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Thriller box office · Week 21 · May 18–24, 2025

Thriller Box Office, Week 21 of 2025: Thriller Releases of May 18–24

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24), with $598.8M worldwide, ahead of Project X (2025) at $1.1M and The Surrender (2025) at $194.3K. 4 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $600.2M in all, 33% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 70 times the total of Week 20, 2025, whose releases took $8.6M.

week 21 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$600.2M
film crossed $100M
1
vs Week 20, 2025
×70
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Thriller Hits of Week 21 of 2025?

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) leads with $598.8M, 100% of the total. The top 4 together took $600.2M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) movie poster Number 1
    $598.8M Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
    $197.4M US & Canada · 33% $401.4M elsewhere · 67%
  2. Project X (2025) movie poster Number 2
    $1.1M Project X (2025)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. The Surrender (2025) movie poster Number 3
    $194.3K The Surrender (2025)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Restless (2025) movie poster Number 4
    $60.9K Restless (2025)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Thriller Release of Week 21 of 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 week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24).

  1. 1 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) movie poster
    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) May 23, 2025 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $598.8M worldwide
    May 23, 2025 US and Canada: $197.4M Rest of the world: $401.4M Worldwide: $598.8M
  2. 2 Project X (2025) movie poster
    Project X (2025) May 21, 2025 · Arabic · Action, Thriller, Adventure $1.1M worldwide
    May 21, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
  3. 3 The Surrender (2025) movie poster
    The Surrender (2025) May 23, 2025 · English · Drama, Horror, Thriller $194.3K worldwide
    May 23, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $194.3K
  4. 4 Restless (2025) movie poster
    Restless (2025) May 23, 2025 · English · Drama, Thriller $60.9K worldwide
    May 23, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.9K
Earlier years

How Does Week 21 of 2025 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 21, 2025 earned the most: $600.2M from 4 films, led by Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025).

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 21, 2016 May 15–21 4 films 4 $71.6M – The Nice Guys (2016) $71.3M
Week 21, 2017 May 21–27 6 films · −91% 6 $6.3M −91% Based on a True Story (2017) $4M
Week 21, 2018 May 20–26 4 films · +134% 4 $14.8M +134% Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018) $9.9M
Week 21, 2019 May 19–25 6 films · +130% 6 $34M +130% Brightburn (2019) $33.2M
Week 21, 2020 May 17–23 2 films · −98% 2 $525.3K −98% Inheritance (2020) $304.9K
Week 21, 2021 May 16–22 2 films · +2871% 2 $15.6M +2871% The Dry (2021) $15.6M
Week 21, 2022 May 15–21 8 films · +549% 8 $101.2M +549% The Roundup (2022) $101.2M
Week 21, 2023 May 21–27 6 films · −84% 6 $16M −84% Kandahar (2023) $9.4M
Week 21, 2024 May 19–25 6 films · +1018% 6 $178.7M +1018% Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) $174.4M
Week 21, 2025 May 18–24 4 films · +236% 4 $600.2M +236% Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) $598.8M
FAQ

Thriller Box Office Week 21 of 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 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing thriller movie in week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24)?

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) leads with $598.8M worldwide, $197.4M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Project X (2025) at $1.1M and The Surrender (2025) at $194.3K.

How much did thriller movies released in week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24) earn?

4 thriller films released in week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24) report a worldwide gross, $600.2M in all, or $150M per film on average. Week 20, 2025 releases took $8.6M.

How many thriller movies released in week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24) made $1 billion?

None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) with $598.8M.

How much of the Week 21, 2025 Thriller box office came from the US and Canada?

$197.4M of the $600.2M total, or 33%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 21, 2025 thriller 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 week 21 of 2025 (May 18–24). 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 week 21, 2025 thriller 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.