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| August 7 2025 | Thunderbolts* was pending awards at the Critics' Choice Super Awards, including Best Superhero Movie. David Harbour, Lewis Pullman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Florence Pugh were pending in various acting categories, with Lewis Pullman also pending for Best Villain in a Movie. |
| 2025 | Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige attributed the film's low box office performance to audience confusion about needing to watch Disney+ series before seeing the movie. |
| July 29 2025 | Thunderbolts* was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD, with home media releases including deleted scenes, a gag reel, director's commentary, and featurettes. |
| July 3 2025 | Nominated for Best Picture at the Astra Midseason Movie Awards, with Florence Pugh winning Best Actress |
| 2025 | Total worldwide gross reached $382 million, which was reported as one of the lowest grossing MCU films, falling short of the $425 million break-even point. |
| 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. |
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