Was the year 2025 box office a good year for MOVIE Ticket buying / seeing movies in Theaters with others?

 $8.9 billion during calendar year 2025

THAT

is up 2% from 2024 !

Originality is back with

these titles :

Minecraft

Sinners (writer-director Ryan Coggler)

F1: The Movie

Weapons

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Some industry observers note that

in addition to quality,

moviegoers want stars and spectacle.

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However, "franchises" like 

Avatar

Jurassic Park

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Spongebob Square Pants

are all

sliding into significant decline

in future trend of losing profitability.