Director Bong Joon Ho‘s Mickey 17 would possibly’ve had a gentle opening on the international field workplace, however it’s already snuck its approach onto an important record. The darkly comedic science-fiction movie is now among the many 10 highest-grossing releases of 2025, each domestically and worldwide. Mickey 17 debuted on the primary spot domestically, however grossed solely $19 million. This could possibly be perceived as underwhelming for a film produced on a reported funds of just about $120 million. A current report on Puck urged that the film might end in round $100 million in losses for Warner Bros.

That being stated, Mickey 17 is now among the many 10 greatest hits of the yr. On the home chart, it stands at quantity 9, having overtaken the horror-thriller Companion‘s $20 million haul. With $24 million within the financial institution, Mickey 17 presently trails Flight Threat by round $5 million. Globally, Mickey 17 is the Tenth-biggest hit of the yr, trailing India’s Chhaava by a large margin. The film has made $57 million worldwide up to now, however contemplating its $118 million manufacturing funds, it must gross round $250 million worldwide to interrupt even. This might be in the identical vary as director Bong’s Parasite, which price solely $11 million to supply.

The Puck report means that Bong vetoed a rival minimize put collectively by W.B. after his model acquired poor check scores. Bong received the Greatest Director Oscar for Parasite, which additionally received Oscars within the Greatest Authentic Screenplay, Greatest Worldwide Characteristic, and Greatest Image classes. The Korean-language movie’s lifetime home haul stands at over $50 million — presently twice as a lot as Mickey 17‘s haul. Regardless of the behind-the-scenes discord, nonetheless, the film opened to largely optimistic critiques. It sits at a “recent” 78% approval score on the aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes.

‘Mickey 17’ Is Director Bong’s Third English-Language Characteristic

The yr’s highest-grossing hit on the international field workplace is China’s Ne Zha 2, which has revamped $2 billion worldwide to change into the fifth-biggest hit in historical past. Domestically, the yr’s top-grossing movie stays Captain America: Courageous New World, which has made almost $180 million up to now. Mickey 17 additionally options Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo; it nonetheless trails Bong’s first English-language movie, Snowpiercer, by round $30 million. You possibly can watch Mickey 17 in theaters, and keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.

Mickey 17

Launch Date

February 28, 2025

Runtime

137 minutes

Producers

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Marianne Jenkins, Dooho Choi, Jesse Ehrman