2025 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Shochiku and Gaumont will celebrate their 130th anniversaries; 20th Century Studios and Republic Pictures will celebrate their 90th anniversaries; and Studio Ghibli will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first musical film The Broadway Melody (1929), known for being the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, enters the public domain this year. In addition to new releases, the popular film The Sound of Music (1965) will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a theatrical re-release.[1][2]
It surpassed Inside Out 2 (2024) as the highest grossing animated film,[10] breaking Disney's 14-year streak with the title after regaining it with Toy Story 3 (2010). Doing so, Enlight Pictures became the first non-Hollywood studio to hold this distinction.[11]
It surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) as the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, and the first film since Shrek 2 (2004) not to be distributed by Universal Pictures to hold the milestone.
It became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide and the 14th animated film to do so.
It became the first Chinese and the first non-English film to gross $1 billion worldwide.[12]
It surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest grossing movie ever in a single market.[13] It also became the first film to earn $1 billion in a single market.[12]
On March 2nd, Ne Zha 2 surpassed $2 billion, the first animated film in history to do so. It is the seventh film overall to achieve this milestone.[14]
The Fengshen Cinematic Universe became the first Chinese and the first non-English film franchise to gross $2 billion with the release of Ne Zha 2.
The Detective Chinatown franchise grossed over $1.5 billion with the release of Detective Chinatown 1900.
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