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\n Cara Delevingne as Laureline, doing a vulcan salute in Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsImage via STXfilms<\/p>\n
\n Cara Delevingne as Laureline, doing a vulcan salute in Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsImage via STXfilms<\/p>\n
Cornering the comedy niche at this weekend’s domestic box office, Sony’s Anaconda<\/a> delivered a top-five debut. It had intense competition, with Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a> continuing to exceed expectations in its second weekend, and The Housemaid<\/a> successfully satisfying its target audience. Additionally, this week saw the wide expansion of Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme<\/a>, which vastly exceeded expectations on the strength of a strong marketing push and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>‘s acclaimed central performance. Anaconda also had to deal with a sudden spike for the holdover blockbuster Zootopia 2<\/a>, which jumped to the number two spot in its fifth weekend of release. In the end, the meta-comedy secured the fifth spot on this weekend’s box office chart. <\/p>\n The movie, which follows two characters as they attempt to remake the 1997 Anaconda<\/a> and encounter grave danger in the Amazon, made a little less than $25 million in its four-day debut, having earned mixed reviews. Starring Jack Black<\/a> and Paul Rudd<\/a>, who’ve both proven their box office pull in recent years with A Minecraft Movie<\/a> and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire<\/a>, Anaconda is sitting at a 50% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “The premise might be ripe for a raucous action-comedy, but this meta reboot of Anaconda can’t detach its jaws wide enough to swallow so many conflicting tones.” In his review<\/a>, Collider’s Aidan Kelley<\/a> wrote that “Anaconda’s many pacing issues prevent it from being the cohesive love letter to a 1997 disasterpiece that it wants to be.”<\/p>\n ‘Anaconda’ Features an Eclectic Cast<\/p>\n The new Anaconda cost a reported $45 million to produce, which means that it’s on the path to profitability. In one extended weekend, the movie grossed over half of what the forgotten 2017 sci-fi bomb Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets<\/a> earned in its entire domestic run. Valerian cost more than $200 million to produce, and reportedly bankrupted director Luc Besson<\/a>‘s production banner EuropaCorp with its $40 million domestic haul. It’s the kind of movie that the protagonists of Anaconda might want to remake. Directed by Tom Gormican<\/a>, the movie also features Steve Zahn<\/a>, Thandiwe Newton<\/a>, Daniela Melchior<\/a>, and the Brazilian star Selton Mello<\/a>. You can watch Anaconda in theaters, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates. <\/p>\n Release Date<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 24, 2025<\/p>\n Runtime<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t99 minutes<\/p>\n Director<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Gormican<\/p>\n![\"01785174_poster_w780.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766960950_17_01785174_poster_w780.jpg\"\/)
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