Summer blockbuster season is now in full effect, with the most anticipated movies of July 2025 keeping up the momentum by bringing plenty of new long-awaited franchise entries, action thrillers, and comedies to enjoy on the big screen and at home. In partnership with predictive media data analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the new films with the most online attention before their release. Each movie is ᴀssigned a hype score, measured by engagement across various online platforms.
July 2025’s most-discussed new films are ranked by Attention Signals, which are calculated using measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These metrics of online engagement provide valuable insight into which тιтles are making the biggest impact with potential viewers before their debut – regardless of reviews or box office numbers.
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%).
This summer has already seen exciting box office hits with Lilo & Sтιтch, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 28 Years Later, and How to Train Your Dragon, giving July 2025 higher standards to follow suit. Thankfully, the most buzzed-about films this month look up to the task. From the MCU’s new Fantastic Four movie and the DCU’s new Superman reboot to Adam Sandler’s long-delayed Happy Gilmore follow-up, July 2025 brings plenty of exciting new takes on familiar IP. Based on Diesel Labs’ data, here’s Screen Rant’s list of the top 10 new movies debuting in July 2025 with the most online hype.
Top 10 Most Anticipted New Movies – July 2025
The тιтles Range From Jurᴀssic World Rebirth To Eddington
тιтle |
Premiere Date |
Platform |
Genre |
Attention Scale |
Attention Signals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jurᴀssic World Rebirth |
7/2/2025 |
Universal Pictures |
Sci-Fi |
100.00% |
394,122,759 |
The Fantastic Four: First Steps |
7/25/2025 |
Marvel Studios |
Action & Adventure |
57.85% |
227,983,987 |
I Know What You Did Last Summer |
7/18/2025 |
Sony Pictures |
Horror |
28.06% |
110,575,216 |
Happy Gilmore 2 |
7/25/2025 |
Netflix |
Comedy |
25.94% |
102,219,462 |
Superman |
7/11/2025 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Action & Adventure |
7.40% |
29,166,343 |
The Old Guard 2 |
7/2/2025 |
Netflix |
Action & Adventure |
3.87% |
15,261,749 |
Smurfs |
7/18/2025 |
Paramount Pictures |
Kids & Family |
2.58% |
10,188,018 |
Heads of State |
7/2/2025 |
Amazon Prime Video |
Action & Adventure |
2.18% |
8,609,044 |
Madea’s Destination Wedding |
7/11/2025 |
Netflix |
Comedy |
1.86% |
7,336,653 |
Eddington |
7/18/2025 |
A24 |
Comedy |
0.32% |
1,244,133 |
According to data collected by Diesel Labs, the most anticipated movie of July 2025 is Jurᴀssic World Rebirth, the iconic franchise’s new standalone sequel starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali. The second-most-hyped new film of the month is The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which sees Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach tackle the тιтular heroes for the MCU. Following close behind are the slasher horror legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer and Adam Sandler’s golf comedy sequel Happy Gilmore 2, with James Gunn’s Superman reboot for the DCU having the next-most anticipation.
Also among the most-hyped new movies of July 2025 are Netflix’s Charlize Theron-starring action sequel The Old Guard 2, Paramount’s Rihanna-led animated Smurfs reboot, and Prime Video’s John Cena and Idris Elbra-starring action vehicle Heads of State. Rounding out the top 10 most anticipated July 2025 films are two anticipated comedies: Tyler Perry and Netflix’s latest Madea cinematic universe addition Madea’s Destination Wedding, and Ari Aster’s Western dark comedy Eddington. While there are still some exciting original movies to look forward to, July 2025’s new movies with the most chatter are primarily reboots, legacy sequels, and blockbuster franchise entries.
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.