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Leonardo DiCaprio's Latest Blockbuster Crushes Iconic British Drama at Global Box Office
6 Oct
Summary
- One Battle After Another surpasses global box office of Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth
- Film is Paul Thomas Anderson's first to cross $100M worldwide
- Outperforms several 2025 releases, set to beat The Naked Gun and The Accountant 2
As of October 6th, 2025, the action thriller One Battle After Another has achieved a significant milestone, surpassing the global box office total of Shekhar Kapur's BAFTA-winning historical drama Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett.
The film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, is currently in its second week of theatrical release and has already become the director's first project to cross $100 million in worldwide earnings. Previously, Anderson's highest-grossing film was the 2007 epic period drama There Will Be Blood.
One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has collected $42.7 million in North America and an additional $58.9 million from international markets, bringing its current global total to $101.6 million. While the film still needs to earn around $248.3 million more to reach its break-even point of $350 million, it has already outperformed several 2025 releases, including Materialists, A Working Man, The Monkey, and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
