#1 of 3 #1 thriller movie of Week 51, 2025
2025 · Action, Adventure
$1.5B worldwide · 79% of the chart's total
$404.3M US & Canada · 27% $1.1B elsewhere · 73%
Thriller box office · Week 51 · Dec 14–20, 2025
Thriller Box Office, Week 51 of 2025: Thriller Releases of Dec 14–20
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20), with $1.5B worldwide, ahead of The Housemaid (2025) at $400.5M and Devil's Play (2025) at $38K. 3 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.9B in all, 28% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 2 crossed $100 million. That is 1107 times the total of Week 50, 2025, whose releases took $1.7M.
- week 51 releases with a gross
- 3
- combined worldwide
- $1.9B
- films crossed $100M
- 2
- vs Week 50, 2025
- ×1107
#1 of 3 Top 3
What Were the Biggest Thriller Hits of Week 51 of 2025?
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) leads with $1.5B, 79% of the total. The top 3 together took $1.9B, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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The chart
Every Thriller Release of Week 51 of 2025, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20).
- 1 Dec 19, 2025 US and Canada: $404.3M Rest of the world: $1.1B Worldwide: $1.5B
- 2 Dec 19, 2025 US and Canada: $126.4M Rest of the world: $274.1M Worldwide: $400.5M
- 3 Dec 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 51 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 51 releases took $1.9B. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51 (Dec 14–20) with $1.9B, led by Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
- Week 45 Wk 45 Nov 2–8 Predator: Badlands (2025) $268.1M Predator: Badlands (2025)
- Week 46 Wk 46 Nov 9–15 Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) $316.4M Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
- Week 47 Wk 47 Nov 16–22 Reawakening (2025) $61.2K Reawakening (2025)
- Week 48 Wk 48 Nov 23–29 The Secret Agent (2025) $19.5M The Secret Agent (2025)
- Week 49 Wk 49 Nov 30–Dec 6 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) $252.3M Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
- Week 50 Wk 50 Dec 7–13 Dust Bunny (2025) $1.7M Dust Bunny (2025)
- Week 51 Wk 51 Dec 14–20 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) $1.9B Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
- Week 52 Wk 52 Dec 21–27 No Other Choice (2025) $40.9M No Other Choice (2025)
- Week 53 Wk 53 Dec 28–31 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
Earlier years
How Does Week 51 of 2025 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 51, 2022 earned the most: $2.3B from 2 films, led by Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Week 51, 2025 took $1.9B.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 51, 2016 Dec 11–17 6 films | 6 | $26.9M | – | Solace (2016) $22.4M |
| Week 51, 2017 Dec 17–23 5 films · +948% | 5 | $282.2M | +948% | The Post (2017) $193.8M |
| Week 51, 2018 Dec 16–22 6 films · −97% | 6 | $9.4M | −97% | K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018) $6.4M |
| Week 51, 2019 Dec 15–21 7 films · +600% | 7 | $65.6M | +600% | Ashfall (2019) $61.4M |
| Week 51, 2020 Dec 13–19 5 films · −9% | 5 | $59.5M | −9% | Greenland (2020) $52.3M |
| Week 51, 2021 Dec 12–18 4 films · −85% | 4 | $9M | −85% | Fireflies in the Sun (2021) $5.6M |
| Week 51, 2022 Dec 11–17 2 films · +25862% | 2 | $2.3B | +25862% | Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) $2.3B |
| Week 51, 2023 Dec 17–23 3 films · −99% | 3 | $14.1M | −99% | Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023) $12M |
| Week 51, 2024 Dec 15–21 7 films · +685% | 7 | $110.3M | +685% | The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024) $85.9M |
| Week 51, 2025 Dec 14–20 3 films · +1610% | 3 | $1.9B | +1610% | Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) $1.5B |
Archive
Thriller Box Office in 2025, Week by Week
52 weeks of 2025 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 51 (Dec 14–20) with $1.9B, led by Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
- Week 1 $1.1M
- Week 2 $65.7M
- Week 3 $14M
- Week 4 $53.4M
- Week 5 $41.1M
- Week 6 $17.1M
- Week 7 $357.4K
- Week 8 $7.3M
- Week 9 $24.8M
- Week 10 $2.6M
- Week 11 $80.7M
- Week 12 $7.1M
- Week 13 $147.1M
- Week 14 $660.2K
- Week 15 $129.6M
- Week 16 $373.2M
- Week 17 $119.4M
- Week 18 $11.8M
- Week 19 $6.1M
- Week 20 $8.6M
- Week 21 $600.2M
- Week 22 $43.5M
- Week 23 $160.2M
- Week 24 $3.9M
- Week 25 $154.4M
- Week 26 $39.3M
- Week 27 $871.9M
- Week 28 $188.2K
- Week 29 $1.2M
- Week 30 $1.9M
- Week 31 $91.1K
- Week 32 $452K
- Week 33 $58.8M
- Week 34 $12.2M
- Week 35 $33.3M
- Week 36 $499.3M
- Week 37 $793.7M
- Week 38 $274.6M
- Week 39 $223.7M
- Week 40 $13.3M
- Week 41 $9.6M
- Week 42 $20.8M
- Week 43 $123.7K
- Week 44 $1.5M
- Week 45 $268.1M
- Week 46 $316.4M
- Week 47 $61.2K
- Week 48 $19.5M
- Week 49 $252.3M
- Week 50 $1.7M
- Week 51 $1.9B
- Week 52 $40.9M
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Thriller Box Office Week 51 of 2025: Questions & Answers
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing thriller movie in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20)?
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) leads with $1.5B worldwide, $404.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Housemaid (2025) at $400.5M and Devil's Play (2025) at $38K.
How much did thriller movies released in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20) earn?
3 thriller films released in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20) report a worldwide gross, $1.9B in all, or $628.8M per film on average. Week 50, 2025 releases took $1.7M.
How many thriller movies released in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20) made $1 billion?
1 film crossed $1 billion worldwide: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). 2 crossed $100 million.
How is the week 51, 2025 thriller box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 51 of 2025 (Dec 14–20). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
How often is the week 51, 2025 thriller box office chart updated?
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.