Avatar\u2019s latest sequel is on fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d extinguished its competition and was No. 1 in theaters on Friday during its opener, raking in $36.5 million,\u00a0according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d is the third installment in the James Cameron franchise. \u00a920th Century Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n The third installment in the \u201cAvatar\u201d franchise \u2014 which\u00a0The Post called<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe weakest of James Cameron\u2019s trio\u201d \u2014 is expected to take in\u00a0up to $95 million<\/a>\u00a0at the domestic box office this weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cDavid\u201d is based on the Old Testament\u2019s King of Israel, who defeated Goliath. imdb<\/p>\n In second place was the biblical animated musical \u201cDavid\u201d \u2014 based on the Old Testament\u2019s King of Israel who defeated Goliath, the giant Philistine \u2014 with $9.6 million in revenue.<\/p>\n The psychological thriller \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, came in third, with sales of $8 million on its opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sydney Sweeney plays a live-in maid for an affluent couple in \u201cThe Housemaid.\u201d AP<\/p>\n