As February 2025 keeps up the momentum of a thrilling start to this year’s movie slate, the month’s most anticipated movies include major franchise installments, original horror films and adaptations, action movies, and thrilling dramas. In partnership with predictive media data analytics companyDiesel Labs,Screen Ranthas exclusive data analyzing the new movies that have recorded the most online attention before their debuts. Each of these films is assigned a hype score, measured by their engagement across various online platforms.
February 2025’s most-hyped new movies 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 metrics of online engagement help provide useful insight into which films are making the biggest virtual impact before they’re released to audiences – regardless of their critical or commercial performances.
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%).
Though Valentine’s Day typically makes way for more rom-coms in February, this year is dominated by other genres around the holiday. From anewPaddingtonmovieto an adaptation of a 1980 Stephen King horror story, February 2025’s biggest releases appeal to a variety of target audiences in theaters and on streaming. Here’sScreen Rant’s list of thetop 10 new movies in February 2025 with the most online hype, as revealed by Diesel Labs’ data.
04-08-2025
100.00%
206,334,363
03-06-2025
54.54%
112,525,011
01-06-2025
35.54%
73,324,922
10.15%
20,945,779
7.09%
14,630,246
24-07-2025
6.52%
13,449,075
19-08-2025
5.60%
11,552,826
4.21%
8,679,432
2.62%
5,409,746
05-08-2025
1.88%
3,887,648
Far and away, Diesel Labs' data indicates thatthe most anticipated movie of February 2024 isCaptain America: Brave New World, the MCU’s new installment in which Sam Wilson takes up the shield and finds himself going up against the U.S. President/Red Hulk. The second most-discussed February 2025 movie isOsgood Perkins’The Monkeyadaptation, based on Stephen King’s same-named 1980 short horror story. Following up these films with the most online hype areLove Hurts, Ke Huy Quan’s Valentine’s Day-set action comedy, the long-awaitedPaddington in Peru, and Olivia Holt’s rom-com slasherHeart Eyes.
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Also among the month’s most-hyped movies are Woody Harrelson’s survival thrillerLast Breath, Amazon Prime Video’s romantic drama remakeMy Fault: London, and the Apple TV+ action thrillerThe Gorge, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller. Closing out February 2025’s new movies with the most online engagement are A24’s adventure movieThe Legend of OchiandNetflix’s animatedThe Witcher: Sirens of the Deepfilm, which is set between episodes 5 and 6 ofThe Witcherseason 1. From action to horror to dramas, February 2025 is filled with some exciting entertainment at home and in theaters.
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, visitwww.diesellabs.com.
