List of 2025 box office number-one films in New Zealand

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2025.

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Number-one films

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Top 10 openings
15 January 2025 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 NZ$559,776 Paddington in Peru (#2), Nosferatu (#5)
212 January 2025NZ$311,906 Conclave (#4), Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (#8), Game Changer (#10)
319 January 2025NZ$231,029 Wolf Man (#8), Rekhachithram (#10)
426 January 2025 A Complete Unknown NZ$338,969 We Live in Time (#3), Flight Risk (#8), Sky Force (#10)

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2025 [1]
RankTitleDistributor [2] Domestic gross (NZ$)
1 Paddington in Peru Studiocanal NZ$2,252,089
2 Conclave NZ$1,027,614
3 Nosferatu Universal Pictures NZ$856,550
4 A Complete Unknown NZ$430,684
5 We Live in Time NZ$368,011
6 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera NZ$268,798
7 Wolf Man Universal Pictures NZ$129,802
8 Flow NZ$81,838
9 Flight Risk NZ$79,863
10 The Room Next Door NZ$79,636


5 highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2024 [1]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
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Records

5 biggest openings
RankTitleDistributorOpening weekend
1 Paddington in Peru Studiocanal NZ$544,293
2 A Complete Unknown NZ$338,969
3 Conclave NZ$279,183
4 Nosferatu Universal Pictures NZ$263,303
5 We Live in Time NZ$218,343
5 best second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 70 theatres
RankTitle2nd week hold
1 Conclave -33%
2 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera -45%
3 Paddington in Peru -46%
4 Wolf Man -65%
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Worst second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 70 theatres
RankTitle2nd week hold
1 Wolf Man -65%
Best per theater opening
RankTitlePer theater gross
1 Paddington in Peru $4,613

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References

  1. 1 2 "Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2024". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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