With new franchise adaptations, intriguing horror and action stories, and some entertaining kids’ movies on the way, April 2025’s most anticipated new films are bringing something for everyone both in theaters and directly on streaming. In partnership with predictive media data analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the new movies that have recorded the most online attention ahead of their release. Each film is ᴀssigned a hype score, measured by their engagement across various online platforms.
The most-talked-about new movies of April 2025 are ranked by Attention Signals, calculated using measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These measures of online engagement provide valuable insight into which тιтles are making the biggest virtual impact on potential audience members before their premieres – regardless of box office performance or reviews.
The attention scale metric is the percentage of attention based on the show or movie in the number one spot (which is represented as 100%).
While blockbuster season won’t move into full effect until the end of May, the spring is building up great momentum as April 2025 introduces some potential box office hits. From a new video game franchise adaptation to a Michael B. Jordan vampire movie, this month has plenty of variety in its appeal to various audience pools. Based on Diesel Labs’ data, here’s Screen Rant’s list of the top 10 new movies in April 2025 with the most online hype.
Top 10 Most Anticipated New Movies – April 2025
The тιтles Range From A Minecraft Movie To 825 Forest Road
тιтle |
Premiere Date |
Platform |
Genre |
Attention Scale |
Attention Signalsw |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Minecraft Movie |
4/4/2025 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Action & Adventure |
100.00% |
273,687,553 |
Sinners |
4/18/2025 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Horror |
19.24% |
52,661,961 |
The Amateur |
4/11/2025 |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Action & Adventure |
5.68% |
15,545,245 |
Warfare |
4/11/2025 |
A24 |
War Drama |
5.42% |
14,834,673 |
G20 |
4/10/2025 |
Amazon Prime Video |
Action & Adventure |
2.29% |
6,275,756 |
The Legend of Ochi |
4/25/2025 |
A24 |
Kids & Family |
2.22% |
6,063,697 |
The King of Kings |
4/11/2025 |
Angel Studios |
Kids & Family |
1.62% |
4,423,021 |
Sneaks |
4/18/2025 |
Briarcliff Entertainment |
Kids & Family |
1.19% |
3,255,671 |
Until Dawn |
4/25/2025 |
Sony Pictures |
Horror |
0.90% |
2,473,532 |
825 Forest Road |
4/4/2025 |
Shudder |
Horror |
0.48% |
1,309,895 |
Diesel Labs’ data reveals that the most anticipated new movie in April 2025 is A Minecraft Movie, Warner Bros.’ new live-action adaptation of the hit video game starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black. Following up in anticipation is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, an R-rated period vampire movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld. Close behind are the Rami Malek-led CIA thriller The Amateur and Alex Garland’s A24 war movie Warfare, starring big names like Will Poulter and Joseph Quinn. On the streaming front, Amazon Prime Video’s Viola Davis action thriller G20 has also garnered significant online hype before its April 2025 release.
Also among the most anticipated movies debuting in April 2025 are A24’s The Legend of Ochi, which was delayed from its previous February release date, the Charles Dickens-inspired animated Christian movie The King of Kings, and the Anthony Mackie-led animated comedy movie Sneaks. Closing out this month’s top 10 most-hyped films are two new horror movies, Until Dawn, which is adapted from and set in the same video game universe, and Shudder’s supernatural horror 825 Forest Road. With comedies, video game adaptations, horrors, and compelling dramas, the April 2025 movie release slate doesn’t disappoint.
Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that produces audience insights for the entire media landscape. With a sophisticated machine-learning based approach, they measure millions of audience members’ attention with content across many sources including major social and video platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (beta), and Reddit (beta). For more information, visit www.diesellabs.com.