The total revenue for October is £73,944,722. This is 9% lower than the equivalent five-week total of £80,961,734 recorded in October 2024, which was led by “The Wild Robot” contributing £12.1m and “Joker: Folie A Deux” with £10.3m for the month. Year to date, we have passed £880 million, running 8% ahead of 2024 and only 1% behind 2023.
In at No.1 is a holdover from September, “One Battle After Another” with a gross of £7.3m. With a lifetime total £11.3m to date, Paul Thomas Anderson’s tenth feature became his highest-grossing title, overtaking “Boogie Nights” (£4.4m) and “There Will Be Blood” (£4.9m). After six weeks on release, “One Battle After Another” ranks as the fourth-highest title of 2025 with drama as its primary genre sitting just behind “A Complete Unknown” (£12.3m). The film is just outside the top 10 highest-grossing titles for its star Leonardo DiCaprio, currently placed at No.11 ahead of “Shutter Island” (£10.8m) and behind “The Departed” (£12.8m).
“Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” takes the No.2 position grossing £5.3m. Dreamworks’ latest animated title is the first cinematic entry from the streaming series “Gabby’s Dollhouse”. The film opened to £1.8m making it the third-strongest opening for an animated title in 2025, ahead of “Smurfs” (£1.2m) and “The Bad Guys 2” (£1.6m). In our PostTrak exit poll the film earned a 5-star rating from Parents and 4.5-stars from Kids. 40% of Kids said that “they would watch the film again at the cinema” while 38% said “they would buy toys related to the film”. In October “Gabby’s Dollhouse” moved up the rankings for animated titles in 2025 and now sits in the fifth spot, having surpassed “Flow” (£2.2m) and “Elio” (£5.2m).
Studiocanal’s latest British biographical drama “I Swear” places at No.3 for the month with a gross of £5.2m. “I Swear” debuted to a gross of £1.1m. This is comparable to other British dramas from recent years such as “The Salt Path” (£1.4m), “The Personal History Of David Copperfield” (£1.5m) and “Operation Mincemeat” (£897k) which all went on to gross £8.1m, £6.4m and £5.3m respectively. Kirk Jones’ film is the third-best performing British drama of the year thus far, surpassing the likes of “The Penguin Lessons” (£3.3m) and “Mr. Burton” (£1.0m). In our PostTrak exit survey, the title received a full 5-star rating and 99% Total Positive score. 89% of the audience would “Definitely Recommend” the title to their friends, scoring well above the all-films average of 58%.
“Tron: Ares,” the third instalment in the Tron franchise is in at No. 4 for the month grossing £4.8m. The film’s opening of £1.7m is very similar to that of its predecessor, “Tron Legacy” (£1.9m) which went on to gross £10.5m. This opening is the sixth-highest in the career of the film’s star Jared Leto, ahead of “Fight Club” (£1.1m) and “Dallas Buyers Club” (£1.0m). “Tron: Ares” is now the fifth-best performing science fiction title of the year so far behind “Mickey 17” (£7.1m).
At No. 5 for October after two weeks on release is “Regretting You” with a total gross of £4.4m. The Paramount drama is the second big screen adaptation of a Coleen Hoover book, after “It Ends With Us”. Its opening of £1.2m is comparable to other recent titles such as “Where The Crawdads Sing” (£1.3m), “Anyone But You” (£1.2m) and “Materialists” (£1.2m); which went on to gross £8.4m, £11.7m and £3.8m respectively.
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” was the second-highest grossing title in September and is in at No.6 for October with a gross of £3.5m. The most recent addition to the “Downton Abbey” series has a total to date of £18.2m and ranks just outside of the top ten titles of the year so far just behind “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (£18.3m). In October, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” surpassed the lifetime gross of its predecessor “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (£15.1m).
“Taylor Swift / The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl” is at No. 7 grossing £3.4m across its three night only release. The title’s opening of £3.4m marks the biggest opening for an Event Cinema release this year, ahead of “Six The Musical” (Musical) (£3.0m) and the second-biggest Event Cinema opening of all-time, only behind “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (Concert) (£5.7m). The cinematic experience is the second-highest grossing Event Cinema release of the year thus far ahead of “Macbeth: David Tennant And Cush Jumbo” (Theatre) (£2.5m) and behind “Six The Musical” (Musical) (£6.1m).
“The Black Phone 2” follows at No.8 grossing £3.4m in October. Universal’s horror sequel opened to £1.0m which is comparable to the previous film in the franchise, “The Black Phone” which opened to £1.3m and went on to gross £4.6m. “The Black Phone 2” is currently on track to match the lifetime of its predecessor which had also grossed £3.4m at the same point of release. Scott Derrickson’s latest film is now the sixth-best performing title in 2025 with horror as a primary genre, ahead of “The Monkey” (£3.4m) and “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (£2.8m).
In at No. 9 is the new music biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” with a total gross of £3.2m. Scott Copper’s film debuted to £1.2m which is on par with fellow recent music biopic “Better Man” (£1.5m), which went on to achieve a gross of £6.9m. “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” is now Jeremy Allen White’s biggest film to date, having just overtaken “The Iron Claw” (£2.5m).
Rounding out the top 10 is Sony’s latest Anime title “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” grossing £2.3m. With an opening of £1.1m, “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” had the fourth-largest anime opening of all time behind only “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle” (£3.4m), “Pokemon: The First Movie” (£2.8m) and “The Boy And The Heron” (£1.6m).
November Preview
November begins with two new franchise additions, “Predator: Badlands” (Disney) and “A Paw Patrol Christmas” (Paramount) both releasing from today (7th) along with British historical drama starring Ralph Fiennes, “The Choral” (Sony) and Lynne Ramsay’s new film “Die My Love” (Mubi) which opens Wide before its Saturation expansion on the 14th. On Wednesday 12th we have the opening of Edgar Wright’s latest film “The Running Man” (Paramount) and the start of previews for the next entry in the Now You See Me franchise, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” before its official opening on the 14th. Also releasing on the 14th is “Nuremburg” (Studiocanal) starring Russel Crowe and Rami Malek, “Christmas Karma” (True Brit) a new British Christmas film from Gurinder Chadha, “Keeper” (Black Bear) Osgood Perkins’ latest horror title and anime action title “JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution” (Sony). Following this on the 21st is the follow up to Wicked, “Wicked For Good” (Universal), action sequel “Sisu: Road To Revenge” (Sony) and the official opening of Benedict Cumberbatch led drama “The Thing With Feathers” (Vue Lumiere) after its one night only preview event on November 7th. On the final weekend of November, we have Sydney Sweeney sports biopic “Christy” (Black Bear), animated sequel “Zootropolis 2” (Disney) and WW2 romance drama “Desperate Journey” (Emblem) all opening on the 28th along with “Pillion” (Picturehouse) before its Saturation expansion on December 5th.
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