Bob Mondello

The Globes are widely thought to be the splashiest party of Hollywood's awards season, but they haven't always been known for seriousness.

This year felt different.

Paul Thomas Anderson's ferociously political satire, One Battle After Another, took home four Globes in the comedy or musical category, including Best Picture, Screenplay, Director, and Supporting Actress for Tiana Taylor.

Hamnet, about the death of Shakespeare's son, took Best Drama and Best Dramatic Actress, Jesse Buckley.

Brazil's The Secret Agent, a fiercely political film set during that country's dictatorship, took Best Feature, not in English, and Best Actor, Drama, for Walter Mora.

The best actor and actress in the comedy or musical categories went to Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme and Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.

Bob Mundello, NPR News.

Where is she?

In some senses, the year felt like a sequel.

Same story, slightly revised.

For the third year running, the industry's year-end box office total came in just below $9 billion.

The biggest blockbusters were primarily remakes and sequels, and PG-rated films aimed at families continued to do better than any other genre.

It's a wicked movie!

2025's film took in a combined $8.87 billion in North American cinemas.

Holidays, including a terrific Christmas season, did relatively well, but cinemas sat mostly empty other times of the year, including through one of the worst Octobers in a decade.

That has cinema owners experimenting with alternative attractions, like the two-hour Stranger Things finale, which sold more than 1.1 million tickets over the holidays.

Bob Mondello, NPR News.

In some senses, the year felt like a sequel.

Same story, slightly revised.

For the third year running, the industry's year-end box office total came in just below $9 billion.