Highest grossing movies of 2025 so far, including Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Fantastic Four have taken their ‘First Steps’ onto the list of the year’s biggest movies, cracking the Top 10 by overtaking another Marvel film.

2024 was an interesting year in cinemas, with animated movies like Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Despicable Me 4, and Kung Fu Panda 4 all making a mint, while Deadpool & Wolverine was the biggest non-animated effort.

That was part of the Marvel Cinematic universe, and 2025 has been a fascinating year for the studio, with Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Fantastic Four: First Steps all hitting screens within months of each other. Meanwhile, DC has planted its flag in the ground via James Gunn’s new Superman movie.

So, the following is a list of the films that have been packing them in since January 1, 2025.

2025’s biggest box office movies

Here’s the Top 10 movies of the year, globally, meaning we’re listing each film’s worldwide gross:

1. Ne Zha 2 – $1.899 billion (release date: January 29)
2. Lilo & Stitch – $1.028 billion (release date: May 23)
3. A Minecraft Movie – $955 million (release date: April 4)
4. Jurassic World Rebirth – $829 million (release date: July 2)
5. How to Train Your Dragon – $624 million (release date: June 13)
6. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – $597 million (release date: May 23)
7. Superman – $595 million (release date: July 11)
8. F1: The Movie – $590 million (release date: June 27)
9. The Fantastic Four: First Steps – $469 million (release date: July 25)
10. Captain America: Brave New World – $415 million (release date February 14)

We’ll update this list weekly as and when new movies crack the Top 10, but Ne Zha 2 is the big story thus far, with the Chinese sequel now the biggest animated film of all time, and the fifth highest-grossing feature ever.

That gross is set to rise this month, with an English-language release featuring Michelle Yeoh hitting US screens on August 22. While Weapons is making big bucks, and could yet creep onto the Top 10.

Top 10 movies of 2024

For the sake of comparison, here’s the 10 biggest movies of 2024 via their worldwide gross:

• 1. Inside Out 2 – $1.69 billion
• 2. Deadpool & Wolverine – $1.34 billion
• 3. Moana 2 – $1 billion
• 4. Despicable Me 4 – $969 million
• 5. Wicked – $728 million
• 6. Dune: Part 2 – $714 million
• 7. Mufasa: The Lion King – $699 million
• 8. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – $571 million
• 9. Kung Fu Panda 4 – $548 million
• 10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – $483 million

You can check out our list of the best movies of the year so far or head here for new movies out this month. While if you’re after more box office action, here’s the 50 most successful movies of all-time.