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Now playing below — a quick look at next weekend (12/19/25):

. 20th Century Studios’ PG-13 fantasy action adventure AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, from 20th Century Studios/Lightstorm Entertainment, is opening at about 3,800 theatres.

Directed, co-written & co-produced by James Cameron (TITANIC), it’s tracking best for first choice with men over 25 (14 points over norm). In the latest AVATAR episode, the conflict on Pandora escalates as a new moral focus arises.

The franchise’s previous episode, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, opened 12/16/2022 and did $584M domestic & $2.3B worldwide on a production budget of $350M.

. Paramount/Nickelodeon’s PG animated comedy adventure THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS is opening at about 3,500 theatres.

Directed by Derek Drymon (SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS series), it’s tracking best for first choice with men under 25 (one point over norm).

The franchise’s last episode, THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE, opened 11/19/04 and did $141.1M worldwide on a production budget of $30M.