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Long Range Forecast – December 25, 2025
Anaconda Sony
Domestic opening weekend range: $20 million – $30 million
One of three new releases coming to theaters on Christmas Day 2025, this is a remake of the 90s cult horror classic Anaconda Leans more towards comedy than the first film, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd in the lead roles.
by opening Anaconda Over Christmas weekend, Sony is taking a closer look at its release strategy for 2017 JumanjiThe remake of an iconic 90s film co-starring Jack Black is also hilarious. The holiday release worked well Jumanjiwhich made $36.1 million in its three-day opening weekend and $71.9 million in its five-day period from Wednesday to Monday; After two years, Jumanji: The Next Level would go on to get even bigger, debuting to $59.2 million the weekend before Christmas.
apart from both Jumanji movies, Anaconda There aren’t too many direct comps, as these days Christmas weekend releases tend to be either historical dramas (boys in boat, ferrari, contingency, 1917) or musical/musical biopics (a complete unknown, purple color, Whitney Houston: I wanna dance with somebody, the greatest showmanOur three-day opening range of $20 million – $30 million, amid a Christmas Day release Anaconda puts it roughly with 2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ($27.6 million), last year Nosferatu ($21.6 million), and 2021 sing 2 ($22.3 million).
when first Jumanji Christmas weekend opened to $36.1M (three-day) in 2017, making it the second weekend Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last JediWhich opened to $220 million and fell -67.5% from its second year frame. Anaconda The competition will start from the second weekend of Avatar: Fire and AshesFor which our forecast has decreased from last week’s $135M – $165M to $100M – $130M. zootopia 2 Tracking drops from $90 million to $120 million (three-day) five nights at freddys 2 Decreased to $25M – $40M.
Tracking Update (as of 11/21)
| release date | Topic | estimated opening range | distributor |
| 11/21 | Sisu: Path of Revenge | $4M – $6M | Sony |
| 11/21 | Wicked: for good | $145 million – $175 million | universal |
| 11/21 | rental family | $3 million – $5 million | Searchlight Pictures / Disney |
| 11/26 | zootopia 2 | $90 million – $120 million (3-days) | disney |
| 12/5 | five nights at freddys 2 | $25 million – $40 million | universal |
| 12/12 | Ella McKay | $3 million – $5 million | 20th Century Studios/Disney |
| 12/12 | Hamnett (Expansion) | $3 million – $5 million | Focus Features / Universal |
| 12/19 | david | $15 million – $20 million | Angel Studio |
| 12/19 | The SpongeBob Movie: Find Squarepants | $25 million – $35 million | of great quality |
| 12/19 | home maid | $25 million – $35 million | lionsgate |
| 12/19 | Avatar: Fire and Ashes | $100 million – $130 million | 20th Century Studios/Disney |
| 12/25 | Anaconda | $20M – $30M | Sony |
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