Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Czech box office, Dec. 25-28: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ keeps lead over holiday weekend

Avatar: Fire and Ash suffered a modest 34.3 fall in its second weekend of release despite a suppressed box officer for most other films given the holidays, according to the latest data released by the Czech Union of Film Distributors. The blockbuster sequel added CZK 26.6 million to its haul of CZK 87.3 million since opening last weekend.

For the second week in a row, Zootopia 2 came in second after leading the Czech box office in its first three weekends of release. The massively popular Disney sequel fell 36.5 percent over the Christmas holidays to add CZK 7.4 million to its robust total of CZK 91.4 million.

New releases failed to make much of a splash over the holidays, with the family-friendly The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants faring best at CZK 4.75 million to come in third. The Nickelodeon sequel has grossed a total of CZK 6.2 million locally including last weekend’s preview screenings.

The Jack Black-Paul Rudd comedy Anaconda debuted to CZK 1.6 million to come in fourth. Mixed reviews and lackluster audience reception signal a weak horizon for the unusual Christmas debut. Still, it performed better than holiday-themed slasher reboot Silent Night, Deadly Night, which earned just CZK 457,000 to open in ninth despite surprisingly strong reviews.

Czech mountain rescue comedy Na horách earned a strong CZK 1.36 million in its fifth weekend of release, coming in fifth and bringing its total haul to CZK 19 million. In preview screenings, the sports-themed Czech comedy Dream Team took in an impressive CZK 1.28 million, a strong sign ahead of its wide release next weekend.

#TitleWeekGross (CZK)ChangeTotal (CZK)
1Avatar: Fire and Ash226.60m-34.3%87.33m
2Zootopia 257.42m-36.5%91.37m
3The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants14.75m+769.9%6.21m
4Anaconda11.61m1.61m
5Na horách51.36m-10.1%19.00m
6Dream Team1.28m1.36m
7Five Nights at Freddy’s 241.05m-53.9%20.14m
8Invincibles (Neporazitelní)6699k-53.9%15.40m
9Silent Night, Deadly Night1457k459k
10Now You See Me: Now You Don’t7288k-50.6%18.06m
11A Mouse Hunt for Christmas8266k-74.3%9.82m
12Wicked: For Good6128k-42.3%8.12m
13Alchemist Academy (Zrození alchymistky)5123k-78.8%4.46m
14Love, Actually (2003)10799k-45.0%4.62m
15Sentimental Value82k-17.4%763k
16The Physician 258k58k
17Sugar Candy (Cukrkandl)1055k-97.0%18.98m
18No Other Choice553k-50.6%1.79m
19The King of Kings344k-73.0%606k
20The Master and Margarita942k+70.9%938k

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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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