2025 was a big year for movies.
In an era where superhero fatigue is at an all-time high, the box office still saw several success stories. Four films grossed over $1 billion worldwide, with an additional ten bringing in over $500 million.
As we get ready to start the 2026 movie year in earnest, let’s take one last look back at 2025. Here are the 20 biggest box office hits of 2025, ranked from lowest to highest worldwide earnings.
Superman
- Worldwide: $616,823,803
- Domestic: $354,223,803
Yes, superhero fatigue is real, but Superman did enough to entice viewers to check out James Gunn’s big-screen D.C. Comics debut.
F1: The Movie
- Worldwide: $631,742,436
- Domestic: $189,642,436
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of F1 as a sport, Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski brings his talents to one of 2025’s most entertaining movies.
How to Train Your Dragon
- Worldwide: $636,351,148
- Domestic: $262,958,100
Live-action remakes of animated movies are still going strong, as evidenced by the 2025 remake of the classic DreamWorks animated film.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- Worldwide: $722,642,598
- Domestic: $134,519,077
It was a big year for anime at the box office, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle rode its impressive overseas box office results to outgross every MCU movie from 2025.
Jurassic World: Rebirth
- Worldwide: $869,146,189
- Domestic: $339,640,400
Say what you want about the current state of the Jurassic Park franchise. The movies may not be any good, but they sure do make a lot of money.
A Minecraft Movie
- Worldwide: $958,287,780
- Domestic: $424,087,780
To be honest, I’m surprised A Minecraft Movie didn’t gross over $1 billion at the box office. It did prove, however, that there’s plenty of room for great video game movies to do well that aren’t Super Mario.
Lilo & Stitch
- Worldwide: $1,038,027,526
- Domestic: $423,778,855
Just when you thought the Disney well of live-action remakes was running dry, Lilo & Stitch proves that there’s still plenty of meat on that bone.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Worldwide: $1,323,440,888
- Domestic: $368,140,888
The Avatar series simply can’t be stopped. Fire and Ash may not have done well at the domestic box office, but it generated nearly $1 billion at the foreign box office alone.
Zootopia 2
- Worldwide: $1,707,377,822
- Domestic: $394,077,822
Speaking of doing well at the foreign box office, Zootopia 2‘s foreign gross beat out nearly every other movie’s worldwide box office return of 2025. Was it Disney’s best animated film? No, but it proves that families will still come out to the movies.
Ne Zha 2
- Worldwide: $2,259,822,417
- Domestic: $23,308
The sequel to the 2019 smash hit Ne Zha, Ne Zha 2 is a Chinese animated film that was a box office giant in 2025. It’s more than the biggest box office hit of 2025; it’s also one of the top-grossing movies of all time.
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