- Flight Risk (review)- $12M
No one can say that Mark Whalberg isn’t still a box office winner but I don’t really think Flight Risk is going to be an opening weekend he cites to prove that fact. We all know January is historically slow in terms of box office receipts but 2025 has been exceptionally slow, for the second week in a row the #1 film made less than $15M
2. Mufasa: The Lion King– $8.7M/$221M
Say what you will, but films like Mufasa: The Lion King just prove that the internet is an echo chamber. As it’s $200M+ box office proves, people really don’t mind Disney’s live action takes on animated properties as much as you hear.
3. One of Them Days – $8M/$25M
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3– $5.5M/$226M
Three hits later and it’s hard to remember a time when Sonic was a dead property walking. A true testament to what happens when you listen to the fans, I had almost totally forgot about the “Ugly Sonic” scandal until I saw a YouTube video discussing it the other day. Personally, I’m just happy James Marsten is still making big films, I’ve always had a soft spot for the guy.
5. Moana 2– $4.3M/$450M
Yeah, the audience has spoken that live-action remakes are fine, but as Moana 2 show us, nothing beats that classic Disney animation as the girl from Hawaii breaks the $450M mark on her 9th week in release.
6. Prescence (review)– $3.4M
Despite a heavy marketing push leading up to release the Stephen Soderbergh/Lucy Liu ghost story came in dead on arrival failing to make even $5M in its opening weekend. It should be noted that it only opened on 1750 screens, about half of what a major release usually sees, but with these numbers it’s unlikely to expand much past that.
7. Wolf Man – $3.4M/$17.8M
Oh I had SUCH hopes after the amazing Invisible Man that my beloved Universal Horror Icons were going to be back in a big way. Welp, a disappointing opening and a soul crushing 68.8% drop in ticket sales in only it’s second week makes the future look not so bright for my gruesome fivesome.
8. A Complete Unknown– $3.1M/$62.9M
9. Den of Thieves: Pantera – $3M/$31.8M
10. The Brutalist– $2.8M/$9.3M