Franchise movies are still popular, but as we’ve seen from the box office receipts of movies like Fantastic Four: First Steps and even Superman to an extent, they are down in performance while several originals have had a really great year. Titles from Sinners to Weapons have had strong performances at the box office, and other originals have done super well critically. Which brings me to a 2025 movie release with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Made on only a $20 million budget, Warfare nabbed $33 million in theaters. Given you usually need 2-2.5x at the box office to garner a project, the movie is not the biggest theatrical success story of the year. Which is why I’m so happy it’s been popular now that home viewers can stream it with an HBO Max subscription .

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