%), Sat $7.1M Sun $6.2M 3-day $20M (+35%), Total $321.3M\/Wk 5. In a holiday marketplace laden with family product, the month-old Disney movie shows that it\u2019s still Mama bear versus the two-weekend old SpongeMovie and David. While Disney had Mufasa a year ago, the studio\u2019s Thanksgiving tentpole Moana 2 (juxtaposed to Zootopia 2) ranked No. 4 with $18.9M in its fifth weekend. <\/p>\n Marty Supreme (A24) 2,668 (+2,662) theaters, Fri $6.7M (+1644%) Sat $6M Sun $4.7M 3-day $17.5M (+1786%), 4-day $27.1M Total $28.2M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t4. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Fri $5.2M (-34%), Sat $5.4M Sun $4.6M 3-day $15.4M (-19%), Total $46.4M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Fri $5.4M, Sat $5.2M Sun $3.9M 3-day $14.55M, Total $23.65M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n \n\t6. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Fri $4.7M (-51%) Sat $4.4M Sun $3.5M 3-day $12.69M (-42%), Total $49.7M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t7. \u00a0SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Fri $3.84M (+20%) Sat $3.9M Sun $3.4M 3-day $11.2M (-28%), Total $38.1M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t8. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Fri $2.66M, Sat $2.5M Sun $2.38M 3-day $7.6M, Total $12M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n \n\t9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Fri $1.85M (+45%), Sat $1.84M Sun $1.57M 3-day $5.26M (+8%), Total $331.6M\/Wk 6 \n\t10. Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2 (Uni) 2,280 (-732) theaters, Fri $1.48M (-33%) Sat $1.6M Sun $1.3M 3-day $4.4M (-43%), Total $118.9M\/Wk 4<\/p>\n \n\tSATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday post\u2026 Rainstorms in Los Angeles aren\u2019t getting in the way of moviegoing, nor is two-to-five inches of snow in NYC as 20th Century Studios\u2019 James Cameron Avatar: Fire and Ash is leading, of course, the final weekend of 2025 with a second frame around $60M over Friday-Sunday, -33%, pending how today plays out.<\/p>\n \n\tThat\u2019s a better second weekend hold than 2022\u2019s Avatar: Way of Water (-52%) which encountered fierce ice storms at the time, but nothing beats the second weekend ease of the original Avatar back in 2009, which dipped -1.8%.<\/p>\n \n\tWith Christmas, the 4-day on Fire and Ash stands at $84M after a second Friday that came in at $22.6M at 3,800 theaters. Running cume by Sunday gets the threequel to $213.7M. The pic has already crossed the half billion mark worldwide. <\/p>\n \n\tIn weekend 2 of Fire and Ash, general audiences continued to show up at 88% with parents repping 7% and kids under 12 at 4%. Mostly moms taking kids at 52%. Parents gave the 3 hour and 17-minute runtime movie a 90% definite recommend while kids (mostly boys at 69%) gave it a 62% must-see-right-away. Still a strong definite recommend from general audiences at 70%. Women over 25 (29% showing up) gave the threequel the best definite recommend at 76%. Men under 25 (16%) gave it the lowest definite recommend at 52%. <\/p>\n \n\tThe final weekend of the year is ringing in with an estimated $180M, +5% from the same frame a year ago which was $171M. By the way, we\u2019re coming off of the best Christmas week ever post Covid with an estimated $342.3M, +10% from last year\u2019s previous high of $311.4M (per Box Office Mojo). We\u2019re still down greatly from 2019, -29%, which was $485.5M, but that\u2019s when we had Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on marquees.<\/p>\n \n\tDisney has bragging rights for second place with Zootopia 2, which a month after its release refuses to be penned up at 3,370 theaters. Weekend 5 is $19M-$20M, +35% on the high-end for a running cume by Sunday of $321.3M. On the high-end, the 4-day is around $25.2M. The sequel is roughly $20M-$21M away from besting the original 2016\u2019s stateside gross of $341.2M. As we reported earlier this week, Disney is the only major studio to click past $6 billion at the global box office.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tA24\u2019s Josh Safdie directed Marty Supreme in 4-days will make more than Timothee Chalamet\u2019s Christmas movie from last year, A Complete Unknown did in 5 days, $26M-$27M to $23.2M.<\/p>\n \n\tRivals are impressed by this number: It\u2019s a period film about a ping-pong player from the Lower East Side, not an easy subject matter that creates a line to the multiplex, but it helps when you have the force of Chalamet in the campaign. The viral of it all sparked with the zoom sketch below. We already told you that the social media universe for Marty Supreme stood at 197M before opening across TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube; that\u2019s with Chalamet standing atop The Sphere in Las Vegas. There was also a Marty Supreme blimp flying over Beverly Hills in further stunts. When polled by Screen Engine\/Comscore\u2019s PostTrak, moviegoers said the most influential form of advertising for Marty Supreme was social media (28%) and friends and family (19%). <\/p>\n \n\tFriday was $6.7M, -30% from Christmas Day\u2019s $9.5M for a 3-day that stands at $16M-$17M at 2,668 theaters. Don\u2019t be shocked if it\u2019s higher, like a $17M 3-day and $30M 4-day. A24 has 70MM locations which are generating big bucks, and there\u2019s some PLFs. Comp this to the previous Safdie Brothers movie, the zany gangster drama, Uncut Gems, which went wide over a 2019 5-day Christmas stretch with $18.8M. The Adam Sandler movie finaled at $50M.<\/p>\n \n\tThe PostTrak definite recommend on Marty Supreme is a great 60% with 4 1\/2 stars. Men over 25 are first in line at 36% followed by women over 25 at 27%, followed by men under 25 at 21% and women under 25 at 16%. 18-34 turnout is 66%. Even though women under 25 were surprisingly the smaller to show up yesterday, they love their Marty the most with a 94% positive and a 73% definite recommend. Diversity demos are 51% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic and Latino, 10% Black and 11% Asian American. Very good walk-up business with 52% buying their ticket same days. 50% went for Chalamet. <\/p>\n \n\tMarty Supreme is playing best on the East and West with close to half the gross coming from those regions versus a norm of 39% compared to all other films in the marketplace.\u00a0Overperforming cities are NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, DC, Boston, Toronto and more. The trajectory is showing that this Josh Safdie directed movie is playing more broadly than an art film. Regal Union Square is currently the top-grossing multiplex in the nation for the pic with close to $74k.<\/p>\n \n\tFourth is a bit of a fight between Lionsgate\u2019s The Housemaid holding in with a 3-day of $14.75M (4-day of $18.2M), after a Friday of $5.2M, and Sony\u2019s Anaconda, which is sneaking up behind with a 3-day of $14.4M, 4-day of $23.5M, after a $5M Friday as well at 3,509 theaters. The 4-day start on the year\u2019s previous most prolific comedy Naked Gun was $18.4M. Very good start here for Anaconda especially in regards to its budget of net $45M (Marty Supreme cost $65M before P&A).<\/p>\n \n\tAnaconda is playing best in South Central, Midwest, Mountain and West. The studio has some PLF screens. AMC Burbank is the leading location with just over $34K. General audiences showed up at 88% while parents arrived with kids under 12, respectively at 10% and 3%. Kids give it 5 stars, parents 4 stars. Largely mom leaning at 57%, but in overall general audience, guys outnumber women, 53% to 47%. Massive walk-up with 74% buying their tickets same day, but an alright definite recommend of 54%. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tAnaconda\u2018s social media was propelled by Jack Black\u2019s 48.7M fans along with Selton Melo\u2019s 9.9M, however, Paul Rudd is off the grid. Social media analytics corp RelishMix says, \u201cConvo runs positive for\u00a0Anaconda\u00a0when the crowd leans into self-awareness and comedy as the point, not the apology. There\u2019s a clear pocket of viewers clocking the film as a deliberate tonal pivot, closer to\u00a0Tropic Thunder, Jumanji, or Be Kind Rewind\u00a0than creature-feature horror. These comments frame the cast as a feature, not a flaw, treating Black and Rudd as genre translators rather than sacred-cow desecrators. Nostalgia works when it\u2019s playful, not reverent, and that\u2019s where enthusiasm clusters. Humor-forward fans applaud the meta energy, soundtrack drops, and Christmas counter-programming angle. \u2018Anaconda\u00a0meets\u00a0Tropic Thunder!!! I love it!\u2019 and \u2018Whoever thought of making\u00a0Anaconda\u00a0comedy action genius move!\u2019 anchor this side of the conversation, often comparing it favorably to the original\u2019s camp reputation rather than its scares.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tBut most influential form of advertising for Anaconda? Twenty-nine percent say it was the in-theater trailer. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tHugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in \u2018Song Sung Blue\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features<\/p>\n \n\tFocus Features\u2019 Song Sung Blue at 2,587 theaters is seeing $2.66M on Friday, $7.6M for the 3-day and $12M for the 4-day. Rotten Tomatoes audience score is super at 98% certified fresh. Net production cost for the Craig Brewer directed title is $30M. The social media universe for the Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman movie counts 128M, which is under A Complete Unknown\u2018s 187.4M. Still, there\u2019s Jackman pushing the pic to his 80.5M followers and Hudson to her 23.1M.<\/p>\n \n\tOf those heading to Song Sung Blue, 61% were women, 94% over 25. Major older-skewing with a massive 48% over 55, and 76% over 45 and 86% Caucasian. Narrow audience, but a very good 67% definite recommend with 94% positive and 5 stars. Where did they catch ads? Twenty-one percent said the in-theater trailer spurred them the most to go, followed by friends and family (21%) and TV spots on linear networks (13%). Married couples repped 42% of attendance (versus 19% with Marty Supreme and 25% for Anaconda). Again, walk-up business season is in full swing with 64% purchasing their tickets the same day. <\/p>\n \n\tObserves RelishMix: \u201cConvo on\u00a0Song Sung Blue\u00a0lands strongest with audiences craving warmth, nostalgia, and communal musical comfort. The positive thread treats this less as prestige cinema and more as a feel-good jukebox experience, repeatedly framing schmaltz as intentional and welcome. Jackman\u2019s musical credibility is defended through comparisons to The Greatest Showman and earlier stage-forward performances, while Neil Diamond\u2019s catalog is viewed as emotional shorthand that does the heavy lifting. Fans lean into sing-along energy, cross-generational memory, and sincerity over subtlety, positioning the film as counter-programming to darker or more ironic releases. The tone here is knowingly corny but emotionally confident. \u2018I think we all need a movie like this right now,\u2019 and \u2018Cheesy but also brilliant and heartfelt, perfect for Neil Diamond,\u2019 neatly capture the pro argument.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tComing up low on the limited side is Searchlight\u2019s The Testament of Ann Lee starring Amanda Seyfried as the saucy Shaker religion founder and directed by The Brutalist producer and co-scribe Mona Fastvold with $23K on Friday, 3-day of $62K ($15,5K theater average) and running cume of $132K at four theaters in NYC and LA. Soft ticket sales. Critics give it an 89% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. <\/p>\n Weekend estimates as of Saturday AM:<\/p>\n Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th) 3,800 theaters, Fri $22.6M (-38%), 3-day $60M (-33%), Total $213.7M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n Zootopia 2 (Dis) 3,370 theaters, Fri $6.7M (+66%), 3-day $19M-$20M (+35%), Total $321.3M\/Wk 5<\/p>\n Marty Supreme (A24) 2,668 (+2,662) theaters, Fri $6.7M (+1644%), 3-day $16M-$17M (+1786%), Total $25M-$27M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t4. The Housemaid (LG) 3,042 (+27) theaters, Fri $5.2M (-34%), 3-day $14.75M (-22%), Total $45.8M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t5.Anaconda (Sony) 3,509 theaters, Fri $5.4M, 3-day $14.4M, Total $22M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n \n\t6. David (Angel) 2,867 (-251) theaters, Fri $4.7M (-51%), 3-day $13.5M (-39%), Total $50.5M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t7. \u00a0SpongeBob Movie..(Par) 3,570 (+13) theaters, Fri $3.84M (+20%), 3-day $11.45M (-27%), Total $38.4M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n \n\t8. Song Sung Blue (Foc) 2,587 theaters, Fri $2.66M, 3-day $7.65M, Total $12M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n \n\t9. Wicked: For Good (Uni) 2,008 (-905) theaters, Fri $1.85M (+45%), 3-day $4.75M (-2%), Total $331.3M\/Wk 6<\/p>\n \n\t10. 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A nice uptick here before the movie hits PVOD on Dec. 30. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n