Our summer 2025 box office report
What blockbuster has really managed to be a card? Which one has disappointed or planted downright? And what is the surprise of the season? While the holidays end, we analyze the last months of the box office.
Alone on the sand, eyes in water, movie theater has not really been to party in this summer 2025it is in France or in the rest of the world.
While the long holidays are completed, there is a first assessment of the successes and failures of the season. And the observation is simple: the 15 largest success in summer 2025 currently combine $ 4.3 billion At the world box office, a drop of about 30 % compared to the 15 largest success in the summer of 2024 (6.4 billion). A figure that illustrates a disappointing trend. So who knew how to finish obscure rooms? And who has not been able to attract spectators into tapping?
The big winner
850 millions the dollars to the clock for dinos. The film will not finish billionaire as the previous three opus in the franchise, but proves that the T-Rex still has a sacred power of attraction. Besides, the film should exceed the 3 million admissions in France and become the second biggest success of the year 2025 behind Lilo & Stitch Live action (5 million since May).
Unexpected box
626 millions $ Global recipes for Krokmou, a score much superior to the original animated film of 2010 (500 million). It is an almost unexpected hit for DreamWorks, with this live-action version that nobody really expected. She also has more than 2.5 million entries In France.
The nice expected success
600 millions $it’s downright the biggest success of Brad Pitt’s career! So obviously, the F1s do not go as fast as the F15. The previous film that takes the director, Top Gun: Maverickhad done almost three times more (1.5 billion). But it is still a total success for Apple. In France, the film even exceeds the 3 million entries.
Good but not super
600 millions $ Also – including 350 million in the United States alone – for the superhero film of the summer. A solid score, but in France the film only attracted 1.5 million spectators, Proof that Superman is above all a hero of Uncle Sam. No jackpot immediately for Warner, but the studio has at least one correct base to build the new DC Universe. This is his victory.
The disappointment
The fantastic four: first steps of Matt Shakman
500 millions $ In the world, barely. It’s very good for Marvel. The mirror effect with the competition is tough. This time, the MCU is behind. The Fantastic Four only attracted1.5 million spectators And the studio is no longer succeeding. The summer of the change of reign in masked avengers?
The beautiful surprise
Passed outof Zach Cregger
200 millions $ recipes (including half in the United States) and approximately 1 million entries In France. It is a very good result for an original terror film, without license, without deductible, and only carried by Julia Garner at the head of the poster. Boosted by an excellent word of mouth, Passed out even became in August the small cinema phenomenon of summer.
The animation winner
Very low year for gender, usually worn by families during this school holiday period.
A nice little success that saves honor and should finish with the biggest score of its kind. For the moment, he counts $ 121 million of global revenues. But boosted by super criticism, this sequel will certainly end his career above the 200 and 2 million admissions in France.
Pixar was trying an original this summer. It is a bitter failure for the studio, which caps at 150 millions $ (and only 1.2 million entries in France), very far from the summits of the studio, as Vice-Versa 2 last year (1.7 billion and 8 million admissions).
Peyo’s little blue guys have made a nice journey in France (1.5 million entries) but remain very limited in the rest world, barely above 100 millions $.
Chess
Sony bet big on the recovery of the zombical saga of the 2000s. Despite good criticism, welcoming the original approach of the director, the public did not follow: 150 millions $ in the world and only 532 000 entrées In France. While the rest, The Bone Templeis already turned and will be released in January 2026, it is the production of the end of the saga which is called into question by this low jackpot.
133,8 millions $ For Ana de Armas, who did not know how to convince the lovers of Keanu Reeves. The spin-off is far from its ambitions and even does less than 400 000 entréesworse score of the saga with us.
110 millions $ For the Karate film. It’s not much for a project that surfed on the immense popular success of the Cobra Kai series. It is even three times less than the 2010 remake (carried by Jaden Smith), which displayed 360 million at the end of the course. Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio also take his feet in the tatami in France with barely with 200 000 entrées.
Big flops
63 millions $ (including 31 million in the USA), the reboot has completely failed to bring horror fans back to theaters, despite the presence of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr back in the casting. In France: only 300 000 entrées. By way of comparison, Destination Finalereleased a few weeks earlier, the turn of the Revival was much better negotiated, finishing at $ 285 million and crossing the million spectators with us.
40 millions $ Against 180 million for the first opus in 2020. Everything is said. Horror had trouble making recipe this summer.
91 millions $ (against 160 million for the 2003 component). And 150 000 entrées in France only. The reunion of Jamie Lee Curtis and Lyndsay Lohan have not moved many people.
What about French cinema?
No great success to report this year in theaters this year. No clristo or little extra thing to boost attendance. Few, the expected hexagonal productions have rather disappointed.
500 000 entréesbarely. The director of Three musketeers failed to transform his intense political thriller into popular success.
550 000 entrées (For the moment) It is not a big success either. A respectable score but much lower than expectations for the French director. He should succeed as well asAnnawhich had totaled 750,000 spectators in 2019. But the last real hit of Besson date always of Valerianin 2017 (4 million admissions).
370 000 entréesit is a good score for the director, who managed to be the tricolor number 1 in July.
320 000 entrées For this family comedy carried by Gérard Jugnot and Maxime Gasteuil, who should end his career beyond 500,000. One ofs Rare French films to have exceeded expectations in the past two months.
