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China box office up 22% in 2025 as animation rules

Four animations were in the top 10, capturing a 42.5% market share between them.

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UK-Ireland December 2025 box office down 10% on 2024

‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ leads for December, but the film is tracking behind 2024’s ’The Way Of Water’.

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Imax scores record $1.28bn global box office take for 2025

A big jump in grosses from local language films helped drive the record year.

Back To The Past

‘Back To The Past’ opens big in Hong Kong but overall box office falls 16% in 2025

Set in both the ancient past and modern day, the film is a follow-up to the 2001 popular TV drama series ’A Step Into The Past’.

'Avatar: Fire & Ash', 'The Housemaid', 'Marty Supreme'

‘Avatar 3’ holds top spot at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Housemaid’, ‘Marty Supreme’ impress

’Anaconda’, ‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Song Sung Blue’ also launched.

'Avatar: Fire And Ash', 'The Housemaid'

‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ passes $1bn as global box office leader; ‘The Housemaid’ expands with $42.3m session

James Cameron’s sequel was down a modest 30% for its third weekend on global release for Disney.

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North American box office hits $8.87bn for 2025, up 1.5% on disappointing 2024

The tally is short of the $9bn widely predicted for the uneven year.

'Avatar: Fire And Ash'

‘Avatar 3’ soars to $218m at North American box office, ‘Marty Supreme’ hits $28.3m

’The Testament Of Ann Lee’ opens on $111,000 exclusively in 70mm in four locations

Avatar: Fire And Ash

Walt Disney Studios crosses $6bn at 2025 global box office as ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ nears $550m

China is top territory outside North America for James Cameron’s sci-fi tentpole on $75.8m. UK has produced $19.7m.

'The Housemaid', 'The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie: Search For Squarepants'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Housemaid’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ lead festive releases

‘Sentimental Value’ ,‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Anaconda’ are also coming to cinemas.

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‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ heats up UK-Ireland box office with £9m opening

’Zootropolis 2’, ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ’Dhurandhar’ lead among holdovers.

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‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ scores $345m debut at global box office; ‘Zootopia 2’ posts solid hold

’Fire And Ash’ provided the biggest opening of 2025 in France, Germany, Spain, South Korea and many smaller markets.

'Avatar: Fire And Ash'

‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ leads North American box office with $88m debut

‘Marty Supreme’ opens to highest per-screen-average by a limited release since La La Land in 2016; ’David’ breaks records.

Avatar: Fire And Ash

‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ soars past $55m in first two days at global box office

Tentpole projected to open in of $340m-$380m this weekend.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ to light up 677 cinemas for Disney

Only two other films are releasing this weekend as cinemas make way for James Cameron’s epic.

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Local films soar to record 40% share at Danish box office in 2025

3.7m tickets sold for Danish films – the highest level in a decade.

Sirat

“This film will blow your mind”: How ‘Sirat’ distributors built an arthouse hit in Spain and France

The marketing campaigns embraced that the film is not a traditional crowd-pleaser.