Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | January 19, 2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple had a great release gimmick. It premiered 28 weeks after its predecessor. Critics really dug Nia DaCosta’s follow-up, featuring Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell, but mid-January release dates are typically bad news. Sadly, despite great reviews and the word-of-mouth to match, The Bone Temple was, well, boned. It debuted at number two with only $13 million from 3,506 theatres. That’s about $320,000 less than Avatar: Fire and Ash made in its fifth week of release. The empty dump months of January and February do give it good wriggle-room for a slow-burn release should Sony allow it one. Seriously, go see it. There’s one scene that HAS to be viewed on a big screen.
Speaking of Avatar, the third instalment is now at $1.32 billion worldwide. That’s about three times its reported budget of $400 million. Is it a big enough hit for Disney to greenlight the fourth and fifth movies James Cameron is still eager to make?
As Timothee Chalamet became the Best Actor frontrunner in the Oscar race, Marty Supreme raced to a $79.6 million gross. That makes it the highest-grossing domestic hit in A24 history. Timmy is a hitmaker.
On the topic of the awards race: following the Golden Globes and with the Oscar nominations being announced this Thursday, we’re starting to see some of the major contenders expand their runs to coincide with hopeful glory. Hamnet added 486 theatres to its run and brought in $1.31 million (120% up from last week); Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice made $2.23 million; The Testament of Ann Lee grossed a $12,000 average from 28 cinemas. Next Sunday, I guarantee we’ll see bigger numbers for most of these films and more.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring got a cinematic re-release, because why not, and Hobbits nationwide left their cozy homes to see it, bringing in $3.49 million from 1,686 locations. Another unexpected re-release, DreamWorks’ Madagascar, scared up $406,000 from 1,083 theatres.
All You Need Is Kill is a light novel and manga series that was the basis for the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow. It’s also now an anime movie (Emily Blunt’s biceps are, alas, absent from this one.) GKIDS put it in 765 locations and it made $431,839.
In other release news: Horror film Night Patrol earned $255,000; Jodie Foster’s French language movie debut, A Private Life, grossed $70,485; and the German drama Sound of Falling took in $11,895.
This coming week sees the release of Chris Pratt vs. AI in Mercy, the horror sequel-slash-reboot Return to Silent Hill, and the true-life drama H is for Hawk.
You can check out the rest of the weekend box office numbers here.
