Most Anticipated Movies

This chart shows the future movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all future releases.

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Deadpool and Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
Director: Shawn Levy
Lead Roles: Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Initial Theatrical Release: July 24, 2024 (Wide) by Walt Disney (Spain)
Keywords: Action Comedy, Franchise Crossover, Marvel Comics, Mutants, Breaking the Fourth Wall
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Animation/Live Action, Super Hero

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Gladiator 2
Gladiator II
Director: Ridley Scott
Lead Roles: Paul Mescal as Lucius, Pedro Pascal as Marcus Aracius, Connie Nielsen as Lucilla, Denzel Washington as Macrinus, Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta, Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla
Initial Theatrical Release: November 13, 2024 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures (France)
Keywords: Ancient Rome, Sword and Sandal
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction

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Shrek 5
Director: Walt Dohrn
Lead Roles: Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Fiona
Initial Theatrical Release: July 1, 2026 (Wide) by Universal
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

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Oddity
Oddity
Director: Damian McCarthy
Lead Roles: Carolyn Bracken as Darcy / Dani
Initial Theatrical Release: July 19, 2024 (Wide) by IFC Films
Keywords: Supernatural Horror, Supernatural, Living Toys, Twins, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Death of a Sibling, Death of a Twin
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house she and her husband, Ted, are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution where Ted is a doctor. A year later, Ted is living in the half-renovated country house with his new girlfriend who believes Dani’s ghost haunts the house. Ted dismisses her just as Dani’s blind twin sister, Darcy — a self-proclaimed psychic — pays them an unexpected visit. Darcy believes there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, and she has brought with her the most dangerous item from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge.

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Minions 3
Director: Pierre Coffin
Initial Theatrical Release: June 30, 2027 (Wide) by Universal
Classification: Spin-Off, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

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Captain America: Brave New World
Lead Roles: Anthony Mackie
Initial Theatrical Release: February 12, 2025 (Wide) by Walt Disney (France)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero

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Borderlands
Borderlands
Director: Eli Roth
Lead Roles: Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, Jack Black as Claptrap, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg, Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Tannis, Bobby Lee as Larry, Edgar Ramirez as Atlas, Olivier Richters as Krom, Gina Gershon as Moxxi, Janina Gavankar as Commander Knoxx, Benjamin Byron Davis as Marcus
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2024 (Wide) (Italy)
Keywords: Action Comedy, Ensemble
Classification: Based on Game, Action, Live Action, Super Hero

Synopsis

Lilith, an infamous treasure hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of Atlas, the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. She forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits—Roland, once a highly respected soldier, but now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina, a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg, Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis, the scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap, a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands—but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.

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It Ends With Us
Director: Justin Baldoni
Lead Roles: Blake Lively
Initial Theatrical Release: August 7, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures, released as Romper el Círculo (Mexico)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Though coming from a complicated past, Lily Bloom has always known the life she wants. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid and believes she may very well have found her soul mate. Soon, however, questions arise about their relationship, and to complicate matters her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan, comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.

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Last Breath
Director: Alex Parkinson
Initial Theatrical Release: February 28, 2025 (Limited) by Focus Features
Classification: Based on Movie, Documentary, Live Action, Factual

Synopsis

Based on a 2019 documentary by the same name, Last Breath follows a deep-sea diver’s final rescue mission.

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Fabulous Four
The Fabulous Four
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Initial Theatrical Release: July 24, 2024 (Wide) (Belgium)
Keywords: Buddy Comedy, Autumn Years, Wedding Day, Set in Florida, F-Rated, F-Rated, Triple
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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1992
1992
Director: Ariel Vromen
Lead Roles: Tyrese Gibson as Mercer, Scott Eastwood, Ray Liotta
Initial Theatrical Release: August 30, 2024 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Keywords: Historical Drama, 1990s, Set in Los Angeles, Riots, Police Brutality, Posthumous Release
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Mercer is desperately trying to rebuild his relationship with his son amidst the turbulent 1992 LA uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist at the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide.

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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
Director: Emma Tammi
Initial Theatrical Release: December 4, 2025 (Wide) (Australia)
Classification: Based on Game, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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Dìdi (弟弟)
Dìdi (弟弟)
Director: Sean Wang
Lead Roles: Izaac Wang as Wang Wang
Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 2024 (Wide) by Focus Features
Keywords: Coming-of-Age Drama, 2000s, Autobiographical, Asian-Americans, Biography
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization

Synopsis

In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

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Trap
Trap
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Lead Roles: Josh Hartnett as Cooper
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2024 (Wide) (Australia)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes, Psychological Thriller, Serial Killer, Police Detective
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.

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The Firing Squad
The Firing Squad
Director: Timothy A. Chey
Lead Roles: Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Samuel Wilson, James Barrington as Peter Lone, Kevin Sorbo as Pastor Lynbrook
Initial Theatrical Release: August 2, 2024 (Wide) by Epoch Studios
Keywords: Faith-Based Drama, Biography, Prison, Faith-Based Film, Agitprop, Death Row
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization

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Cuckoo
Cuckoo
Director: Tilman Singer
Lead Roles: Hunter Schafer
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2024 (Limited) by Paradise (Парадиз), released as Cuckoo (КУКУШКА) (Russia (CIS))
Keywords: Supernatural Horror, Supernatural, Tourists In Trouble
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. Konig, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.

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Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter
Director: J.C. Chandor
Lead Roles: Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter
Initial Theatrical Release: August 29, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures, released as Kraven - O Caçador (Brazil)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero

Synopsis

Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be.

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Moana
Director: Thomas Kail
Initial Theatrical Release: July 9, 2026 (Wide) (Australia)
Classification: Remake, Live Action

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Mufasa: The Lion King
Director: Barry Jenkins
Lead Roles: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr
Initial Theatrical Release: December 18, 2024 (Wide) by Walt Disney (Belgium)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Animation/Live Action, Kids Fiction

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Babygirl
Babygirl
Director: Halina Reijn
Lead Roles: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde
Initial Theatrical Release: December 20, 2024 (Wide) by A24
Keywords: Erotic Thriller
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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Afraid
Afraid
Director: Chris Weitz
Lead Roles: John Cho, Katherine Waterston
Initial Theatrical Release: August 28, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures (France)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Curtis and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing — and no one — gets in her family’s way.

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Lee
Lee
Director: Ellen Kuras
Lead Roles: Kate Winslet as Elizabeth Lee Miller
Initial Theatrical Release: September 13, 2024 (Wide) by StudioCanal (United Kingdom)
Keywords: 1940s, World War II, Models, Nazis, Biographical Drama, Biography, Photography, War Correspondent
Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization

Synopsis

Lee portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller. Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub.

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Reagan
Reagan
Director: Sean McNamara
Lead Roles: Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan
Initial Theatrical Release: August 30, 2024 (Wide) by ShowBiz Direct
Keywords: Filmed in California, United States, Cold War
Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization

Synopsis

From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, REAGAN is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds. Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former KGB agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.

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The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot
Director: Chris Sanders
Lead Roles: Lupita Nyong'o as ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz”
Initial Theatrical Release: September 13, 2024 (Wide), released as The Wild Robot (Дивият робот) (Bulgaria)
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Digital Animation, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short—is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

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