‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ lights up the box office with $88 million opening

WALT DISNEY PICTURES, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, LIONSGATE, ANGEL STUDIOS, 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Moviegoers escaped into director James Cameron’s sci-fi universe this weekend, driving the third installment of the “Avatar” franchise to an estimated $88 million domestically. The opening was shy of analysts’ expectations that it could earn more than