This is a list of films that ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2025.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Mufasa: The Lion King $23,461,633 Mufasa: The Lion King reached the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. 2 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera $15,022,909 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera became the first film from Lionsgate to top the box office since The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in 2023. 3 Mufasa: The Lion King $12,055,589 Mufasa: The Lion King reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, making it the first film since Deadpool & Wolverine to top the box office in its fifth weekend. Initial estimates had One of Them Days ahead of Mufasa: The Lion King. 4 Flight Risk $11,583,488 5 Dog Man $36,001,940 6 $13,807,775 7 Captain America: Brave New World $88,842,603 8 $28,170,093 9 $14,850,888 Captain America: Brave New World became the first film of 2025 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 10 Mickey 17 $19,002,852 11 Novocaine $8,809,436 12 Snow White $42,206,415 13 A Working Man $15,510,312 14 A Minecraft Movie † $162,753,003 A Minecraft Movie broke The Super Mario Bros. Movies record ($146.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation. It had the highest weekend debut of 2025. 15 $78,503,124 A Minecraft Movie had the biggest second weekend for a film since Inside Out 2 ($101.2 million). In second place, The King of Kings $19.4 million opening weekend broke The Prince of Egypts record ($14 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated biblical film. 16 Sinners $48,007,468 Sinners had the highest opening weekend for an original film since Nope ($43.6 million) in 2022. 17 $45,708,664 Sinners -5% drop broke Get Outs record (-19.5%) for the smallest second-weekend drop for a horror film. In second place, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Anniversary)s $25.4 million opening weekend had the highest weekend debut for a re-release since The Lion King (in 3D) ($30.1 million) in September 2011. 18 Thunderbolts* $74,300,608 19 $32,390,811 20 Final Destination Bloodlines $51,600,106 21 Lilo & Stitch $146,016,175 Lilo & Stitch broke Top Gun: Mavericks record ($126.7 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut. 22 $61,808,626 23 $32,362,543 Lilo & Stitch became the first film since Captain America: Brave New World to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 24 How to Train Your Dragon $84,633,315 25 $36,577,190 26 F1 $57,001,667 F1 broke Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobbys record ($47 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action motorsports film. It also broke Killers of the Flower Moons record ($23.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for an Apple Original Film. 27 Jurassic World Rebirth $92,016,065 28 Superman $125,021,735 29 $58,450,094 30 The Fantastic Four: First Steps $117,644,828 31 $38,695,752 32 Weapons $43,501,217 33 $24,457,003 34 KPop Demon Hunters $19,200,000 KPop Demon Hunters became the first film from Netflix to top the box office. 35 Weapons $10,471,712 Weapons reclaimed the #1 spot in its fourth weekend of release, making it the first film since Wonka to top the box office in its fourth weekend and for three nonconsecutive weekends. 36 The Conjuring: Last Rites $84,006,121 In second place, Hamiltons $10.1 million opening weekend broke Newsies: The Broadway Musicals weekend debut ($1.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Broadway stage capture feature film. 37 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle $70,611,098 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle broke Pokémon: The First Movies record ($31 million) for the highest weekend debut for an anime film as well as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Trains record ($21.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a foreign language film. 38 $17,303,707 39 One Battle After Another $22,000,387 40 Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl $34,062,774 41 Tron: Ares $33,241,433 42 Black Phone 2 $27,332,040 43 Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc $18,030,883 44 Black Phone 2 $8,323,210 Black Phone 2 reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. Initial estimates had Regretting You ahead of Black Phone 2. 45 Predator: Badlands $40,016,853 46 Now You See Me: Now You Don't $21,013,793 47 Wicked: For Good $147,004,640 Wicked: For Good broke Wickeds record ($112.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a Broadway musical. 48 Zootopia 2 $100,262,540 Zootopia 2s worldwide opening weekend ($560.3 million) broke Moana 2s record ($386.3 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film. Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2 became the first two films since Wicked and Moana 2 in 2024 to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends. 49 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 $64,007,430 50 Zootopia 2 $25,880,118 Zootopia 2 reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. It also broke Inside Out 2s record (19 days) for the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 17 days. 51 Avatar: Fire and Ash $89,160,860 In second place, Davids $22 million opening weekend broke The King of Kings record ($19.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated biblical film. 52 $63,087,667
Highest-grossing films
Calendar gross Highest-grossing films of 2025 by Calendar Gross RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Domestic Gross1.A Minecraft Movie Warner Bros. Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge Jared Hess$423,949,1952.Lilo & Stitch Disney Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and Maia Kealoha Dean Fleischer Camp$423,778,8553.Superman Warner Bros. David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, and Isabela Merced James Gunn$354,184,4654.Jurassic World Rebirth Universal Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Ed Skrein Gareth Edwards$339,640,4005.Zootopia 2 Disney voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, Jenny Slate, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo Jared Bush, Byron Howard$337,903,1556.Wicked: For Good Universal Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum Jon M. Chu$335,438,6757.Sinners Warner Bros. Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo Ryan Coogler$279,653,537 8.The Fantastic Four: First Steps Disney Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson Matt Shakman $274,286,6109.How to Train Your Dragon Universal Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, Ruth Codd, Naomi Wirthner, Nick Frost, and Gerard Butler Dean DeBlois $262,958,10010.Avatar: Fire and Ash 20th Century Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet James Cameron $250,353,869
In-Year Release +Highest-grossing films of 2025 by In-year releaseRankTitleDistributorDomestic gross 1. Zootopia 2 Disney $428,130,160 2. A Minecraft Movie Warner Bros. $424,087,780 3. Lilo & Stitch Disney $423,778,855 4. Avatar: Fire and Ash 20th Century $404,340,010 5. Superman Warner Bros. $354,184,465 6. Wicked: For Good Universal $342,915,090 7. Jurassic World Rebirth $339,640,400 8. Sinners Warner Bros. $279,653,537 9. The Fantastic Four: First Steps Disney $274,286,610 10. How to Train Your Dragon Universal $262,958,100
+ Highest-grossing films by MPA rating of 2025 G Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie PG Zootopia 2 PG-13 Avatar: Fire and Ash R Sinners
See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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