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Last year was a record-breaking year for the cinema box office - with Inside Out 2 becoming the most successful animated film of all time, and Deadpool & Wolverine beating the record for highest-earning ‘R’ rated film.
In the UK those were the two films that topped the annual charts, closely followed by Wicked, Despicable Me 4, and Paddington 2.
Hollywood strikes meant that the overall year’s earnings were a disappointing £931m, but it has been predicted that will rise to over £1 billion this year.
Here are the 11 films that have made most cash as of May 2025.
5. Thunderbolts*
The second Marvel film to make the top 5 - and still in cinemas - Thunderbolts* introduces a new team of Avengers, with the superhero gang led by a critically-acclaimed turn by Florence Pugh. It has taken $18,412,427 to date. | Contributed
6. Dog Man
Dreamworks' katest film 'Dog Man' shows how popular still is with youngsters - making $17,157,097 at the uk box office. It's the spinoff of the equally-popular 'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'. | Contributed
7. Nosferatu
Released on Christmas Day, 2024, in the UK, horror 'Nosferatu' kept on doing good business after New Year, earning $15,999,043. A remake of a film of the same name released in 1922, which was itself inspired by the story of Dracula, it's directed by Robert Eggers and stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, and Lily-Rose Depp. | Contributed
8. A Complete Unknown
James Mangold's Bob Dylan biography 'A Complete Unknown' was the best performing of the big Oscar films released early in 2025 (it was nominated for eight). Starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, it made $15,350,820 at the UK box office. | Contributed