Film-goers will keep in mind that final March was a serious haven for franchise titles. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Two made an enormous splash when it dropped in theaters the primary weekend of the month, and it was adopted by Mike Mitchell’s Kung Fu Panda 4, Gil Kenan’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Twelve months later, March 2025 has a a lot totally different profile (a.ok.a. it is fully missing in sequels), and kicking issues off is Mickey 17 – Bong Joon Ho’s anticipated follow-up to the Greatest Image-winning Parasite.
So how did issues pan out? In brief: not fairly as hoped given the sci-fi journey’s sizable price range. Try the total Prime 10 from this previous weekend within the chart under and be a part of me after for evaluation.
|
TITLE |
WEEKEND GROSS |
DOMESTIC GROSS |
LW |
THTRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Mickey 17* |
$19,100,000 |
$19,100,000 |
N/A |
3,807 |
|
2. Captain America: Courageous New World |
$8,500,000 |
$176,584,423 |
1 |
3,480 |
|
3. Final Breath |
$4,200,000 |
$14,657,000 |
2 |
3,090 |
|
4. The Monkey |
$3,900,000 |
$31,003,297 |
3 |
2,955 |
|
5. Paddington In Peru |
$3,850,000 |
$36,959,000 |
4 |
3,085 |
|
6. Canine Man |
$3,500,000 |
$88,763,000 |
5 |
2,753 |
|
7. Anora |
$1,860,000 |
$18,448,401 |
21 |
1,938 |
|
8. Mufasa: The Lion King |
$1,700,000 |
$250,487,739 |
6 |
1,460 |
|
9. Rule Breakers* |
$1,593,401 |
$1,593,401 |
N/A |
2,044 |
|
10. In The Misplaced Lands* |
$1,043,000 |
$1,043,000 |
N/A |
1,370 |
Mickey 17 Has The Third Greatest Opening Weekend Of 2025
Making a movie that wins Greatest Image earns a filmmaker a complete lot of trade clout with regards to making their subsequent undertaking, and within the case of Bong Joon Ho, he swung massive. Based mostly on the e-book Mickey 7 by writer Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 is a sci-fi spectacle with cloning, interstellar journey, and big, bug-like aliens, and Warner Bros. ponied up a reported $118 million to make it (per Selection).
Sadly, after the film’s opening weekend, it appears as if it might take a minute for ticket gross sales to make up for that funding.
In line with early field workplace outcomes reported by The Numbers, Mickey 17 earned $19.1 million throughout its first three days in theaters domestically. Within the context of 2025, that is not too shabby, because it’s truly the third largest debut for a movie this yr (following the $99.8 million made by Julius Onah’s Captain America: Courageous New World and the $36 million made by Peter Hastings’ Canine Man), however it’s absolutely not the sort of splash that the studio hoped for.
Most likely not serving to circumstances a lot is the opening weekend buzz. I personally loved Mickey 17 fairly a bit, as defined in my spoiler-free, four-star CinemaBlend assessment, however I will add that it is a flawed film, and there are a variety of critics who considered these flaws in a harsher mild than I did. One wonders if the movie could have made a much bigger affect on the field workplace had the early response to it been extra effusive, significantly within the wake of the Academy Awards (extra on that in a bit).
To be honest, it will have been a ridiculous flip of occasions had Mickey 17 made $50 million-plus in its first three days of home launch. Parasite, Bong Joon Ho’s largest field workplace success up to now, solely made $53.9 million throughout its whole home run; equally, Robert Pattinson’s most profitable motion pictures not counting The Batman or the Twilight sequence are Christopher Nolan’s Tenet ($59.5 million domestically) and Francis Lawrence’s Water For Elephants ($58.7 million).
With what is predicted to be the largest film of March 2025 nonetheless a couple of weeks away (Marc Webb’s Snow White), it will likely be fascinating to observe and see what sort of legs Mickey 17 is ready to develop. It is made $53.3 million to date worldwide, and it will likely be fascinating to see how excessive that quantity jumps come this time subsequent week.
Anora Will get A Field Workplace Bump As Greatest Image Win Outcomes In A Theatrical Launch Growth
Initially launched final October, Sean Baker’s Anora noticed its theater depend peak in November when it performed in 1,500 theaters… however clearly that was lengthy earlier than it grew to become often called “the Academy Award winner for Greatest Image, Greatest Director, Greatest Actress, Greatest Unique Screenplay, and Greatest Modifying. The movie has by no means had extra warmth than it does now, so Neon did the sensible factor and considerably expanded its variety of screens this previous Friday.
Taking part in in 1,938 theaters in the USA and Canada this weekend, Anora jumped up the field workplace charts and into the Prime 10 for the primary time since mid-November 2024. The film made an extra $1.9 million, bringing its home earnings up to now as much as $18.4 million. Mixed with what the movie has made abroad, it has now earned $46.2 million worldwide, which makes it the fourth largest field workplace success for Neon following Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite ($253.8 million), Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs ($125.3 million), and Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya ($53.8 million).
The truth that Anora is at present out there for rental or buy from all main digital retailers is probably going a major reason behind the movie’s Oscar bump not being extra substantial, however the truth that it nonetheless managed to spur curiosity on the massive display is a pleasant growth to see.
Trying forward, it is very doubtless that we’ll find yourself seeing a major shakeup within the Prime 10 subsequent Sunday. Why? As a result of there’s a massive crop of extensive releases aiming for various movie-goer demographics. Need to see a slick new spy thriller? Steven Soderberg’s Black Bag has you lined. Within the temper for some gnarly, R-rated motion? Robert Olsen and Dan Berk’s Novocaine ought to pique your curiosity. Need to have some laughs with cartoon enjoyable? Peter Browngardt’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Film ought to scratch that itch. Maybe you need some indie horror? Mark Anthony Inexperienced’s Opus might be enjoying on the massive display together with your pursuits in thoughts.
As all the time, I will be again right here on CinemaBlend subsequent Sunday to recap how the whole lot works out on the field workplace, so make sure to head again to the positioning then to learn all about it. In the meantime, you’ll be able to take a look at our 2025 Film Launch Calendar to plan all your personal cinematic adventures within the coming months.