James Cameron's threequel achieved the milestone Saturday at the New Year weekend box office, while other notable holiday victors include 'Zootopia 2,' sleeper hit 'The Housemaid' and Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has quietly tripled its budget, becoming one of the 20 biggest hits in international box office history. Read on for more.

Cameron has Avatar 4 and 5 planned (and some bits partially filmed) for if Fire and Ash does well enough, but as one of the most expensive movies ever made – the budget is thought to be between $350-400 million (£260-298m) – it has to make an awful lot of money.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has now grossed $1.231 billion globally after four weekends in theaters, with Zootopia 2 up to $1.655 billion worldwide after six weekends.

New entries are Paramount's horror 'Primate' ($11.3 million in ticket sales) and Lionsgate’s 'Greenland 2: Migration' ($8.5 million in ticket sales).

Can “ 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ” claw to the top of the domestic box office, or will James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” rule for the fifth consecutive weekend?

After four weekends in theaters, Avatar: Fire and Ash has reached $1.231 billion globally, according to industry box office data. The film added $21.3 million in North America and $65.6 million overseas over the latest weekend. International markets continue to dominate its earnings.

Avatar: Fire and Ash, the latest in James Cameron’s epic sci-fi fantasy, has overtaken the greatest James Bond movie at the global box office.

Avatar: Fire and Ash has already crossed $1 billion worldwide after three weekends in theaters. But does the film also send viewers searching for the ‘real’ Ash People?

James Cameron’s Avatar 3 also emerged as the 80th all-time highest-grossing film at the North American box office after surpassing Wicked: For Good. Sam Worthington starrer Avatar: Fire and Ash was released on December 19.