Contrary to the 2025 global cinema results, Spain’s total box office revenue in 2025 was down 8% to 453 million euros ($534.5 million) and admissions were 65 million, with many major markets likely to see at least a slight increase or flat rate compared to 2024, Comscore Movies Spain announced on Tuesday.
Spain’s overall box office revenue in 2024 is already 22% below the pre-pandemic 2017-19 average, making it the worst performer among Europe’s five largest markets.
Among Spain’s biggest hits in 2025, Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” topped the list with box office revenue of 24.7 million euros ($29.1 million), followed by “Jurassic World: Rebirth” (18.8 million euros: $22.2 million).
Spain’s biggest (indeed, only) blockbuster was the final installment of Santiago Segura’s family comedy saga, “The Father There Is Only One 5,” which grossed 13.4 million euros ($15.8 million). Films in this series have topped the Spanish film charts in five of the last seven years.
“It’s been a frustrating year. Looking at our first-half results, which were up 3% over 2024, all indications were that 2025 would be better or at least flat compared to 2024. But we paid the price, as spring-like weather in Spain saw us down 28% in October and down 31% in November,” said David Rodríguez, general manager for Spain and Portugal at ComScore Movies.
“Aside from ‘The Father There Is Only One Five,’ no other Spanish film has had a huge box office success,” he added.
Rodriguez said family-friendly action films dominated the Spanish box office in 2025. These films also include straight family fare, both of which play up virtual filmmaking, according to ComScore Movies’ preliminary estimates through Dec. 29. “Avatar: Fire and Ashes,” “The Minecraft Movie,” “Zootopia 2,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Mufasa: The Lion King,” and “Fantastic Four: First Steps” all made it into Spain’s top 10 of 2025.
However, no American film has surpassed the astonishing 45.5 million euros (approximately $47.3 million) that “Inside Head 2” did in Spain in 2024, making it the second-best showing for a film from that country since 2014’s “Spanish Affair.”
On the positive side for Spain, four high-end auteur titles made it into the country’s top 10, led by Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive (€5.3 million: $6.2 million).
However, the most eye-catching feature was the box office gross of 3.9 million euros (approximately 460 million yen) for Alaudda Ruiz de Azua’s Sundays, which won the top prize at San Sebastian and is currently a finalist for the Academy Award for International Feature Film. The remaining Cannes Jury Prize winner Silat grossed 2.9 million euros (approximately 340 million yen), both showing how Movistar Plus+’s strategy of producing auteur event films can pay off in theaters. result.
Gower Street Analytics observes that 2026 is likely to be the year for American animated and live-action juggernauts, and globally, to be the highest-grossing year since 2019. However, when talking about box office revenues, not just in Spain, the word “should” is sometimes a sad word.
Top 10 highest-grossing films in Spain, 2025
1. “Lilo & Stitch,” Walt Disney, May 23, 24.7 million euros ($29.14 million)
2. “Jurassic World Rebirth,” Universal, July 2, 18.8 million euros ($22.18 million)
3. Avatar: Fire and Ashes, Walt Disney, December 19, 16.58 million euros ($19.56 million)
4. “A Minecraft Movie,” Warner Bros., April 4, 16.03 million euros ($18.91 million)
5. “Zootopia 2,” Walt Disney, November 28, 13.75 million euros ($16.22 million)
6. “How to Train Your Dragon,” Universal, June 12, 14.76 million euros ($17.41 million)
7. The Conjuring: The Last Rites, Walt Disney, September 5, 13.63 million euros ($16.08 million)
8. “Father There Is Only One 5,” Sony, June 26, 13.4 million euros ($15.81 million)
9. “Mufasa: The Lion King” Walt Disney, December 20, 2024, 11.33 million euros ($13.36 million)
10. Fantastic Four: First Steps, Walt Disney, July 24, 9.48 million euros ($1 million)
Top 10 highest-grossing Spanish films in Spain in 2025
1. “Father There Is Only One 5,” Sony, June 26, 13.4 million euros ($15.81 million)
2. The Captive, Walt Disney, September 12, 5.28 million euros ($6.23 million)
3. “Sundays”, Bteam Pictures, October 24, 3.92 million euros ($4.62 million)
4. “Wolfgang,” Universal, March 14, 3.97 million euros ($4.68 million)
5. “La cena”, A Contracorriente, October 17, 3.7 million euros ($4.36 million)
6. “El casoplón”, Walt Disney, April 16, 3.31 million euros ($3.9 million)
7. “Un Funeral” Sony, April 11, 3.02 million euros ($3.56 million)
8. “Sirāt”, Bteam Pictures, June 6, 2.89 million euros ($3.41 million)
9. “Sin cobertura”, Sony, August 22, 2.92 million euros ($3.44 million)
10. “Romelia”, Elastica, September 5, 1.78 million euros ($2.1 million)
Lorena Jaramillo contributed to this article.
