Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash held their positions atop the Czech box office over the weekend, marking continued dominance for the two Disney releases. Despite bigger drops than they have seen in recent weeks, Zootopia 2 hauled in CZK 5.26 million to bring its 11-week total to just under CZK 150 million ($7.4 million), while Avatar: Fire and Ash added CZK 4.28 million to its eight-week total of CZK 180 million ($8.9 million).
An unlikely contender challenged the two blockbusters, however: Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience, a concert film featuring the South Korean boy band Stray Kids which came in third with CZK 4.16 million, just a hair under the Avatar sequel. Given the front-loaded nature of most films of this type, it’s unlikely to challenge the Disney releases next weekend.
But after months of dominance, a new title may finally top the charts next weekend with the release of Wuthering Heights and Goat, a basketball-themed animated film that brought in CZK 619,000 from limited preview screenings over the weekend to chart 12th a week ahead of its official release.
That was enough to beat out this week’s big releases, which included the horror movie Whistle, which earned CZK 598,000 to debut in 13th, and the Jason Statham vehicle Shelter, which opened at 15th with CZK 423,000. Chimp-themed horror feature Primate, which performed reasonably well in the States during its holiday release, didn’t even manage to crack the top 20 in its Czech debut.
Among other new releases, Charlie the Wonderdog, a Canadian animated film featuring the voice of Owen Wilson, opened in 11th place with CZK 933,000. It’s screening locally only in a Czech-dubbed version. Momo, a German-produced (but English-language) family film also screening locally exclusively in a Czech dub, took in CZK 570,000 to debut in 14th.
| # | Title | Week | Gross | Change | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zootopia 2 | 11 | 5.26m | -39.9% | 148.49m |
| 2 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | 8 | 4.28m | -36.2% | 179.78m |
| 3 | Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience | 1 | 4.16m | — | 4.16m |
| 4 | Dream Team | 6 | 2.29m | -15.0% | 28.99m |
| 5 | Princezna stokrát jinak | 2 | 1.95m | -56.6% | 7.54m |
| 6 | The Housemaid | 4 | 1.60m | -29.2% | 13.46m |
| 7 | Pets on a Train | 2 | 1.52m | -52.5% | 5.12m |
| 8 | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | 7 | 1.35m | -37.6% | 24.55m |
| 9 | Nuremburg | 4 | 1.34m | -32.8% | 10.96m |
| 10 | Šviháci | 3 | 1.03m | -41.7% | 7.88m |
| 11 | Charlie the Wonderdog | 1 | 933k | — | 933k |
| 12 | Goat | – | 619k | — | 619k |
| 13 | Whistle | 1 | 598k | — | 598k |
| 14 | Momo | 1 | 570k | — | 570k |
| 15 | Shelter | 1 | 423k | — | 423k |
| 16 | Marty Supreme | 6 | 356k | -36.4% | 8.34m |
| 17 | Hamnet | 3 | 351k | -37.5% | 2.74m |
| 18 | La Grazia | 2 | 336k | -39.4% | 1.48m |
| 19 | Return to Silent Hill | 3 | 326k | -66.1% | 3.64m |
| 20 | Sentimental Value | 5 | 316k | -18.6% | 4.00m |
