2025 in film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2025 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Shochiku and Gaumont will celebrate their 130th anniversaries; 20th Century Studios and Republic Pictures will celebrate their 90th anniversaries; and Studio Ghibli will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first musical film The Broadway Melody (1929), known for being the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, enters the public domain this year. In addition to new releases, popular films The Sound of Music (1965), Babe (1995), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Pride & Prejudice (both 2005), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Jaws (both 1975) will be re-released theatrically to celebrate their anniversaries.[1][2][3][4]
Highest-grossing films
- † Indicates films currently in theatrical release in the week commencing 25 April 2025.
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ne Zha 2 | Beijing Enlight Pictures | $2,164,000,000[7][8] |
| 2 | A Minecraft Movie † | Warner Bros. | $816,567,000 |
| 3 | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Wanda Pictures | $496,024,871[7] |
| 4 | Captain America: Brave New World † | Disney | $414,834,432 |
| 5 | Snow White † | $195,242,390 | |
| 6 | Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force | CMC Pictures | $173,224,315[7] |
| 7 | Sinners † | Warner Bros. | $163,176,000 |
| 8 | Dog Man | Universal | $143,277,355 |
| 9 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | $134,032,751 | |
| 10 | Mickey 17 | Warner Bros. | $131,847,147 |
Box office records
- Ne Zha 2 became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, the seventh film to gross $2 billion worldwide, the third-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 12 days, the second-fastest to gross the $2 billion mark.
- It surpassed The Battle at Lake Changjin to become the highest-grossing Chinese film and the highest-grossing non-English film.[9] It became the highest-grossing animated film of all time as well as the 5th highest-grossing film overall.[10]
- It surpassed Inside Out 2 (2024) as the highest-grossing animated film,[11] breaking Disney's 14-year streak with the title after regaining it with Toy Story 3 (2010). Doing so, Enlight Pictures became the first non-Hollywood studio to hold this distinction.[12]
- It surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) as the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, and the first film since Shrek 2 (2004) not to be distributed by Universal Pictures to hold the milestone.
- It became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide and the 14th animated film to do so.
- It became the first Chinese and the first non-English film to gross $1 billion and $2 billion worldwide.[13]
- It surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film ever in a single market.[14] It also became the first film to earn $1 billion and $2 billion in a single market.[13]
- On March 2nd, 33 days after release, Ne Zha 2 surpassed $2 billion, the first animated film in history to do so. It is the seventh film overall to achieve this milestone.[15]
- It also became the first film in history to exceed $2 billion worldwide without also grossing at least $600 million within North America.
- The Fengshen Cinematic Universe became the first Chinese and the first non-English film franchise to gross $2 and $3 billion with the release of Ne Zha 2.
- A Minecraft Movie achieved the highest-grossing opening weekend for a video game adaptation in the US, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).[16]
- The Detective Chinatown franchise grossed over $1.5 billion with the release of Detective Chinatown 1900.
Events
Scheduled award ceremonies
Film festivals
2025 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2025
- List of Argentine films of 2025
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2025
- List of British films of 2025
- List of Canadian films of 2025
- List of Chinese films of 2025
- List of French films of 2025
- List of German films of 2025
- List of Hong Kong films of 2025
- List of Indian films of 2025
- List of Italian films of 2025
- List of Japanese films of 2025
- List of Mexican films of 2025
- List of Pakistani films of 2025
- List of Philippine films of 2025
- List of South Korean films of 2025
- List of Spanish films of 2025
By genre/medium
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Nora Orlandi | 91 | Italy | Composer | ||
| 2 | Jytte Abildstrøm | 90 | Denmark | Actress | |||
| 3 | Jeff Baena | 47 | US | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 4 | Emilio Echevarría | 80 | Mexico | Actor | |||
| 4 | Julien Poulin | 78 | Canada | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 4 | Ronnie Yeskel | 76 | US | Casting Director | |||
| 8 | Charles Kay | 94 | UK | Actor | |||
| 8 | Pritish Nandy | 73 | India | Producer | |||
| 9 | Bill Byrge | 92 | US | Actor | |||
| 9 | Phyllis Dalton | 99 | UK | Costume Designer | |||
| 9 | Jorge Luis Sánchez | 64 | Cuba | Director | |||
| 9 | Otto Schenk | 94 | Austria | Actor | |||
| 10 | Christopher Benjamin | 90 | UK | Actor | |||
| 10 | Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya | 60 | Russia | Actress | |||
| 12 | Leslie Charleson | 79 | US | Actress | |||
| 12 | Claude Jarman Jr. | 90 | US | Actor | |||
| 12 | Robert Machray | 79 | US | Actor | |||
| 12 | Lynne Taylor-Corbett | 78 | US | Choreographer | |||
| 12 | Kim Yaroshevskaya | 101 | Canada | Actress | |||
| 14 | Tony Slattery | 65 | UK | Actor, Comedian | |||
| 15 | Anna Maria Ackermann | 92 | Italy | Actress | |||
| 15 | Tommy Dix | 101 | US | Actor | |||
| 15 | Diane Langton | 80 | UK | Actress | |||
| 15 | David Lynch | 78 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | |||
| 15 | Jeannot Szwarc | 85 | France | Director | |||
| 16 | Jack De Mave | 91 | US | Actor | |||
| 16 | Joan Plowright | 95 | UK | Actress | |||
| 16 | Bob Uecker | 90 | US | Actor | |||
| 16 | Shoji Ueda | 87 | Japan | Cinematographer | |||
| 17 | Jules Feiffer | 95 | US | Screenwriter | |||
| 17 | Jan Shepard | 96 | US | Actress | |||
| 17 | Robert Verrall | 97 | Canada | Animator, Producer, Director | |||
| 18 | Ze'ev Revach | 84 | Israel | Actor, Comedian | |||
| 20 | Bertrand Blier | 85 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 20 | Harald Paalgard | 74 | Norway | Cinematographer | |||
| 22 | Barry Michael Cooper | 67 | US | Screenwriter | |||
| 22 | Nicholas Eadie | 67 | Australia | Actor | |||
| 22 | Jim Tauber | 74 | US | Producer | |||
| 25 | Gloria Romero | 91 | Philippines | Actress | |||
| 26 | Shafi | 56 | India | Director | |||
| 27 | Alma Rosa Aguirre | 95 | Mexico | Actress | |||
| 28 | Horst Janson | 89 | Germany | Actor | |||
| 29 | Joe Hale | 99 | US | Animator, Layout Artist, Producer | |||
| 30 | Marianne Faithfull | 78 | UK | Actress, Singer | |||
| 31 | Táňa Radeva | 67 | Slovakia | Actress | |||
| 31 | Kärt Tomingas | 57 | Estonia | Actress, Singer | |||
| February | 2 | Barbie Hsu | 48 | Taiwan | Actress, Singer | ||
| 2 | Lee Joo-sil | 80 | South Korea | Actress | |||
| 2 | P. H. Moriarty | 86 | UK | Actor | |||
| 2 | Brian Murphy | 92 | UK | Actor | |||
| 4 | Pushpalatha | 87 | India | Actress | |||
| 7 | Bruce French | 79 | US | Actor | |||
| 7 | Tony Roberts | 85 | US | Actor | |||
| 9 | Oleg Strizhenov | 95 | Russia | Actor | |||
| 10 | Peter Tuiasosopo | 61 | US | Actor | |||
| 11 | Moses Lim | 75 | Singapore | Actor | |||
| 11 | Norma Mora | 82 | Mexico | Actress | |||
| 12 | Niké Arrighi | 80 | France | Actress | |||
| 12 | Jerry Eisenberg | 87 | US | Layout Artist | |||
| 13 | John Lawlor | 83 | US | Actor | |||
| 14 | Carlos Diegues | 84 | Brazil | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | |||
| 14 | Alice Hirson | 95 | US | Actress | |||
| 14 | Kevyn Major Howard | 69 | Canada | Actor | |||
| 14 | Geneviève Page | 97 | France | Actress | |||
| 15 | George Armitage | 82 | US | Director | |||
| 16 | Julian Holloway | 80 | UK | Actor | |||
| 16 | Kim Sae-ron | 24 | South Korea | Actress | |||
| 16 | Krishnaveni | 100 | India | Actress | |||
| 16 | Yolanda Montes | 93 | Mexico | Actress | |||
| 19 | Souleymane Cissé | 84 | Mali | Director | |||
| 19 | Olive Sturgess | 91 | Canada | Actress | |||
| 20 | Peter Jason | 80 | US | Actor | |||
| 21 | Lynne Marie Stewart | 78 | US | Actress | |||
| 23 | Pilar Del Rey | 95 | US | Actress | |||
| 25 | Roberto Orci | 51 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | |||
| 26[a] | Gene Hackman | 95 | US | Actor | |||
| 26 | Lis Nilheim | 80 | Sweden | Actress | |||
| 26 | Renen Schorr | 72 | Israel | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | |||
| 26 | Michelle Trachtenberg | 39 | US | Actress | |||
| 26 | Monika Lundi | 82 | Germany | Actress | |||
| 27 | Michael Preece | 88 | US | Script Supervisor, Director | |||
| 28 | David Johansen | 75 | US | Actor, Singer | |||
| 28 | Joseph Wambaugh | 88 | US | Screenwriter | |||
| March | 1 | Angie Stone | 63 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 2 | Juan Margallo | 84 | Spain | Actor | |||
| 3 | Eleonora Giorgi | 71 | Italy | Actress, Director | |||
| 4 | Gene Winfield | 97 | US | Automotive Designer | |||
| 5 | Edesio Alejandro | 66 | Cuba | Composer | |||
| 5 | Pamela Bach | 61 | US | Actress | |||
| 6 | Crystal-Donna Roberts | 40 | South Africa | Actress | |||
| 6 | Árpád Sopsits | 72 | Hungary | Director | |||
| 8 | Athol Fugard | 92 | South Africa | Actor, Screenwriter | |||
| 9 | Eileen Bennett | 105 | UK | Actress | |||
| 9 | Simon Fisher-Becker | 63 | UK | Actor | |||
| 9 | Hans Peter Korff | 82 | Germany | Actor | |||
| 10 | Stanley R. Jaffe | 84 | US | Producer | |||
| 11 | Ayumi Ishida | 76 | Japan | Actress, Singer | |||
| 11 | Dave Mallow | 76 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | |||
| 11 | Clive Revill | 94 | New Zealand | Actor | |||
| 11 | Robert Trebor | 71 | US | Actor | |||
| 12 | Bruce Glover | 92 | US | Actor | |||
| 13 | Sofia Gubaidulina | 93 | Russia | Composer | |||
| 13 | Maria Grazia Spina | 88 | Italy | Actress | |||
| 14 | Deb Mukherjee | 83 | India | Actor | |||
| 15 | Wings Hauser | 78 | US | Actor | |||
| 15 | Delia Razon | 93 | Philippines | Actress | |||
| 16 | Émilie Dequenne | 43 | Belgium | Actress | |||
| 16 | Bindu Ghosh | 76 | India | Actress | |||
| 18 | Nadia Cassini | 76 | Italy | Actress | |||
| 18 | Antonio Gasalla | 84 | Argentina | Actor | |||
| 21 | Filiz Akın | 82 | Turkey | Actress | |||
| 22 | Larisa Golubkina | 85 | Russia | Actress | |||
| 23 | Gianfranco Barra | 84 | Italy | Actor | |||
| 25 | Denis Arndt | 86 | US | Actor | |||
| 25 | Maria Gustafsson | 79 | Sweden | Actress | |||
| 25 | Shihan Hussaini | 60 | India | Actor | |||
| 25 | Masahiro Shinoda | 94 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 26 | Aleksei Veselkin | 63 | Russia | Actor | |||
| 27 | Ku Feng | 94 | Hong Kong | Actor | |||
| 28 | Richard Norton | 75 | Australia | Actor, Stuntman | |||
| 29 | Ángel del Pozo | 90 | Spain | Actor | |||
| 29 | Richard Chamberlain | 90 | US | Actor, Singer | |||
| 30 | Lee Montague | 97 | UK | Actor | |||
| 31 | Sian Barbara Allen | 78 | US | Actress | |||
| 31 | Yves Boisset | 86 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 31 | Patty Maloney | 89 | US | Actress | |||
| April | 1 | Alfi Kabiljo | 89 | Croatia | Composer | ||
| 1 | Val Kilmer | 65 | US | Actor | |||
| 2 | Alois Švehlík | 85 | Czech Republic | Actor | |||
| 3 | John Saint Ryan | 72 | UK | Actor | |||
| 4 | Paul Karo | 89 | Australia | Actor | |||
| 4 | Manoj Kumar | 87 | India | Actor, Director | |||
| 4 | Ravikumar | 71 | India | Actor | |||
| 5 | Antonello Fassari | 72 | Italy | Actor | |||
| 5 | Colin Fox | 86 | Canada | Actor | |||
| 6 | Jay North | 73 | US | Actor | |||
| 7 | Marvin Levy | 96 | US | Publicist | |||
| 7 | Joey D. Vieira | 80 | US | Actor | |||
| 8 | Nicky Katt | 54 | US | Actor | |||
| 9 | Mel Novak | 90 | US | Actor | |||
| 10 | Ted Kotcheff | 94 | Canada | Director | |||
| 10 | Bruce Logan | 78 | US | Visual Effects Artist, Cinematographer | |||
| 10 | Mario Ernesto Sánchez | 78 | Cuba | Actor | |||
| 12 | Pilita Corrales | 85 | Philippines | Actress, Singer | |||
| 12 | Andrea Blaugrund Nevins | 63 | US | Director, Producer | |||
| 13 | Paddy Higson | 83 | UK | Producer | |||
| 13 | Jean Marsh | 90 | UK | Actress | |||
| 14 | Sophie Nyweide | 24 | US | Actress | |||
| 15 | Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak | 74 | Poland | Actress | |||
| 16 | Patrick Adiarte | 81 | Philippines | Actor | |||
| 16 | Nora Aunor | 71 | Philippines | Actress, Singer | |||
| 17 | Mizuki Itagaki | 24 | Japan | Actor | |||
| 18 | Damien Thomas | 83 | UK | Actor | |||
| 21 | Will Hutchins | 94 | US | Actor | |||
| 21 | Gerard Kennedy | 93 | Australia | Actor | |||
| 22 | Lar Park Lincoln | 63 | US | Actress | |||
| 22 | Erik Ruus | 62 | Estonia | Actor | |||
| 23 | Chris Cauwenberghs | 78 | Belgium | Actor | |||
| 23 | Waltraut Haas | 97 | Austria | Actress, Singer | |||
| 27 | Jiggly Caliente | 44 | Philippines | Drag Performer, Actress, Singer | [210] | ||
| 27 | Cora Sue Collins | 98 | US | Actress | |||
| 28 | Shaji N. Karun | 73 | India | Director | |||
Film debuts
- Ice Spice – Highest 2 Lowest
- Gabby Barrett – Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Louisa Jacobson – Materialists
- Jaafar Jackson – Michael
- Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
- SZA – One of Them Days
- Charity Kase – Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
- Miles Caton – Sinners
- Dujonna Gift – Snow White
- George Salazar – Snow White
Notes
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.