Avatar: Fire and Ash” ignited with $88 million in its domestic box office debut. It’s a decent start, albeit a significant decline from the opening weekend of 2022’s sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” with $134 million.

The success of James Cameron's fantasy threequel marks the fifth major weekend in a row at the domestic box office.

When it comes to an Avatar movie, it’s always about their tail at the domestic and global box office. That’s not just because of their runtimes, but also how they launch in the pre-Christmas corridor and find their gas throughout the year-end holiday stretch into January.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has proven itself the best movie in James Cameron's sci-fi film franchise with its new ideas, themes, and character developments.

Avatar: Fire and Ash is projected to have a strong opening weekend, with The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SquarePants and The Housemaid rounding out the top three, while Now You See Me, Now You Don't is a fun and entertaining ride for fans of magic and heist movies.

James Cameron made waves with recent comments suggesting Avatar: Fire and Ash could be the final installment of the planned five-film franchise, depending on its box office performance. Cameron, along with Sam Worthington,

James Cameron has been plotting out his Avatar films for years, but a major part of Fire & Ash was at the suggestion of one of the stars.

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" extinguished its competition and was No. 1 in theaters on Friday, its opener, raking in $36.5 million.