Overview

• Domestic ticket sales reached $3.53 billion through Aug. 24, and analysts say the late-summer cooldown leaves a $4 billion finish out of reach even with Labor Day.
• Disney’s Lilo & Stitch led the season with $421 million in North America and $1.03 billion worldwide, the only 2025 studio release to cross $1 billion.
• Solid performers including Jurassic World Rebirth, How to Train Your Dragon, Superman, F1, and indie breakouts Weapons and Materialists could not sustain overall momentum.
• Underperformers such as Marvel’s Thunderbolts ($382 million), The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($471 million), Pixar’s Elio ($150 million), and M3GAN 2.0 ($39 million) weighed on results, while Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning earned $597 million on a reported $400 million budget.
• This summer edged past 2024’s $3.52 billion and 2022’s $3.41 billion but remains below 2019’s $4.38 billion, and industry hopes now tilt to fall and holiday titles like The Conjuring: Last Rites, Tron: Ares, Mortal Kombat II, One Battle After Another, Wicked: For Good, and Zootopia 2.