‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer ‘Primate’ second

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avatar: Fire and Ash” kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.

The third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic brought in $21.3 million in North American theaters for The Walt Disney Co., according to studio estimates Sunday.

In total after four weeks, “Fire and Ash” has grossed $342.6 million in North America and $888 million in the rest of the world.