Top Movies of Summer 2025
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JasonEvans
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I could be wrong but I don't think any Wes Anderson film has even made $75 mil at the domestic boxoffice. The idea that one would break through and earn $150+ million is almost unfathomable. American consumers are not that intellectual.
I'm seeing Phoenecian Scheme tomorrow night. Super excited for it.
camion
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Hey! I'm feeling a negative vibe here.
And if I knew what "intellectual" meant I'd probably be even madderer.
I guess my quibble would be that Top Movies of the Summer does not necessarily depend on the box office results.
-jk
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This poll series has always defined “top movies” based on revenue. There’s a discussion elsewhere for actual good movies.
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Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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I'd say there's rarely any correlation these days
camion
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"Box office results" is a simple quantitative metric which is why it is so frequently used.
What other metric(s) would you suggest using?
I dunno. Maybe how many times they pointlessly blow stuff up? So many of the top grossing movies are just adolescent slop but I guess that sells.
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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I mean, you aren't wrong. I largely agree with you.
But this thread is for people who find this box office interesting and try to predict the "winners."
I can't stand the Bracketology thread every season - it's just non-stop hand-wringing. I've learned to leave it alone.
why not take things in a more cerebral direction and predict Oscar or Golden Globe winners in various categories? How many of the movies listed here would people attend if they didn't have kids?
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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Honestly, I've been to the movies twice in the last five or six years. I'm not the person to defend this.
Phredd3
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If you're interested in something, you can just start the topic. You knew that right?
JasonEvans
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Well, summer movies are only rarely competitors for those prizes.
We've done it this way for a long, long time. This is a boxoffice contest.
That said, I think it would be kinda fun to project the top Rotten Tomatoes movies (or Metacritic, which I think is a better way of judging actual quality of films) of each summer. I would limit the contest to films that get at least 50 reviews and have at least $20 million of total boxoffice (so we ensure they had wide release and are not really obscure). That could be fun. Maybe we will try that in the fall or something.
JasonEvans
Host, The Duke Basketball Roundup
Well, another weekend in the books and we are getting closer to knowing which films are going to be real contenders.
Ballerina (the John Wick franchise extension) will not be a player. It only opened to $25 million and is unlikely to even get to $100 million in domestic boxoffice. Nexxxxxt!
Lilo & Stitch was #1 for the 3rd weekend in a row, making $32.5 million. It now stands at $335.7 million. Lock it in to the top 5 (probably top 2)
Mission Impossible 8 earned $15 million and now stands at $149 million in total boxoffice. Thunderbolts made $2.5 mil in its 7th weekend and is close to petering out at $186.4 million. It probably barely limps over the $190 mil mark.
One of the biggest question for our top 5 will be MI8 vs. Thunderbolts, so lets see how they compare at like moments in their cycles.
As mentioned, MI8 made $15 mil in weekend #3. Thunderbolts made $16.6 mil. MI8 is at $149 mil in total BO while Thunderbolts was at $155.2 million. Mission Impossible needs to do slightly better than Thunder over the next few weeks. It has a chance, but at the moment it would appear that Thunder will end up barely on top. It will be close, I expect.
How to Train Your Dragon comes this weekend. It will certainly be a strong contender and may make the MI8 vs. Thunderbolts battle moot.
Ballerina (the John Wick franchise extension) will not be a player. It only opened to $25 million and is unlikely to even get to $100 million in domestic boxoffice. Nexxxxxt!
Lilo & Stitch was #1 for the 3rd weekend in a row, making $32.5 million. It now stands at $335.7 million. Lock it in to the top 5 (probably top 2)
Mission Impossible 8 earned $15 million and now stands at $149 million in total boxoffice. Thunderbolts made $2.5 mil in its 7th weekend and is close to petering out at $186.4 million. It probably barely limps over the $190 mil mark.
One of the biggest question for our top 5 will be MI8 vs. Thunderbolts, so lets see how they compare at like moments in their cycles.
As mentioned, MI8 made $15 mil in weekend #3. Thunderbolts made $16.6 mil. MI8 is at $149 mil in total BO while Thunderbolts was at $155.2 million. Mission Impossible needs to do slightly better than Thunder over the next few weeks. It has a chance, but at the moment it would appear that Thunder will end up barely on top. It will be close, I expect.
How to Train Your Dragon comes this weekend. It will certainly be a strong contender and may make the MI8 vs. Thunderbolts battle moot.
PackMan97
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Mainly because movies that win Oscar's are generally horrible.
so unsurprised to hear you say that.
bundabergdevil
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God I hated Crash.
CameronBornAndBred
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Ooof! And this movie, unlike the last few Marvel misfires, got good reviews.
variety.com
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CameronBornAndBred
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I was quite wrong about How To Train Your Dragon. I'd already probably lost, but now I've definitely lost.