UK-Eire field workplace for January 2025 was up 10% on the identical interval from the earlier 12 months, boosted by new releases Nosferatu and A Full Unknown.
The five-week interval from January 3 to February 6, 2025 introduced in £94.1m, in comparison with £85.2m in 2024, in keeping with figures from Comscore. This was pushed by an particularly sturdy begin to the month, that noticed the primary week up 36% and second week up 22%.
That is the third consecutive month when takings have been up on the 12 months earlier than, having been up an enormous 95% in November 2024, then 21% up in December.
| Title (origin) | Distributor | Launch date | 3/1/25-6/2/25 complete | Whole | |
| 1 | Nosferatu (US) |
Common | 3/1/25 | £12.7m | £12.7m |
| 2 | Mufasa: The Lion King (US) | Disney | 20/12/24 | £12.1m | £29.6m |
| 3 | A Full Unknown (US) |
Disney | 17/1/25 | £9.1m | £9.1m |
| 4 | We Stay In Time (Fr-UK) |
Studiocanal | 3/1/25 | £8.4m | £8.4m |
| 5 | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (US) | Paramount | 27/12/24 | £8.2m | £24.3m |
| 6 | Depraved (US) | Common | 22/11/24 | £4.9m | £60.7m |
| 7 | Moana 2 (US) | Disney | 29/11/24 | £4.8m | £41.1m |
| 8 | Babygirl (US) |
EFD | 10/1/25 | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| 9 | Higher Man (Aus) | EFD | 27/12/24 | £3.8m | £6.7m |
| 10 | A Actual Ache (US) | Disney | 10/1/25 | £2.9m | £2.9m |
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu was the highest-grossing movie of the month with £12.6m. Launched on January 1, it scored a robust £3.1m opening weekend, and is at present the sixth-highest-grossing horror launch of all time within the territory – and highest for distributor Common.
January releases A Full Unknown (January 17, £9.1m) and We Stay In Time (January 1, £8.4m) took third and fourth place for the month, sandwiched between December holdovers Mufasa: The Lion King (£12.1m) in second and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (£8.1m) in fifth.
Common’s Depraved landed within the high 10 chart for the third month in a row, including £4.9m within the allotted interval regardless of being made obtainable for digital obtain firstly of the month. It’s the highest-grossing launch of 2024 with £60.7m, and the 27th-highest-grossing of all time, forward of Oppenheimer (£59.7m).
Takings dropped in direction of the center of the month – nonetheless up 3% in week three and a couple of% in week 4, however down 15% in comparison with final 12 months for the week starting January 31. The UK & Eire posted a 6% share of the worldwide marketplace for the primary three weeks of the 12 months; that fell to 2% for the previous two weeks, averaging out at 4% throughout the month.
In a optimistic signal for exhibition, the ten% enhance on final 12 months got here regardless of Wonka enjoying 12 months in the past and including £11m. Figures have been additionally up 12% on the equal interval in 2023, when Avatar: The Approach Of Water added £21.8m.
International movie tech firm Gower Road Analytics is forecasting £180.6m UK and Eire field workplace for January and February mixed – a wholesome 14% rise on the primary two calendar months of 2024.
Nonetheless, Gower Road’s forecast for Q1 (January, February and March mixed) is £253.4m – a slim 4% rise on 2024, which was boosted by Warner Bros’ Dune: Half Two. In different phrases, a robust February 2025 for UK and Eire cinemas seems to be set to be balanced out by a comparatively weak March. [Gower Street forecasts are for actual calendar months, not equivalent week periods].
Though the tip of January/begin of February has been gradual, cinemas may have excessive hopes for Common’s Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy from February 13, with two chains reporting pre-sales above the degrees of these for Barbie.
Different new titles for February embody Common animation Canine Man, out right now (February 7); Disney’s Captain America: Courageous New World on February 13; and The Monkey, the most recent movie from Longlegs director Osgood Perkins, by Black Bear on February 21.
Charles Gant offered further reporting for this story.
