Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Czech box office, Dec. 18-21: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ erupts at the top of the local charts

Avatar: Fire and Ash took in a massive CZK 40.5 million (CZK 45.4 million, including previews) in its opening weekend to dominate the Czech box office, according to data from the Union of Film Distributors. That’s the fifth-high-grossing opening weekend in the country’s history, but a bit behind Avatar: The Way of Water‘s CZK 48.4 million opening in 2022, and also a tick behind A Minecraft Movie (CZK 43.6 million) for biggest debut of 2025.

The third Avatar film knocked Disney sequel Zootopia 2 down to second, but the animated film fell only 23.8 percent in its fourth weekend to bring in CZK 12 million and raise its hefty total to CZK 78.97 million. Horror sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 tumbled over 50 percent in its third weekend to finish third with CZK 2.28 million.

Local productions continue to perform well, with fairy tale Sugar Candy (Cukrkandl), para hockey drama Invincibles (Neporazitelní), and mountain rescue rom-com Na horách all topping CZK 1.5 million to come in fourth through sixth at the box office this weekend.

Few new released were scheduled to compete with the Avatar sequel. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants fared well in preview screenings, earning CZK 546,000 to finish 11th a week ahead of its official debut The Nickelodeon sequel is streaming locally in a Czech-dubbed version.

Wanted Santa (À la poursuite du Père Noël!), a French holiday family film, took in CZK 149,000 to finish 19th in its debut. The film, about a young girl’s search for Santa for help in dealing with a school bully, is screening locally only in a Czech-dubbed version.

In limited re-release, the 2003 Christmas classic Love, Actually earned CZK 179,000 to finish 17th in the charts this weekend. Czech audiences are getting in the mood for the holidays in a box office dominated by blockbusters and family films.

#TitleWeekGrossChangeTotal
1Avatar: Fire and Ash140.47m45.40m
2Zootopia 2411.69m-23.8%78.97m
3Five Nights at Freddy’s 232.28m-51.5%18.14m
4Sugar Candy (Cukrkandl)91.81m+530.0%18.85m
5Invincibles (Neporazitelní)51.52m+10.1%14.44m
6Na horách41.51m-37.2%17.14m
7A Mouse Hunt for Christmas71.07m+114.4%9.29m
8F126606k+527.7%109.43m
9Now You See Me: Now You Don’t6583k-32.4%17.63m
10Alchemist Academy (Zrození alchymistky)4577k-7.2%4.22m
11The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants1546k546k
12Franz13428k+3126.6%11.71m
13North (Reisen mot nord)6237k+18.4%3.57m
14Tales from the Magic Garden7229k+190.7%2.49m
15Wicked: For Good5222k-46.8%7.89m
16Mission Santa: Yoyo To The Rescue3195k-33.5%1.06m
17Love Actually (2003)179k+125.6%4.30m
18The King of Kings2162k-26.7%425k
19Wanted Santa (À la poursuite du Père Noël!)1149k149k
20No Other Choice4108k-37.6%1.71m

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Jason Pirodsky

Jason Pirodsky has been writing about the Prague film scene and reviewing films in print and online media since 2005. A member of the Online Film Critics Society, you can also catch his musings on life in Prague at expats.cz and tips on mindfulness sourced from ancient principles at MaArtial.com.

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