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by saidiontheside

2025 box office recap

Hello everyone,

Top 10 domestic of 2025:

  1. A Minecraft Movie – $424 million
  2. Lilo & Stitch – $423.8 million
  3. Superman – $ 354.1 million
  4. Jurassic World: Rebirth – $339.6 million
  5. Zootopia 2 – $338 million*
  6. Wicked: For Good – $335.4 million*
  7. Sinners – $279.6 million
  8. The Fantastic Four First Steps – $274.2 million
  9. How to Train Your Dragon – $263 million
  10. Avatar: Fire and Ash – $250.3 million*

(*- still in the top of the box office at the start of 2026)

Top 10 Worldwide of 2025:

  1. Ne Zha 2 – $2.2 BILLION
  2. Zootopia 2 – $1.6 BILLION*
  3. Avatar: Fire and Ash – $1.1 BILLION*
  4. Lilo & Stitch – $1.03 BILLION
  5. A Minecraft Movie – $958.1 million
  6. Jurassic World: Rebirth – $869.1 million
  7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle – $720.7 million
  8. How to Train Your Dragon – $636.4 million
  9. F1 – The Movie – $631.6 million
  10. Superman – $616.8 million

(*- still in the top of the box office at the start of 2026)

  • The total Domestic box office for 2025 is estimated at $8.87 million which equals 780 million people went to the movies.  That attendance is down from 2024s attendance of $820 million.  The higher total box office is attributed higher ticket prices.  Tickets were an average of $13.29 which is up 5.7% from 2024.  Premium format tickets were $17.69 which is up 4.9% from 2024.
  • The Global Box Office total is estimated at $33.5 BILLION which is 12% higher than 2024.  If you remove the $2 billion (made ONLY in China) for “Ne Zha 2” (some people are calling “a unique phenomenon”) it’s still up 8% from 2024.  International box office is up 12% from the previous year without China.  Including China, it’s up about 16%.
  • Walt Disney Studios made $6.5 billion at the global box office which is the highest any studio has made since the pandemic started.  Disney has 3 of the 4 BILLION DOLLAR movies of 2025.
  • China’s total box office was $7.47 billion in 2025 which is up 20% from the previous year but without the $2 billion “Ne Zha 2“, it’s DOWN from 2023 with $5.2 billion.  “Zootopia 2” just became the all-time highest box office for an American movie in China with $601.6 million (just slipped past “Avengers Endgame”).