RESEARCH
North American Box Office Crossed $8.6-8.9 Billion in 2025 -- Trackers Split on Exact Total
Comscore, Box Office Mojo, and The Numbers all confirm U.S.-Canada theaters crossed $8.6 billion in ticket revenue for 2025 -- the third-best year since the pandemic recovery began -- but the trackers' year-end totals diverge by about $270 million, roughly 3 percent: Comscore-sourced reporting puts the figure at $8.87 billion, Box Office Mojo counts $8,656,639,252 across 670 releases, and The Numbers lands near $8.6 billion. Revenue grew even as admissions fell, driven by rising average ticket prices. The industry remains 24-27 percent below pre-pandemic 2018-2019 levels.
Findings
- Comscore-sourced data (cited by Deadline, Variety, and Screen Daily) puts final 2025 U.S.-Canada box office at $8.87 billion on about 780 million admissions, up 1.5% from 2024 total of $8.74 billion -- even as admissions fell 4.9% from 820 million, as average ticket price rose 5.7% to $13.29.
- Box Office Mojo independently aggregated year-end total for 2025 domestic releases is $8,656,639,252 across 670 tracked releases, about $210 million (2.4%) below the Comscore-derived figure.
- The Numbers (Nash Information Services), using its own separate database, reports domestic 2025 revenue at approximately $8.6 billion -- roughly $270 million (3.0%) below the Comscore total and the lowest of the three trackers, though still slightly up on 2024.
- All trackers agree 2025 was the third-best domestic box office year since the pandemic recovery began, yet still 24-27% below the pre-pandemic 2018-2019 benchmark of roughly $11.4-11.9 billion, with no tracker projecting a full recovery to 2019 levels before 2027 at the earliest.
Delta Engine result
↔ Divergence Detected — Δ 0.0552 (threshold 0.05)
- Comscore (via Deadline) T2 93
- Variety T2 92
- Box Office Mojo T0 90
- The Numbers (via Axios) T0 88
Evidence quality
avg 40 · min 25 · max 55 · spread 30