One Battle After Another(2025)

R
2h 41m

Release Date: Sep 26, 2025 | Wide

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

Releases

Original Release (IMAX) | Sep 26, 2025

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$22,000,387
Total US & Canada:
$70,632,963
Total International
$131,600,000
Total Worldwide:
$202,232,963

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Director & Top Cast

Paul Thomas Anderson
Director

Leonardo DiCaprio
Bob

Sean Penn
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Benicio Del Toro
Sensei Sergio St. Carlos

Regina Hall
Deandra

Teyana Taylor
Perfidia

Wood Harris

Laredo

Alana Haim

Mae West

Shayna McHayle

Junglepussy

Paul Grimstad

Sommerville

Dijon Duenas

Talleyrand

Brooklyn Demme

Sober Rick

Sachi Diserafino

R.A. Rippey

Melissa Dueñas

Sylvia

Starletta DuPois

Gramma Minnie

Otillia Gupta

Newborn Baby Charlene

Nia Leon

Baby Charlene

Peter N. Lyas III

Bank Security Guard

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: IMAX 6-Track,Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,Spanish

Summaries

Plot Summary

The film opens with a quiet suburban street where Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives in uneasy retirement, tending his garden and trying to forget his militant past. The peace is shattered when he sees an old news broadcast: Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn), his sworn enemy from years ago, has risen to political prominence. Bob tries to shrug it off, but strange cars begin circling his house, hinting that the old conflict has found him again. We then flash back to 16 years earlier-scenes of violent uprisings, Bob and Lockjaw clashing in burning streets, and the brutal fallout that forced Bob underground. Returning to the present, Bob reconnects with his estranged daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti), who is skeptical of his past and resents his absence. Their tense reunion is interrupted when Lockjaw's forces raid Willa's school, a chilling display meant to send Bob a message. Bob seeks help from his former comrades: the sharp-tongued Deandra (Regina Hall), now a community organizer, and the eccentric martial-arts trainer Sergio St. Carlos (Benicio del Toro), who hides behind humor but hasn't lost his edge. Together, they confront Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor), Bob's ex-ally and Willa's mother, who demands that Bob protect their daughter rather than chase vengeance. As Lockjaw tightens his grip-deploying propaganda, surveillance drones, and paramilitary squads-the resistance stages chaotic counter-strikes. Major set pieces include: a street riot where Bob narrowly escapes capture, a nighttime safe-house raid that forces the group into the sewers, and a brutal hand-to-hand fight between Sergio and Lockjaw's chief enforcer. Willa, once reluctant, begins to see her father's struggle as her own and becomes the moral center of the resistance. The climax unfolds in Lockjaw's heavily fortified compound, where Bob and his allies infiltrate using half-remembered old codes and disguises. Betrayal strikes when Perfidia seems to waver, torn between protecting her family and confronting the past. In a bloody showdown, Bob faces Lockjaw in a duel that is as much psychological as physical-two men embodying cycles of violence, each unwilling to yield. The battle ends ambiguously: Lockjaw falls, but Bob is gravely wounded. Willa takes command of the surviving fighters, suggesting a new generation will carry the cause. The final image mirrors the opening garden scene-Willa planting seeds in scorched earth, a fragile hope growing out of endless battles.