#1 of 32 #1 drama movie of October 2025
2025 · Drama, Romance
$90.5M worldwide · 37% of the chart's total
$48.9M US & Canada · 54% $41.6M elsewhere · 46%
Drama box office · October 2025
Drama Box Office, October 2025: Top-Grossing Releases
Regretting You (2025) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in October 2025, with $90.5M worldwide, ahead of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) at $45.2M and Roofman (2025) at $34.9M. 32 drama films released in October 2025 report a worldwide gross, $246.8M in all, 53% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 63% on September 2025, whose releases took $662.4M. By language, English leads with $81M across 14 drama releases.
- October 2025 releases with a gross
- 32
- combined worldwide
- $246.8M
- Regretting You (2025), the #1
- $90.5M
- vs September 2025
- −63%
#1 of 32 Top 5
What Were the Biggest Drama Hits of October 2025?
Regretting You (2025) leads with $90.5M, 37% of the total. The top 5 together took $202.2M, 82% of what all 32 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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The chart
Every Drama Release of October 2025, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in October 2025.
- 1 Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $48.9M Rest of the world: $41.6M Worldwide: $90.5M
- 2 Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $22.6M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $45.2M
- 3 Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $22.7M Rest of the world: $12.1M Worldwide: $34.9M
- 4 Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: $11.4M Rest of the world: $9.7M Worldwide: $21.1M
- 5 Oct 15, 2025 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $8.7M Worldwide: $10.5M
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Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $3.3M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $9.4M - 7
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $7.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.4M - 8
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: $160.4K Worldwide: $6.2M - 9
Oct 12, 2025 US and Canada: $141K Rest of the world: $3.5M Worldwide: $3.6M - 10
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $3.6M - 11
Oct 29, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M - 12
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 13
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $139.9K Worldwide: $1.8M - 14
Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $473.9K Worldwide: $1.6M - 15
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $248.2K Worldwide: $1.3M - 16
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $204.5K Rest of the world: $920.8K Worldwide: $1.1M - 17
Oct 16, 2025 US and Canada: $146.5K Rest of the world: $489.6K Worldwide: $636.1K - 18
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $336.8K - 19
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $45.4K Rest of the world: $281.3K Worldwide: $326.7K - 20
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $264.8K - 21
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $219.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $219.9K - 22
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166.7K - 23
Oct 8, 2025 US and Canada: $16.1K Rest of the world: $137.5K Worldwide: $153.6K - 24
Oct 14, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $138.6K - 25
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $123.7K - 26
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.5K - 27
Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: $8K Rest of the world: $60.4K Worldwide: $68.4K - 28
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.7K - 29
Oct 28, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.8K - 30
Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.3K - 31
Oct 22, 2025 US and Canada: $8.4K Rest of the world: $7K Worldwide: $15.4K - 32
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9K
US & Canada vs the world
Where Did the Money Come From in October 2025?
Of the top 10, Soul on Fire (2025) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while 100 Meters (2025) made 96% of its gross abroad. Across all 32 films, $131M (53%) came from the US & Canada.
- 1 Regretting You (2025) $90.5M $48.9M US & Canada · 54% $41.6M elsewhere · 46%
- 2 Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) $45.2M $22.6M US & Canada · 50% $22.6M elsewhere · 50%
- 3 Roofman (2025) $34.9M $22.7M US & Canada · 65% $12.1M elsewhere · 35%
- 4 The Smashing Machine (2025) $21.1M $11.4M US & Canada · 54% $9.7M elsewhere · 46%
- 5 It Was Just an Accident (2025) $10.5M $1.8M US & Canada · 17% $8.7M elsewhere · 83%
- 6 After the Hunt (2025) $9.4M $3.3M US & Canada · 35% $6.2M elsewhere · 65%
- 7 Soul on Fire (2025) $7.4M $7.4M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
- 8 Truth & Treason (2025) $6.2M $6M US & Canada · 97% $160.4K elsewhere · 3%
- 9 100 Meters (2025) $3.6M $141K US & Canada · 4% $3.5M elsewhere · 96%
- 10 Blue Moon (2025) $3.6M $2.2M US & Canada · 61% $1.4M elsewhere · 39%
Gross bands
How Many October 2025 Releases Crossed $100 Million?
None of the 32 films reached $100M. 27 films, 84% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $246.8M total.
82% 18%
- $1B or more 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $500M to $1B 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $100M to $500M 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $10M to $100M 5 films, 16% of the list $202.2M · 82% of the gross
- Under $10M 27 films, 84% of the list $44.6M · 18% of the gross
By release week
Which Week of October 2025 Had the Biggest Releases?
Films released in week 43 (Oct 19–25) took $136.1M, led by Regretting You (2025). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
- Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 28–Oct 4 The Smashing Machine (2025) $22.9M The Smashing Machine (2025)
- Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 5–11 Roofman (2025) $55.1M Roofman (2025)
- Week 42 Wk 42 Oct 12–18 It Was Just an Accident (2025) $25.2M It Was Just an Accident (2025)
- Week 43 Wk 43 Oct 19–25 Regretting You (2025) $136.1M Regretting You (2025)
- Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 26–Nov 1 Auction (2025) $7.6M Auction (2025)
Earlier years
How Does October 2025 Compare With October in Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, October 2019 earned the most: $2.3B from 124 films, led by Joker (2019). October 2025 took $246.8M.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 90 films | 90 | $970.4M | – | The Girl on the Train (2016) $173.2M |
| October 2017 111 films · −24% | 111 | $734M | −24% | Blade Runner 2049 (2017) $277.9M |
| October 2018 122 films · +39% | 122 | $1B | +39% | A Star Is Born (2018) $436.4M |
| October 2019 124 films · +124% | 124 | $2.3B | +124% | Joker (2019) $1.1B |
| October 2020 83 films · −88% | 83 | $284.2M | −88% | After We Collided (2020) $48M |
| October 2021 95 films · +132% | 95 | $660M | +132% | Dune: Part One (2021) $410.7M |
| October 2022 87 films · −64% | 87 | $234.8M | −64% | The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) $50.3M |
| October 2023 83 films · +43% | 83 | $334.6M | +43% | Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) $158.8M |
| October 2024 91 films · +43% | 91 | $477.4M | +43% | Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) $207.5M |
| October 2025 32 films · −48% | 32 | $246.8M | −48% | Regretting You (2025) $90.5M |
By language
Which Languages Do the Biggest Drama Movies Speak in October 2025?
English-language drama films took $81M across 14 films, 33% of the total, ahead of Persian-language drama films ($10.5M) and Japanese-language drama films ($3.6M).
Archive
Drama Box Office in 2025, Month by Month
The months of 2025 with their totals: February leads with $2.5B, led by Ne Zha 2 (2025).
- January $674.5M #1 Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025)
- February $2.5B #1 Ne Zha 2 (2025)
- March $151.6M #1 Black Bag (2025)
- April $666.9M #1 Sinners (2025)
- May $588.3M #1 Thunderbolts* (2025)
- June $683.5M #1 F1: The Movie (2025)
- July $91.8M #1 My Daughter is a Zombie (2025)
- August $445.5M #1 Dead to Rights (2025)
- September $662.4M #1 731 (2025)
- October $246.8M #1 Regretting You (2025)
- November $476M #1 Kokuho (2025)
- December $528.3M #1 Marty Supreme (2025)
FAQ
Drama Box Office October 2025: Questions & Answers
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 32 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing drama movie in October 2025?
Regretting You (2025) leads with $90.5M worldwide, $48.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) at $45.2M and Roofman (2025) at $34.9M.
How much did drama movies released in October 2025 earn?
32 drama films released in October 2025 report a worldwide gross, $246.8M in all, or $7.7M per film on average. September 2025 releases took $662.4M.
How many drama movies released in October 2025 made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Regretting You (2025), earned $90.5M.
How is the October 2025 drama box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in October 2025. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
How often is the October 2025 drama box office chart updated?
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.