2025 got off to an impressive start indeed! The domestic box office managed to gather a grand total of $42.9 million on New Year’s Day alone. Remarkably, this figure exceeded the earnings from each of the previous years – 2022, 2023, and 2024.
One major difference is the breadth of films currently doing well at the box office.
- Mufasa: The Lion King | $10.3M | 13 days
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $8.95M | 13 days
- Moana 2 | $5.1M | 36 days
- Nosferatu | $4.96M | 8 days
- Wicked | $4.6M | 41 days
- A Complete Unknown | $3.1M | 8 days
- Babygirl | $1.4M | 13 days
- Gladiator 2 | $1.04M | 41 days
Eight different films broke the $1 million mark. That wasn’t the case in previous years.
In the year 2022, there were only five movies that stood out: Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sing 2, The King’s Man, American Underdog, and The Matrix Resurrections.
2023 saw only four productions surpassing the $1M mark: “Avatar: The Journey Continues,” “Puss in Boots’ Final Adventure,” “Black Panther: A New Day for Wakanda,” and “Whitney Houston: Let’s Dance Again” (consisting of three sequels and a documentary).
2024 saw a similar range to 2025, with eight films passing $1M, but the ceiling was lower.
- Wonka | $6.6M | 18 days
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | $5.2M | 11 days
- Migration | $5M | 11 days
- Anyone But You | $2.8M | 11 days
- The Color Purple | $2.6M | 8 days
- The Boys in the Boat | $2.2M | 8 days
- The Iron Claw | $1.3M | 11 days
- Ferrari | $1M | 11 days
Our Take On The New Year’s Day Box Office
Take note as well that several films which triumphed in 2025 have managed to maintain their success for more than a month now. This resilience typically indicates a thriving casual moviegoer demographic, since longer durations often reflect strong ‘long tail’ effects.
As a movie enthusiast, I notice that the majority of core theater-goers tend to catch films during their first two weeks on screen, which is evident from the box office figures in 2024. All other movies, aside from Wonka, had been playing for fewer than 14 days at that time.
I interpret the 2025 figures as indicating that cinemas have not only managed to attract a larger portion of their traditional audience, but they’ve also made significant strides in their battle against streaming platforms. It seems people aren’t just eagerly anticipating the release of films like Gladiator II, Moana 2, and Wicked on Netflix or Max; they’re still thrilled about watching these movies in theaters.
The fact that around a fourth of the box office revenue this season is coming from mature-rated films like Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown, and Babygirl, suggests that audiences crave more than just mainstream, family-friendly movies. It’s evident that thoughtful, serious, director-driven productions continue to hold importance.
Overall, this seems to bode well for everyone who loves seeing movies in the theaters.
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