Mason Thames scores three No.1 box office hits this year — a milestone unseen since 1994 with Jim Carrey.
The industry hadn’t witnessed anything like it in three decades. At just 18, Mason Thames becomes the first actor since Jim Carrey in 1994 to top the box office with three different films in a single year. It’s not only a generational shift, but also a sign of a changing Hollywood star system — where new phenomena no longer emerge from television fame, but from genuine box office impact.
His 2025 victories are anything but random. First came the summer live-action release of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, grossing over $636 million worldwide. Then ‘Black Phone 2’, the sequel to his breakout debut, surpassed $104 million globally — one of the few horror titles of the year to cross the $100 million mark. His third strike came with ‘Regretting You’, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel, where Thames took on a leading romantic role, earning $50 million worldwide and proving his rare crossover appeal at such a young age.
The pattern mirrors Jim Carrey’s legendary 1994 run with ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’, ‘The Mask’, and ‘Dumb and Dumber’. What was once a cultural anomaly has returned — embodied by a new generation that doesn’t rely on scandal, controversy or provocation to dominate the conversation.
Mason Thames joins the statistical hall of fame that defines an era — and he’s done it before turning 20.
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