THE WEDNESDAY CHARTS | June and 2025 year-to-date box office summary | July preview | July 2, 2025
After a very good April and May, June moviegoing cooled
THE WEDNESDAY CHARTS | June and 2025 year-to-date box office summary | July preview | July 2, 2025
- June 2025 finished down -25% compared with the pre-pandemic average (the average of June 2019/2018/2017). The month was down -5.3% compared with June 2024. The goal is to get back to the pre-pandemic average and by that measure, after a good run in April and May, June weakened.
Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible provided good holdover business during the first half of the month, but the new titles under-performed (Ballerina and Karate Kid). During the second half, How to Train Your Dragon and 28 Years Later have done very well… while Elio did not work.
It’s June and it’s prime summer playing time. There’s very little room for error:
- Year-to-date, compared with last year, business is improving (up +16.9%), but compared with the pre-pandemic average, the BO remains down -28.4%.
The hole that was dug during the first quarter — down -45.7% vs. the pre-pandemic average — creates an uphill climb the rest of the year. The worst of the year is behind us, but the constant battling from behind can be wearing.