We are not even six months into 2025, and movies have made $5.719 billion. The total for all of 2024 was $8.872 billion. But yeah, sure, cinema is dying.
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In ye oelden days, there were little singe screen neighborhood cinemas all over. Honestly, I think it's a shame all of those died out ages ago. It was probably nice to have a mom n pop theater in walking distance next to a few other little places.
It’s dead to me tho. As a middle aged woman, I’m being given absolutely nothing worthy of driving to a theater. I know the movie industry simply doesn’t care, but it’s sad for us. Women over 40 make up a huge chunk of the population. (And no, Babygirl wasn’t it.)
And while I am happy that there are some indie offerings, I am really missing glossy female-centered popcorn movies, like Oceans 8, The Devil Wears Prada, all the Nancy Meyers films and anything Anne Hathaway or Kiera Knightly would star in. I want good lighting and an actual budget.
Yes! I recommend seeing them ALL. I was so bummed out that I never got a chance to see First Cow in a theater (it was scheduled for release around the time that COVID hit). Old Joy is a fave of mine.
It is perhaps noteworthy that the only two films in the top 15 for 2025 which aren't based on previous IP are films with Black leads, Black directors, and Black writers -- SINNERS and ONE OF THEM DAYS. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2025/
I’ve been evangelical about this for years. Going to the movies is a whole different experience than watching a movie at home! Why is it so hard for industry analysts to understand this?
If only there were some other way to gauge cultural centrality and artistic health other than receipts, hmmm.
Cinema hasn't existed in the US for about thirty years. Digital multiplexes were never cinema. Global box office is just a return on marketing costs; you might as well be selling yogurt.
Cast more people who don’t look like plastic aliens if you want mainstream movies to pick up. Enough with the nepo babies too. They’re not ALL talented..
I noticed the same thing. By the end of June we may already have ten films earning over $100 million in North America. That hasn’t happened so quickly in a while.
Sinners is a miracle, and a bunch of other non-franchise films are doing well.
Lots of theatrical releases, variety, nature is healing.
“Global box office in 2025 is eyed at a projected $33 billion, according to Gower Street Analytics. This early look at next year puts 2025 on track to come in about 8% ahead of 2024 which the London-based firm currently estimates will conclude with $30.5 billion.”
We were at the theater last Thursday at 11 AM and the lobby was filled with families and their kids with Stitch dolls and blankets and pillows. You never see that on a Thursday in our area there were so many people the damn popcorn machine broke down
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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2025/
Movies!
Movies!
Cinema hasn't existed in the US for about thirty years. Digital multiplexes were never cinema. Global box office is just a return on marketing costs; you might as well be selling yogurt.
Sinners is a miracle, and a bunch of other non-franchise films are doing well.
Lots of theatrical releases, variety, nature is healing.
Regardless, I'm actually surprised we're even close to on-pace, let alone ahead
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https://deadline.com/2025/05/lilo-and-stitch-box-office-records-1236413516/
There hasn't been a movie I was interested in seeing since Oppenheimer.
“Global box office in 2025 is eyed at a projected $33 billion, according to Gower Street Analytics. This early look at next year puts 2025 on track to come in about 8% ahead of 2024 which the London-based firm currently estimates will conclude with $30.5 billion.”
A big movie opens? Cinema is back!
A bad week? Streaming killed the industry. Rinse and repeat and you can re-use the 2 templates like 20 times each year.