Local hits led by ‘Buen Camino’ help stabilise Italian box office in 2025
Released theatrically on December 25, Checco Zalone’s latest comedy hit Buen Camino grossed €36m in just seven days.
UK-Ireland box office rises 1% in 2025
It was the strongest post-pandemic year to date, thanks to the diversity of releases, but lacked a runaway box office hit.
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.
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’.
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’ 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 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’ 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.
Disney tops 2025 studio rankings with $6.58bn global box office take, Warner and Universal follow
Disney claims the biggest single-studio annual total since 2019.
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’ crosses $100m at China box office, global reaches $850m
James Cameron’s sci-fi epic reaches $33.0m in UK.
‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ hits $760m at global box office after strong hold; Italy’s ‘Buen Camino’ delivers Christmas smash
‘Anaconda’ opens in third place with $44m.
‘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
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.
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.
‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ heats up UK-Ireland box office with £9m opening
’Zootropolis 2’, ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ’Dhurandhar’ lead among holdovers.
‘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’ 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’ soars past $55m in first two days at global box office
Tentpole projected to open in of $340m-$380m this weekend.
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.
