UK and Ireland cinema takings on post-pandemic high as A Minecraft Movie tops 2025 box office

Wed, 07 Jan 2026

Video game spinoff was the highest-grossing film of the year at £56.88m as the sector continued its recovery after Covid

The UK and Irish box office has recorded its best annual performance since the Covid pandemic, with A Minecraft Movie ending 2025 as the highest-grossing film of the year.

Figures released by box-office analysts Comscore show that box office revenue in the UK and Ireland totalled £1.07bn, an increase of 1% on 2024’s total of £1.06bn. At the same time there was a slight decrease in the amount of films released: 1,092 in 2025, compared with 1,124 in 2024.