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James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash continues its strong global performance, nearing $760.4M, with over $542.7M from international markets. The film experienced a small dip in its second weekend. Zootopia 2 has crossed $1.42 billion globally and is the first studio film of the year to cross $1 billion internationally. Other notable box office performances include the opening of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants, Wicked: For Good crossing $500M, and Anaconda debuting strongly internationally.

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Ignites Box Office, ‘Zootopia 2’ Soars Past $1 Billion Internationally

HOLLYWOOD (July 8, 2025) – Blockbusters continue to dominate the global box office, with James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash leading the charge. The highly anticipated threequel has amassed an estimated $760.4 million worldwide through Sunday, including an impressive $542.7 million from international markets. The film showed strong legs in its second weekend, dropping only 25% overseas (15% excluding China) and even seeing increases in several key markets. Fire and Ash is currently the No. 5 MPA global release of 2025, and the Avatar trio of movies have now collectively earned over $6 billion globally.

Meanwhile, Disney’s Zootopia 2 has reached a staggering $1.42 billion worldwide, with $1.0995 billion earned internationally. This makes Zootopia 2 the first studio movie of 2025 to cross $1 billion at the international box office. Z2 is also the top global release of 2025, the 3rd studio animated release ever worldwide and the highest-grossing Hollywood animated movie of all time internationally.

Other notable releases are also making waves. Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants opened to $22.1 million internationally. Universal’s Wicked: For Good has crossed the $500 million mark globally. Sony’s Anaconda, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, debuted to an impressive $20 million in overseas markets, marking the best international start for a comedy since 2013.

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