Ne Zha 2 led the year's worldwide box office at about $2.22 billion, ahead of Zootopia 2 ($1.87 billion) and Avatar: Fire and Ash ($1.49 billion), with four films past $1 billion.
Ne Zha 2 grossed about $2.22 billion worldwide, the most of any film released in 2025. Zootopia 2 was second at $1.87 billion and Avatar: Fire and Ash third at $1.49 billion. The ranking uses lifetime worldwide gross for films released in 2025, from Wikipedia's 2025 in film table (revision of October 5, 2026).
Four films released in 2025 crossed $1 billion worldwide: Ne Zha 2, Zootopia 2, Avatar: Fire and Ash and Lilo & Stitch. Animation led the year. Three of the top seven are animated (Ne Zha 2, Zootopia 2 and the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle), and the year's biggest film came from China rather than Hollywood. This list ranks the ten highest-grossing films released in 2025 by lifetime worldwide box office, unadjusted for inflation. Together the ten grossed about $11.2 billion.
The year's biggest film by a wide margin and the only 2025 release past $2 billion. It became the highest-grossing animated film and the highest-grossing non-English-language film ever, and the first animated film to pass $2 billion, which it did 33 days after release. Most of its gross came from China; see the methodology for how this figure is built.
Disney's sequel opened to $560.3 million worldwide, the fourth-biggest global opening on record, and reached $1 billion in 17 days. It passed Frozen 2 to become Walt Disney Animation Studios' highest-grossing film and later passed Inside Out 2 as Disney's highest-grossing animated film.
James Cameron's third Avatar film became the 60th film to gross $1 billion worldwide and took the Avatar series past $6 billion. It is also the first Avatar film not to reach $2 billion.
The live-action remake was the first film from a major Hollywood (MPA) studio in 2025 to pass $1 billion, and the 58th film overall to do so. It became the highest-grossing live-action animated hybrid film.
Warner Bros.' video game adaptation finished fifth worldwide, about $39 million short of the $1 billion mark.
The seventh film in the Jurassic Park series, with a new cast, finished sixth worldwide and was Universal's biggest release of 2025.
Grossed about $820.4 million to become the highest-grossing Japanese film and the highest-grossing anime film of all time. Its $70 million U.S. opening was the biggest ever for an international film.
The live-action remake became the highest-grossing film in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, passing How to Train Your Dragon 2, and took the franchise past $2 billion.
Apple's racing drama opened to $144 million worldwide, Apple Studios' biggest opening, and became Apple's highest-grossing film, passing Napoleon.
James Gunn's reboot closes out the top ten, about $15 million behind F1.
| # | Name | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ne Zha 2 | Beijing Enlight | $2,215.7 million |
| 2 | Zootopia 2 | Disney | $1,870.3 million |
| 3 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | 20th Century Studios | $1,490.4 million |
| 4 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney | $1,038.0 million |
| 5 | A Minecraft Movie | Warner Bros. | $961.3 million |
| 6 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Universal | $872.4 million |
| 7 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle | Aniplex / Toho / Crunchyroll | $820.4 million |
| 8 | How to Train Your Dragon | Universal | $639.9 million |
| 9 | F1 | Warner Bros. / Apple | $634.1 million |
| 10 | Superman | Warner Bros. | $618.7 million |
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide theatrical gross in U.S. dollars, highest first, as shown in the Highest-grossing films table of Wikipedia's 2025 in film article (revision of October 5, 2026), which cites Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Only films first released in 2025 count; Wicked (November 2024) is excluded. Figures are nominal and rounded to the nearest $0.1 million. One caveat: Wikipedia builds Ne Zha 2's figure from Chinese tracker Entgroup's China total ($2,155.69 million) plus an estimated $60 million from other markets, while The Numbers lists it at about $2.00 billion; Ne Zha 2 is first by either figure. The other nine figures are as the table gives them. There are no ties.
Ne Zha 2, with about $2.22 billion worldwide per Wikipedia's 2025 in film table, most of it from China. It is the highest-grossing animated film and the highest-grossing non-English-language film of all time. Zootopia 2 was second at $1.87 billion.
Four: Ne Zha 2, Zootopia 2, Avatar: Fire and Ash and Lilo & Stitch. A Minecraft Movie came closest of the rest at $961.3 million.
Wicked was released in November 2024, so it counts as a 2024 film. This list includes only films first released in 2025. Its sequel, Wicked: For Good (November 2025), is not in the 2025 top ten.
No. They are nominal worldwide grosses in U.S. dollars, so they cannot be compared directly with films from earlier decades.
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