Sci Fi Movies This Week: Weekly column racking what is coming in the current week in the way of sci fi, fantasy, and horror releases as well as news on genre films.
Premiering This Week:
This week brings two genre entries to the theaters in wide release: the post-apocalyptic Greenland 2: The Migration and the horror film Primate. In limited release is the spooky entry Sleepwalker (which is also available On Demand) as well as the indie films OBEX and Starbright (both also available VOD/Demand). Also getting a limited release in a return engagement is 1986’s fantasy classic Labyrinth which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Coming to streaming this week is TRON: Ares which will be available on Disney+. And coming to VOD/On Demand is Predator: Badlands and the indie film Space/Time. You can see all the premieres for January and beyond at our Sci Fi Movie Schedule page. (Primary Source: MovieInsider.com)
Greenland 2: The Migration (In Theaters, Jan 9): In the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the earth, Greenland 2: Migration follows the Garrity family as they’re forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home.
Directed by: Brandon Auman
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah
Primate (In Theaters, Jan 9): A group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.
Directed by: Johannes Roberts
Starring: Nathan Samdahl, Victoria Wyant, Kevin McNally, Tienne Simon, Jessica Alexander, Charlie Mann
OBEX (On Demand, Jan 9): In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs.
Directed by: Albert Birney
Starring: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley
Sci Fi Movie News
Netflix has announced its 2026 slate of originals which includes the sci fi film War Machine starring Alan Ritchson (Jack Reacher). Following is the logline for that one:
During the final stage of US Army Ranger selection, an elite team’s training exercise turns into a fight for survival against an unimaginable threat.
That one is scheduled to premiere March 6, 2026 and below are several more original films of interest to sci fi and fantasy fans heading to Netflix this year (the release dates for those have not been set yet):
11817– A sci-fi thriller about a family trapped in their home.
In a Holidaze– A time-loop holiday film.
Narnia– Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the C.S. Lewis classic. Releases Dec 2026
Ray Gunn– Animated film from Brad Bird.
Swapped– An animated body-swap comedy voiced by Michael B. Jordan.
Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected the revised buyout offer from Paramount and will stick with the offer presented by Netflix at this point. If the deal with that streamer does move forward, it will be interesting to see how that plays out seeing as they want a theatrical release window of only 17 days, and WBD has some pretty big films in the works including the DCU entries Supergirl, Clayface, and Man of Tomorrow.
Box Office Results
Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to dominate at the Box Office, holding on to the Number 1 slot for a third week in a row. That one has gone past $300K in domestic receipts and has passed $1 billion worldwide, making it the third film in that franchise to achieve that goal. Anaconda remains at a disappointing Number 5 for a second week in a row, though it still has a chance of turning a profit based on global ticket sales. We Bury The Dead had a limited release this past weekend, and it has pulled in a decent $2,135 per theater, so it may get expanded to more theaters.
Sci Fi and Fantasy Films in the Domestic Top 20 (U.S. and Canada):
| Rank | Prior | Title | Weekend Gross | Theaters | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
| 1 | 1 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | $41,419,407 | 3,835 | $10,800 | $307,677,102 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Anaconda | $10,007,604 | 3509 | $2,852 | $45,868,249 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | Wicked: For Good | $3,261,440 | 1885 | $1,730 | $339,881,165 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 | $2,686,065 | 1986 | $1,353 | $125,206,695 | 5 |
| 11 | – | We Bury the Dead | $2,502,075 | 1172 | $2,135 | $2,502,075 | 1 |
| 18 | 28 | Resurrection | $122,620 | 75 | $1,635 | $335,964 | 4 |
Recent Trailers
Redux Redux (In Theaters-Limited, February 20, 2026): In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer over and over again. She grows addicted to the revenge streak, putting her own humanity in jeopardy.
Directed by: Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus
Starring: Jim Cummings, Michaela McManus, Jeremy Holm, Stella Marcus
Be sure to follow our Sci Fi Movie Schedule page to keep up with all the upcoming genre releases.
