The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had a hard tome of late after 20 years of hit after hit, but Thunderbolts from earlier this year hit the mark just about right and now we get The Fantastic Four: First Steps hitting the top of the North American box office.

The new movie brings in a new 'phase' of the ling running series of movies and is the long awaited arrival of The Fantastic Four to the Disney franchise.

The movie hits the top of the box office with a weekend gross of $118 Million, better than Spider-Man: Homecoming but not as good at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but the movie has already taken more that The Marvels.

After 2 weeks at the top Superman~2025 falls to number 2 and has taken a very nice $289.5 Million total gross to date.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th July 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $118,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $24,860,000 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $289,501,578 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $13,000,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $301,516,440 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took $332,204,935 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,200,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $165,551,907 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,400,000 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $22,787,352 after 2 weekends of release

The new adaptation of the Superman~2025 movie remains at the top of the UK box office this weekend with a gross of £4.8 Million, a very reasonable 30% drop from last weekend.

The James Gunn directed movie has now taken a nice £16.3 Million in its first 10 days of release in the UK.

Coming in at number 4 this weekend is a new animated version of the Smurfs which takes £1.2 Million on its debut.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th July 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,295,874 over the weekend, a 2% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £24,938,490 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took £27,117,894 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,260,688 over the weekend, a 7% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,241,244 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £941,968 over its debut weekend

There is no stopping director James Gunn's Superman~2025 movie at the moment as the superhero feature easily spends a second weekend at the top of the North American box office.

The movie takes $57.25 Million on its second weekend, a decent 54% drop over last week as the movie pushes its gross to $235 Million.

Staying tight at number 2 is Jurassic World: Rebirth which has a total US gross of $276 Million.

Highest new movie of the weekend is the reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer~2025 which takes $13 Million on its debut at number 3.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th July 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $57,250,000 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $235,033,462 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $23,400,000 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $276,184,240 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took $303,065,330 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $13,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $11,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,615,000 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $153,642,641 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2025

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie The Smurfs Movie which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Hannah Waddingham (Winter Ridge) and Nick Offerman (In a World ...)
• It is directed by Chris Miller (Shrek the Third)
• The movie also stars Kurt Russell, John Goodman and Rihanna
• The UK release date is 18th July 2025
• And the release date in North America is 18th July 2025

Synopsis for The Smurfs Movie

When Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

This week the flagging DC Cinematic Universe owned by Warner Bros. got a well needed kick start with Wonder Woman that not only got a fantastic opening weekend but also got good reviews.

For a new IP starring the little known Gal Gadot a £6.1 million opening is fantastic, although Chris Pine does brings some star power and the film easily takes over at the top of the UK box office.

Compared to the previous 2 films in the series, Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice and Man of Steel it is far lower but the reviews have been far better and this film could have a good run ahead of it.

With Justice League coming on November this year it could be a good year for Warner and the DC property it so wants to be a rival to Marvel Cinematic Universe but is lacking to date.

Falling from the top to number 3 this week is Pirates of The Caribbean: Salazars Revenge, a weekend take of £2 million brings the films total to £13 million.

Worth noting is for the week Monday - Sunday Pirates of The Caribbean: Salazars Revenge would have still been number 1 with a weekly take of £7.7 million.

Also making its debut this week is Baywatch, a slapstick retelling of the 90s TV show, starring Dwayne Johnson and Zak Efron the film takes £4.6 million, not bad really but not good up against a superhero movie.

This week has Smurfs The Lost Village as the longest running film with 9 weeks while Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 is the top total grossing movie with £39.6 million after 6 weeks.

Historical charts

A year ago - Warcraft made its debut at the top of the box office on its debut, and with a whole new top 3 X-Men Apocalypse fell to number 5.

Five years ago - Prometheus made its debut at the top of the UK box office while Men in Black 3 fell to number 3 on its second weekend of release.

Ten years ago - Pirates of The Caribbean: At Worlds End spent a second weekend at the top while making its debut at 2 was Wedding Daze.

Fifteen years ago - Staring at the top was Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones for a third weekend while top new film was 40 Days and 40 Nights.

Twenty years ago - On its 5th weekend of release Liar Liar Went back to the top while the top new film was Absolute Power which entered at number 2, the previous weeks top film, Jungle 2 Jungle fell to number 3.

Twenty five years ago - Waynes World stayed at the top for a second weekend with the top new film being Medicine Man at number 3.