Box Office Boom in Great Britain
The cash register events in Great Britain in September 2025 saw a significant rise of 18% compared to the previous year, making a strong recovery from a slow August and surpassing the numbers from 2024 by 9%. The total turnover for September 2025 was just over 71 million GBP, an 18% increase from September 2024.
Top Performing Films
The publication of highly representative titles in the past year, such as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, was surpassed by two decent figures this year. Warner Bros’ horror The Magic: Last Rites became the highest introduction in the Conjure Up universe with £16.8m, and Universal’s Downton Abbey: The Great Finale took £14.7m.
September 2025 Top 10
The top 10 films in Great Britain and Ireland for September 2025 were:
- The Magic: Last Rites (US) – £16.8m
- Downton Abbey: The Great Finale (UK) – £14.7m
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Japan) – £6.4m
- The Roses (UK-US) – £5.7m
- One Battle After Another (US) – £4.1m
- The Long Walk (US) – £3.8m
- Hamilton – 10th Anniversary (US) – £1.8m
- The Evil 2 (US) – £1.2m
- Among Other Things – NT Live 2025 (UK) – £1.2m
- A Big, Brave Nice Journey (US) – £1.1m
Genre Variety and British Films
A wide range of genres complemented these numbers, including Sony Anime’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle with £6.4 million, Disney’s comedy The Roses with £5.7m, and Warner Bros’ Paul Thomas Anderson drama One Battle After Another with £4m. It was a decent month for British films, with three titles from the territory in the top 10, rejecting a total of £21.6 million – The Grand Finale, The Roses, and filmed theater performance Each Other starring Rosamund Pike by NT Live (£1.2 million for the month).
Yearly Performance and Upcoming Releases
The season is up to £806.4 million, 9% over £736.9 million in the same stage in 2024 and only 1% behind 2023. October sees a combination of award winners, event releases, and a number of horror films building up to Halloween. Music documentary Taylor Swift / The Official Release Party of a Show Girl could still end the month as a top title, with cinemas reporting advance sales before Swift’s The Eras Tour film.
Year Top 10, 2025 So Far
The top 10 films of 2025 so far are:
- A Minecraft Film (US) – £56.9m
- Bridget Jones: Crazy About the Boy (FR-AK-US) – £46.4m
- Lilo & Stitch (US) – £37.3m
- Jurassic World Rebirth (US) – £35.9m
- Superhuman (US) – £28.1m
- Mission: Impossible – The Last Billing (US) – £26.3m
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (US) – £23.9m
- How to Train Your Kite (US) – £23.1m
- F1 The Film (US) – £22.3m
- Captain America: Brave New World (US) – £18m
Future Releases
Later in October, releases include Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: I Ran Out of Nowhere by Disney on October 24, and Bugonia, the new film from The Favourite and Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos, on October 31. Horror films will also hold a significant place, with titles such as Good Boy (Dizziness, October 10), Night of the Zoopocalypse (Kazoo, October 10), The Black Phone 2 (Universal, October 17), and Shelby Oaks (Height, October 31).
