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Family box office · September 2025

Family Box Office, September 2025: Top-Grossing Releases

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) is the highest-grossing family movie released in September 2025, with $80.8M worldwide, ahead of Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025) at $8.9M and Light of the World (2025) at $5.6M. 3 family films released in September 2025 report a worldwide gross, $95.4M in all, 39% of it from the US & Canada.

September 2025 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$95.4M
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025), the #1
$80.8M
earned in the US & Canada
39%
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 family movie of September 2025

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)

2025 · Animation, Adventure

$80.8M worldwide · 85% of the chart's total

$32M US & Canada · 40% $48.8M elsewhere · 60%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Family Hits of September 2025?

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) leads with $80.8M, 85% of the total. The top 3 together took $95.4M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) movie poster Number 1
    $80.8M Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)
    $32M US & Canada · 40% $48.8M elsewhere · 60%
  2. Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025) movie poster Number 2
    $8.9M Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Light of the World (2025) movie poster Number 3
    $5.6M Light of the World (2025)
    $5.2M US & Canada · 92% $428K elsewhere · 8%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Family Release of September 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 September 2025.

  1. 1 Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) movie poster
    Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) Sep 26, 2025 · English · Animation, Adventure, Comedy $80.8M worldwide
    Sep 26, 2025 US and Canada: $32M Rest of the world: $48.8M Worldwide: $80.8M
  2. 2 Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025) movie poster
    Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025) Sep 19, 2025 · Vietnamese · Comedy, Drama, Family $8.9M worldwide
    Sep 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9M
  3. 3 Light of the World (2025) movie poster
    Light of the World (2025) Sep 5, 2025 · English · Animation, Drama, Family $5.6M worldwide
    Sep 5, 2025 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: $428K Worldwide: $5.6M
Earlier years

How Does September 2025 Compare With September in Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, September 2016 earned the most: $526.6M from 14 films, led by Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). September 2025 took $95.4M.

Month Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
September 2016 14 films 14 $526.6M – Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) $296.5M
September 2017 14 films · −72% 14 $146.1M −72% The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) $123.8M
September 2018 14 films · +85% 14 $270.2M +85% Smallfoot (2018) $218M
September 2019 10 films · −24% 10 $204.9M −24% Abominable (2019) $190.3M
September 2020 16 films · −43% 16 $117.3M −43% Mulan (2020) $70M
September 2021 6 films · −87% 6 $15.3M −87% All About My Mother (2021) $8.9M
September 2022 12 films · +4% 12 $16M +4% Railway Children (2022) $4.3M
September 2023 9 films · +2% 9 $16.3M +2% Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) $8.6M
September 2024 9 films · +714% 9 $132.8M +714% Transformers One (2024) $129.4M
September 2025 3 films · −28% 3 $95.4M −28% Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) $80.8M
FAQ

Family Box Office September 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 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing family movie in September 2025?

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) leads with $80.8M worldwide, $32M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Face Off 8: Embrace of Light (2025) at $8.9M and Light of the World (2025) at $5.6M.

How much did family movies released in September 2025 earn?

3 family films released in September 2025 report a worldwide gross, $95.4M in all, or $31.8M per film on average.

How many family movies released in September 2025 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025), earned $80.8M.

How much of the September 2025 Family box office came from the US and Canada?

$37.2M of the $95.4M total, or 39%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the September 2025 family 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 September 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 September 2025 family 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.