The domestic box office is bound to do around $9 billion in 2025, roughly $300 million more than 2024’s estimated final figure of $8.7 billion.
If so, it will be the second time that U.S.-Canada ticket sales hit that threshold post-Covid after 2023’s domestic tally of $9 billion.
ComScore reports that 110 movies in 2025 will open in more than 2,000 theaters apiece, which is 15 more than 2024 and the most ever post-pandemic.
The New Year will even end with a big event movie to carry us over into 2026: 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash. The previous James Cameron-directed sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, was released December 2022 and overall grossed $684M domestic, with $283M of that total coming in 2023.
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