Most anticipated films for 2025
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It's been a rollercoaster year for Hollywood. Movie fans flocked to the cinema in 2024, with Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4, Moana 2, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked dominating the worldwide box office. Beetlejuice came out of retirement to entertain new audiences, while the likes of Alien: Romulus and Longlegs scared cinemagoers into parting with their cash.
However, the past few years have been tumultuous for the film industry. After COVID all but wiped out trips to see a movie on the silver screen, studios are now having to contend with the cost of living crisis and audiences preferring to wait for digital releases.
There was even the double-whammy of industrial action waged by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA which shuttered production for months and led to delays in the release calendar. In 2023, the successful simultaneous theatrical release of Barbie and Oppenheimer - two movies collectively known as Barbenheimer - hinted at a return to box office bonanzas previously witnessed pre-pandemic.
However, a number of movies that would normally reap billion-dollar rewards floundered in 2024 - including Madame Web and Joker: Folie à Deux. Even Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was deemed a failure despite proving a hit with critics. The simultaneous release of Wicked and Gladiator II - known as Glicked - failed to match the Barbenheimer buzz, with the musical going on to slay Ridley Scott's sequel in ticket sales.
