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| June 2025 | During Los Angeles protests, Donald Trump Jr. tweets a photo of a Rooftop Korean with the caption 'Make Rooftop Koreans Great Again!', which was repudiated by the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles as exploiting past trauma. |
| 2025 | Ballerina, a spin-off/prequel to the John Wick franchise, is released. |
| May 2025 | Thunderbolts* had reached a worldwide total box office gross of $325.7 million, with $155.4 million from the United States and Canada, and $170.3 million from other territories. |
| 2025 | Florence Pugh was nominated for Favorite Butt-Kicker at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards |
| 2025 | Thunderbolts* was nominated for Favorite Movie at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards |
| May 2 2025 | Film was released in the United States as the final film of Phase Five of the MCU, with an ending revealing the Thunderbolts team is rebranded as the 'New Avengers'. |
| May 2 2025 | Thunderbolts* was released nationwide in the United States across multiple formats including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, ScreenX, and 4DX. |
| April 2025 | First weekend box office totaled $74 million domestically and $86.1 million internationally, with $20 million from IMAX screenings, bringing the total global opening to $160.1 million. |
| April 2025 | Marvel announced a collaboration with Wheaties to create a limited edition cereal box mimicking the Wheaties-inspired poster for the film. |
| April 30 2025 | Hollywood Records and Marvel Music are scheduled to release the Thunderbolts* soundtrack album featuring Son Lux's music. |
| April 28 2025 | The film held its Los Angeles premiere, showcasing the movie to audiences in California. |
| April 28 2025 | Los Angeles premiere of Thunderbolts* |
| April 2025 | In its third weekend, the film made $17 million, dropping 52% and falling to second place behind new release Final Destination Bloodlines. |
| April 2025 | Grossed $74 million in its domestic opening weekend and $86.1 million internationally, totaling $160.1 million, which included $20 million from IMAX screenings. |
| April 22 2025 | Fan screenings of Thunderbolts* occurred in 10 major U.S. cities. |
| April 22 2025 | Film premiered at the Empire Leicester Square in London, England. |
| April 22 2025 | Fan screenings scheduled in multiple US cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Austin. |
| April 22 2025 | Thunderbolts* is scheduled to premiere at various screenings. |
| April 2025 | In its second weekend, Thunderbolts* made $33.1 million and remained at the top of the box office, with a 55% drop noted as good for an MCU film compared to Captain America: Brave New World's 68% second weekend decrease. |
| April 2025 | In its second weekend, the film made $33.1 million, remaining atop the box office with a 55% drop in ticket sales. |
| April 2025 | The film's final writing credits were revealed: Pearson and Calo received screenplay credit, while the story was credited to Pearson. |
| April 2025 | After the film's opening weekend, Marvel Studios rebrands the film as The New Avengers, revealing the reasoning behind the original asterisk in the title. |
| April 2025 | Thunderbolts* earned $31.5 million domestically on its opening day, including $11.5 million from Thursday night previews. |
| April 2025 | Metacritic summarized critical response as 'generally favorable' with a score of 68 out of 100 from 52 critics. |
| April 2025 | Film projected to earn $70–75 million domestically and $160–175 million globally on its opening weekend. |
| April 2025 | CinemaScore audiences gave the film an average grade of 'A-', while PostTrak surveys showed 4.5/5 stars with 74% recommending the film. |
| April 2025 | The film earned approximately $11 million from Thursday night previews. |
| April 2025 | Received 88% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes from 198 critics, with an average rating of 7.1/10. |
| April 2025 | Thunderbolts* was projected to have a $63–77 million opening weekend in the United States, with a 'target number' of $70 million. |
| April 1 2025 | At CinemaCon, Lionsgate chair Adam Fogelson announced the development of a fifth John Wick film with director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves. |
| March 2025 | Keanu Reeves insisted the John Wick character was dead, suggesting his reluctance to return to the role. |
| March 14 2025 | The film was released in China at 6pm, opening to $3.3 million over its opening weekend, eventually grossing $6.2 million and becoming the 3rd highest-grossing Hollywood film in China for the year. |
| March 14 2025 | John Wick: Chapter 4 released in China, with marketing focusing on Donnie Yen's performance. |
| March 14 2025 | First theatrical release of the film in China, notable for being the franchise's debut in the Chinese market. |
| 2025 | Potential appearance of Harrison Ford as Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross in Captain America: Brave New World film. |
| March 2025 | Letterboxd debuts a trailer for Thunderbolts* edited in the style of A24 independent films, conceived with help from director Schreier and released around the same time Pugh describes the film as an 'indie, A24-feeling assassin movie'. |
| 2025 | Bucky Barnes, after being presumed killed in World War II and later working as a brainwashed assassin, has been elected to the United States Congress and is now the de facto leader of the Thunderbolts. |
| March 2025 | Marvel Studios announces that several Thunderbolts* cast members, including Sebastian Stan, Kurt Russell, Florence Pugh, Harry Pullman, and Hannah John-Kamen, will reprise their roles in the upcoming crossover film Avengers: Doomsday (2026). |
| February 28 2025 | Announcement of the film's release in China on March 14, 2025, marking the first film in the franchise to be released in the country. |
| February 18 2025 | 4K Blu-ray release of Constantine for its 20th anniversary. |
| February 2025 | Keanu Reeves revealed in an interview that he and Lawrence developed a story for the sequel, received approval from DC Studios, and confirmed the film would be set in the same world as the 2005 original, with John Constantine facing increased challenges. |
| February 2025 | Son Lux began recording the film score for Thunderbolts* at Abbey Road Studios in London during the first week of February. |
| February 2025 | A second trailer for Thunderbolts* was shown during Super Bowl LIX, seemingly confirming the team would be fighting the Void. Marvel also released a Wheaties-themed poster for the film. |
| February 2025 | The film's release date was moved forward to May 2, 2025, swapping places with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. |
| January 24 2025 | The U.S. district court for the District of Columbia imposed new supervised release conditions on the Oath Keepers (except Caldwell), requiring court permission to enter Washington, D.C. and Capitol Square or the Capitol Building. |
| January 21 2025 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 was released in 4K on physical and digital formats, with the film upscaled to 4K. |
| January 20 2025 | President Trump granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to over a thousand individuals convicted of offenses related to the Capitol attack, with exceptions for nine Oath Keepers and five Proud Boys. |
| January 10 2025 | Thomas Caldwell was sentenced to time served, found guilty of tampering with evidence and having a previous obstruction conviction dismissed. |
| January 9 2025 | The first season of the Creature Commandos animated series concludes, having explored the aftermath of The Suicide Squad and established new narrative directions for the DC Universe. |
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