Early 2025 Box Office Preview, Plus Moana 2 Sails to $600 Million

On the December 9, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk a little about this weekend’s box office numbers and then look ahead to some of the movies in the first half of 2025.In The News:Box office recap2025 theatrically released movies (no streaming), January through the end of MayJanuary1/10 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera1/17 - Presence (Soderbergh)1/17 - Wolf Man1/24 - Flight Risk1/31 - Dog Man (animated)1/31 - Companion (Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher)February2/7 - Love Hurts (action film, Ke Huy (hoo-ee) Quan, Ariana Debose)2/7 - Heart Eyes (Josh Ruben rom-com slasher starring Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding)2/14 - Captain America: Brave New World2/14 - Paddington In Peru2/21 - The Monkey (Oz Perkins)2/21 - The Unbreakable Boy (Zachary Levi)2/28 - Last Breath (real-life deep sea rescue movie starring Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu)2/28 - The Legend of Ochi (A24’s take on ET)March3/7 - Sinners (Ryan Coogler/Michael B. Jordan)3/14 - Black Bag (another Soderbergh, this one a spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris)3/14 - Novocaine (Jack Quaid has a disorder where he can’t feel pain, and he has to fight his way through a bunch of people who are robbing a bank and have taken his girlfriend hostage)3/21 - Snow White3/21 - Alto Knights (Barry Levinson directed, De Niro plays two roles as two different mob bosses, co-writer of Goodfellas)3/28 - Levon’s Trade3/28 - The Woman in the Yard (Jaume Collett-Serra, psychological horror film about a woman who shows up on a family’s lawn and gives them a chilling warning)April4/4 - A Minecraft Movie4/11 - The Amateur (Rami Malek is an unconventional spy who wants revenge against the terrorists who killed his wife)4/11 - Drop (thriller from Christopher Landon about a widowed mother who goes on her first date in years, only to receive a bunch of anonymous drops to her phone giving her instructions that she has to complete or else a mysterious person will kill her daughter)4/18 - Mickey 174/25 - The Accountant 24/25 - Until Dawn (based on a video game, director David F. Sandberg’s return to horror)May5/2 - Thunderbolts*5/9 - A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Kogonada’s new movie, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell)5/9 - Golden (coming of age musical directed by Michel Gondry, biography of Pharrell Williams)5/16 - Flowervale Street (David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, JUST moved to March 2026)5/23 - Lilo & Stitch5/23 - Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning5/30 - Karate Kid: Legends5/30 - The Life of ChuckAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at [email protected]. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy