The total revenue for August 2025 is £95,214,365. This is 21% lower than the £120,522,257 recorded in August 2024 which was led by “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “It Ends With Us” and “Despicable Me 4,” each contributing £29.7m, £19.4m and £16.9m respectively. Year to date, we have passed £735 million after 30 playweeks, running 9% ahead of 2024.
In at No.1 is a holdover from July, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” with a gross of £11.1m. In August, Matt Shakman’s latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe moved its way up to the seventh-highest grossing film of the year so far with a cumulative gross of £23.3m. It sits above “How To Train Your Dragon” (£22.9m) and just behind “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (£26.2m). After six weeks on release The “Fantastic Four: First Steps” has grossed more than other MCU titles such as “Doctor Strange” (£23.1m), “Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings” (£21.3m) and “Thor: The Dark World” (£20.1m). It now sits behind “Guardians Of The Galaxy” (£28.6m) and “Thor: Ragnarok” (£31.0m).
“Weapons” takes the No.2 position this month with a gross of £10.8m. Debuting with £2.8m including previews, Zach Cregger’s follow up to “Barbarian” is the fourth-highest opening for a horror film in 2025 behind “Nosferatu” (£5.3m), “28 Years Later” (£4.7m) and “Final Destination: Bloodlines” (£4.0m). The Warner Bros horror opened higher than the likes of “Sinners” (£2.4m), “Bring Her Back” (£1.2m) and “The Monkey” (£1.0m), and is the second-highest opening for an 18-rated film post pandemic, only behind “Scream VI” (£3.0m). “Weapons” also has the second-highest cumulative gross of 18-rated films post pandemic, moving above “Scream” (£7.6m), “Poor Things” (£7.6m) and “Scream VI” (£7.7m) and only remaining behind “Smile” (£11.6m). Amongst recent horror titles of all ratings, “Weapons” has been extremely successful, outperforming the likes of “Five Nights At Freddy’s” (£10.6m), “A Quiet Place: Day One” (£10.0m) and “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” (£9.6m).
“The Bad Guys 2” is another holdover from July in the top 10, contributing £8.7m in August and placing it at No.3. Universal’s animated sequel is now the second-highest grossing animated title of the year after six weeks on release with a gross of £12.3m. Only fellow Universal title “Dog Man” has grossed more (£13.8m), with “The Bad Guys 2” outperforming other animated titles such as “Smurfs” (£5.4m), “Elio” (£5.1m) and “Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience” (£2.4m). The film’s 2022 predecessor “The Bad Guys” has a lifetime gross of £13.8m but at the same point of release had grossed £11.0m; “The Bad Guys 2” is currently tracking 12% ahead of this.
“Freakier Friday” is at No. 4, grossing £7.8m for the month. The film opened to £1.7m, making it the highest opening for a PG-rated title with comedy as its primary genre post pandemic. The last to open higher than “Freakier Friday” was “Stan And Ollie” (£2.5m) back in January of 2019. Nisha Ganatra’s sequel opened 44% higher than the original 2003 film “Freaky Friday” (£1.2m) and has already overtaken its lifetime gross of £6.6m. “Freakier Friday” also marks Lindsay Lohan’s first theatrical credit for over ten years and is now her highest-grossing film above other titles such as “Herbie: Fully Loaded” (£6.7m), “Mean Girls” (£5.6m) and “The Parent Trap” (£5.3m).
At No.5 is Akiva Schaffer’s new franchise addition, “The Naked Gun” with a gross of £7.3m in August. Debuting 31 years after the last film in the franchise to a gross of £1.8m, “The Naked Gun” has opened higher than many other recent 15-rated titles with comedy as its primary genre, for instance, “Wicked Little Letters” (£1.6m), “No Hard Feelings” (£1.1m) and “A Man Called Otto” (£1.0m). Amongst 2025 comedy titles, “The Naked Gun” is now the third-highest grossing behind “Freakier Friday” (£7.8m) and “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” (£46.3m).
“Jurassic World Rebirth” was the highest-grossing title in July and is at No.6 for August with a gross of £5.3m. In August, Gareth Edwards’ franchise reboot crossed the £35m mark taking its cumulative gross up to £35.6m. It is now the fourth-highest grossing title in the franchise behind the likes of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (£41.6m), “Jurassic Park” (£48.8m) and “Jurassic World” (£64.6m). “Jurassic World Rebirth” is also the fourth-highest grossing title of the year so far, just behind “Lilo & Stitch” (£37.2m).
James Gunn’s “Superman” follows at No.7 with a gross of £4.9m in August. After eight weeks on release the latest Warner Bros superhero film has a cumulative gross of £27.9m putting it just 6% behind the highest-grossing standalone Superman title, “Man Of Steel” (£29.9m). The latest DC superhero movie has outperformed other recent DC titles such as “Black Adam” (£19.9m), “The Suicide Squad” (£14.2m) and “The Flash” (£8.8m), and remains behind “The Batman” (£40.8m). In August “Superman” overtook “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (£26.3m) and became the fifth-highest grossing title of the year so far behind “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ” (£35.6m).
In at No.8 after one week on release is new Disney comedy “The Roses” with £3.8m. The reimagining of 1989’s “The War Of The Roses” opened to £2.2m, making it the second-highest debut for a comedy this year only behind “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” (£12.3m). “The Roses” has opened similarly to other recent titles with comedy as the primary genre including “Free Guy” (£2.5m), “Jojo Rabbit” (£2.4m) and “Jackass Forever” (£2.0m) which each went on to gross £16.9m, £8.1m and £6.2m respectively.
Celine Song’s sophomore feature “Materialists” is at No.9, grossing £3.5m in August. The film opened at £1.2m, which is 150% higher than Celine Song’s previous film “Past Lives” (£515k). After just three weeks on release, “Materialists” has surpassed the lifetime gross of “Past Lives”(£3.0m).
Closing out the top 10 for August is “Smurfs” with a contribution of £2.0m to its lifetime gross of £5.4m. The latest addition to the “Smurfs” franchise has outperformed other animated titles released this year such as “Elio” (£5.1m) and “Flow” (£2.2m).
September Preview
September begins with the fourth film in the Conjuring franchise “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (Warner) and new film from Ethan Coen “Honey Don’t” (Universal). Releasing on the 12th we have the third and final film Downton Abbey “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (Universal), Stephen King adaptation “The Long Walk” (Lionsgate) and sequel to 1984’s “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” (Sony). On the 19th we have the opening of the new Kogonada title “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” (Sony). The final weekend of September brings Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” (Warner) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and new addition to the Strangers franchise “The Strangers: Chapter 2” (Lionsgate), both opening on the 26th.
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