One Battle After Another
Warner Looks to Return Atop Weekend Box Office With Leonardo DiCaprio Actioner ‘One Battle After Another’
September 26, 2025
Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action thriller One Battle After Another, from director Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti, looks to top the weekend box office with $25 million in ticket sales through Sept. 28, according to projections from BoxOfficeReport.com. The movie, which is getting strong critical praise (Steven Spielberg is a big fan), generated $3.1 million in Thursday (Sept. 25) preview screenings.
In the film, DiCaprio plays a paranoid ex-revolutionary living off the grid out to save his daughter (Infiniti) from a corrupt military official (Penn).
“It is one of the year’s best-reviewed films by critics, and is also considered a major awards season contender this year,” Daniel Garris, with BoxOfficeReport.com, wrote in a post. “[The movie] represents a more mainstream film for Paul Thomas Anderson, at the same time the film doesn’t feel nearly as mainstream when it comes [its cast].”
Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s live-action family comedy Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Gloria Estefan and Kristen Wiig, is projected to finish runner-up with $15 million in revenue.
The movie is based on the Netflix original series “Gabby’s Dollhouse,” which premiered on the streamer in 2021, also starring Kraner.
The new Lionsgate horror release The Strangers: Chapter 2, from director Renny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath, is projected to sell north of $6 million in tickets. It’s a sequel to last year’s The Strangers: Chapter 1, which generated $48 million at the global box office, including $35.2 million across North American screens. The movie generated $630,000 in Thursday preview screenings.
Box office returnees include Warner’s The Conjuring: Last Rites with a projected $7.8 million in revenue for the weekend, with Sony/Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle expected to followright behind with $7.7 million in projected ticket sales.
Other returnees include Universal’s football-themed horror film Him ($4.4 million), Lionsgate’s The Long Walk ($4.2 million), and Focus Features’ Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale ($3.3 million in projected third-weekend revenue).
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