2024 At The Box Office (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

Well 2024 is upon us and with it another year of highly anticipated films. Which will thrill us and which will chill us?

Here is a list I found of upcoming films and release dates.

JANUARY 2024

January 3 (Wednesday)​

Self Reliance (One Night Only)

January 4 (Thursday)​

Society of the Snow (Netflix)

January 5 (Friday)​

Memory (Expands)
Night Swim
The Bricklayer (Theaters + VOD)
Good Grief (Netflix)
He Went That Way (Theaters)
Mayhem! (Theaters + VOD)
Race for Glory (Theaters + VOD)

January 12 (Friday)​

The Beekeeper (+ IMAX)
The Book of Clarence
Mean Girls
Pixar's Soul (Re-Release)
Destroy All Neighbors (Shudder)
Driving Madeleine (Theaters)
Inshallah a Boy (Theaters)
Lift (Netflix)
Role Play (Prime Video)
Self Reliance (Hulu)
The Settlers (Theaters)
T.I.M. (Theaters + VOD)

January 18 (Thursday)​

Sundance Film Festival (until January 28)

January 19 (Friday)​

The End We Start From (Expands)
I.S.S.
Origin (Expands)
The Breaking Ice (Theaters)
Cult Killer (Theaters)
Founders Day (Theaters)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Theaters)
The Kitchen (Netflix)
Sunrise (Theaters)
Wanted Man (Theaters + VOD)
Which Brings Me To You (Theaters)

January 26 (Friday)​

American Star (Theaters + VOD)
Housekeeping for Beginners (Theaters)
The Peasants (Theaters)
Sometimes I Think About Dying (Theaters)
Tótem (Theaters)
The Underdoggs (Prime Video)

FEBRUARY 2024

February 2 (Friday)​

Argylle
Disco Boy (Theaters)
Fitting In (Theaters)
How to Have Sex (Theaters)
The Monk and The Gun (Theaters)
Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
The Promised Land (Theaters)
Scrambled (Theaters)

February 9 (Friday)​

It Ends with Us
Lisa Frankenstein
Out of Darkness
Pixar's Turning Red (Re-Release)
Drift (Theaters)
Ennio (Theaters)
Molli and Max in the Future (Theaters)
The Taste of Things (Theaters)

February 14 (Wednesday)​

Amélie (Re-Release)
Bob Marley: One Love
Madame Web (+ IMAX)
What About Love

February 16 (Friday)​

Land of Bad
Io Capitano (Theaters)

February 23 (Friday)​

Drive-Away Dolls
Ordinary Angels
About Dry Grasses (Theaters)
The Invisible Fight (Theaters)
Red Right Hand (Theaters)
They Shot the Piano Player (Theaters)

MARCH 2024

March 1 (Friday)​

Dune: Part Two
Shayda (Theaters)
Spaceman (Netflix)

March 8 (Friday)​

Imaginary
Rayman's Big Movie
Damsel (Netflix)
Love Lies Bleeding (Theaters)

March 15 (Friday)​

1992 (Theaters)
The Animal Kingdom (Theaters)
DogMan (Theaters)
June Zero (Theaters)
Karaoke (Theaters)
On the Adamant (Theaters)

March 21 (Thursday)​

Road House (Prime Video)

March 22 (Friday)​

The American Society of Magical Negroes
Arthur the King
Pixar's Luca (Re-Release)
One Life
Club Zero (Theaters)
Femme (Theaters)
Late Night with the Devil (Theaters)

March 29 (Friday)​

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Kung Fu Panda 4
Mickey 17
Lousy Carter (Theaters)
Wicked Little Letters (Theaters)

APRIL 2024

April 5 (Friday)​

The First Omen
The People's Joker (Theaters)

April 12 (Friday)​

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
LaRoy (Theaters)

April 19 (Friday)​

Abducting Abigail
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (Netflix)
We Grown Now (Theaters)

April 26 (Friday)​

Challengers
Civil War (+ IMAX)
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (Theaters)


Summer 2024

MAY 2024

May 3 (Friday)​

The Fall Guy

May 10 (Friday)​

Horrorscope

May 14 (Tuesday)​

Cannes Film Festival (until May 25)

May 17 (Friday)​

IF - Imaginary Friends
The Strangers: Chapter 1

May 24 (Friday)​

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Garfield Movie
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

JUNE 2024

June 7 (Friday)​

Ballerina
The Watchers

June 14 (Friday)​

Bad Boys 4
Pixar's Inside Out 2

June 21 (Friday)​

The Bikeriders
Firebrand (Theaters)

June 28 (Friday)​

Horizon: An American Saga - Part 1
A Quiet Place: Day One

JULY 2024

July 3 (Wednesday)​

Despicable Me 4

July 12 (Friday)​

Project Artemis

July 19 (Friday)​

Twisters

July 26 (Friday)​

Captain America: Brave New World - 2025⤴
Deadpool 3

AUGUST 2024

August 2 (Friday)​

Harold and the Purple Crayon
Shyamalan's Trap

August 9 (Friday)​

Borderlands
Flint Strong
Speak No Evil

August 16 (Friday)​

Alien: Romulus
Horizon: An American Saga - Part 2

August 30 (Friday)​

Kraven the Hunter

SEPTEMBER 2024

September 6 (Friday)​

Beetlejuice 2

September 13 (Friday)​

Transformers One

September 20 (Friday)​

The Wild Robot
Wolfs

September 27 (Friday)​

Monkeypaw Movie
Saw XI

OCTOBER 2024

October 4 (Friday)​

Joker: Folie à Deux
White Bird

October 18 (Friday)​

Smile 2

October 25 (Friday)​

Terrifier 3
Wolf Man

NOVEMBER 2024

November 8 (Friday)​

The Amateur
Venom 3

November 15 (Friday)​

Alto Knights

November 22 (Friday)​

Gladiator 2

November 27 (Wednesday – Thanksgiving)​

The Incredibles
Wicked: Part One

DECEMBER 2024

December 13 (Friday)​

Karate Kid
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

December 20 (Friday)​

Mufasa: The Lion King
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

December 25 (Wednesday – Christmas Day)​

Jordan Peele Movie
Nosferatu

‹ 2023 Release Schedule | 2025 Release Schedule ›​

 

[Tino]

THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2024​

THERE'S A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT, FROM ICONIC ACTION FRANCHISES TO BLOCKBUSTER SUPERHERO FARE TO ANIMATED TREATS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND MORE.​

The Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

There's a lot to be excited about, from iconic action franchises to blockbuster superhero fare to animated treats for the whole family and more.

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[Robert Saccone]

Seems weird releasing Nosferatu on Christmas.

 

[Malcolm R]

The Watchers on June 7 appears to be the directorial debut of Ishana Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night). I think she was an AD on MNS' Old.

Not a whole lot on that list that gets me too excited, though I don't yet know much about most of them. Early year releases The Beekeeper and Argylle look fun.

 

[Jake Lipson]

At the beginning of the 2023 thread, I said that Dune: Part Two was my most anticipated film of the year.

I guess Dune: Part Two is still my most anticipated film of the year for 2024 too because we didn't actually get to see it in 2023.

What about you?

 

[Tino]

What about you?

Furiosa. A Mad Max Saga.

 

[Malcolm R]

As a child of the 80's, most anticipated is probably Beetlejuice 2. I love creature features so maybe also Wolf Man and Godzilla x Kong (though I still haven't yet watched Godzilla vs Kong).

 

[Jake Lipson]

November 27 (Wednesday – Thanksgiving)​

The Incredibles

This is inaccurate. Disney has not announced an Incredibles film for Thanksgiving. They do have the date on hold for an untitled Disney film, but there is no way it is Incredibles. Brad Bird is currently working on Ray Gunn for Skydance Animation, where John Lasseter is running things now after Disney fired him.

 

[Tino]

This is inaccurate. Disney has not announced an Incredibles film for Thanksgiving. They do have the date on hold for an untitled Disney film, but there is no way it is Incredibles. Brad Bird is currently working on Ray Gunn for Skydance Animation, where John Lasseter is running things now after Disney fired him.

I would take every movie release date on that list with a grain of salt.

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	(2)	Wonka	Warner Bros.	$22,665,000	+26%	4,115	-98	$5,508	$133,318,000	3
2	(1)	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Warner Bros.	$18,270,000	-34%	3,787	+81	$4,824	$76,615,000	2
3	(3)	Migration	Universal	$17,010,355	+37%	3,839	+78	$4,431	$54,103,000	2
4	N	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	$11,735,000		3,203		$3,664	$44,035,000	1
5	(4)	Anyone But You	Sony Pictures	$8,750,000	+46%	3,055	n/c	$2,864	$24,835,000	2
6	N	The Boys in the Boat	MGM	$8,400,000		2,557		$3,285	$21,998,000	1
7	(6)	The Iron Claw	A24	$5,044,847	+4%	2,774	n/c	$1,819	$16,359,994	2
8	N	Ferrari	Neon	$4,063,910		2,386		$1,703	$10,920,617	1
9	(7)	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	Lionsgate	$2,880,000	-5%	1,660	-849	$1,735	$159,847,500	7
10	(8)	The Boy and the Heron	GKIDS	$2,504,418	-10%	940	-640	$2,664	$35,968,236	4
11	(9)	Godzilla Minus One	Toho Interna…	$2,275,000	-14%	1,180	-785	$1,928	$45,576,401	5
12	(11)	Poor Things	Searchlight …	$2,254,000	+6%	800	n/c	$2,818	$10,259,184	4
13	(12)	Trolls Band Together	Universal	$1,949,560	+10%	1,517	-122	$1,285	$97,529,000	7
14	(13)	Wish	Walt Disney	$1,354,000	+20%	1,265	-475	$1,070	$60,624,583	6
15	(14)	Napoleon	Sony Pictures	$530,000	-35%	750	-252	$707	$60,536,000	6
-	(-)	The Holdovers	Focus Features	$201,135	-16%	237	-79	$849	$18,206,000	10
-	(-)	All of Us Strangers	Searchlight …	$114,000	-3%	6	+2	$19,000	$346,909	2
-	(-)	The Zone of Interest	A24	$96,634	+17%	6	n/c	$16,106	$474,079	3
-	(-)	The Marvels	Walt Disney	$32,000	-41%	160	-60	$200	$84,482,947	8
-	(-)	Killers of the Flower Moon	Paramount Pi…	$27,000	-22%	37	-13	$730	$67,292,000	11
-	(-)	Memory	Ketchup Ente…	$24,481	-33%	2	n/c	$12,241	$78,081	2
-	(-)	Silent Night	Lionsgate	$22,300	-77%	64	-139	$348	$7,905,600	5
-	(-)	Radical	Pantelion Films	$15,081	-15%	14	-28	$1,077	$8,636,299	9
-	(-)	Oppenheimer	Universal	$8,015	+92%	25	+8	$321	$326,102,000	24
-	(-)	The Sweet East	Utopia	$3,816	-17%	1	-1	$3,816	$90,092	5
-	(-)	Godard Cinema	Kino Lorber	$1,903	-30%	4	+1	$476	$18,649	3
-	(-)	Four Daughters	Kino Lorber	$204	+39%	1	-1	$204	$44,032	10
		27		$110,232,659

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Dune 2. Easily. Then Furiosa.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

At the beginning of the 2023 thread, I said that Dune: Part Two was my most anticipated film of the year.

I guess Dune: Part Two is still my most anticipated film of the year for 2024 too because we didn't actually get to see it in 2023.

What about you?

"Joker 2" is probably the most interesting 2024 flick, partly because the 1st was good and also because I luvs me some Gaga.

"Inside Out 2" should be anticipated by me, but Pixar's been in such a rut that I'm less than optimistic.

Otherwise, I see a bunch of "oh, that could be good" movies but nothing anticipated by me.

 

[Wayne Klein]

Dune 2, Joker 2 promises to be interesting of nothing else. Furiosa also sounds interesting. Or that I’m wanting a half asses Marvel movie (a good one would be fine) but I had hoped that the next Captain America might come out. With it being moved to next year….thats a bit disappointing. The rest could be good, could be bad

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	(1)	Wonka	Warner Bros.	$14,430,000	-36%	3,817	-234	$3,780	$164,654,000	4
2	N	Night Swim	Universal	$12,000,000		3,250		$3,692	$12,000,000	1
3	(2)	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Warner Bros.	$10,610,000	-42%	3,553	-234	$2,986	$100,021,000	3
4	(3)	Migration	Universal	$10,250,000	-40%	3,712	-127	$2,761	$77,820,000	3
5	(5)	Anyone But You	Sony Pictures	$9,500,356	+9%	3,055	n/c	$3,110	$43,714,000	3
6	(6)	The Boys in the Boat	MGM	$6,020,991	-28%	2,687	+130	$2,241	$33,897,610	2
7	(4)	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	$4,765,000	-59%	3,218	+15	$1,481	$54,621,000	2
8	(7)	The Iron Claw	A24	$4,521,555	-3%	2,392	-382	$1,890	$24,878,696	3
9	(8)	Ferrari	Neon	$2,505,000	-36%	2,121	-265	$1,181	$16,005,459	2
10	(12)	Poor Things	Searchlight …	$2,000,000	-12%	750	-50	$2,667	$14,227,242	5
11	(9)	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	Lionsgate	$1,835,000	-36%	1,428	-232	$1,285	$163,836,572	8
12	(11)	Godzilla Minus One	Toho Interna…	$1,725,000	-24%	1,050	-130	$1,643	$49,165,843	6
13	(10)	The Boy and the Heron	GKIDS	$1,721,819	-28%	910	-30	$1,892	$39,607,451	5
14	(13)	Trolls Band Together	Universal	$1,210,000	-38%	1,137	-380	$1,064	$100,420,000	8
15	(-)	American Fiction	MGM	$1,008,860	+146%	114	+74	$8,850	$2,978,867	4
-	(14)	Wish	Walt Disney	$760,000	-43%	900	-365	$844	$62,579,594	7
-	(-)	All of Us Strangers	Searchlight …	$425,000	+274%	42	+36	$10,119	$865,747	3
-	(-)	Napoleon	Sony Pictures	$299,911	-43%	337	-413	$890	$61,204,000	7
-	(-)	The Holdovers	Focus Features	$110,000	-46%	153	-84	$719	$18,466,000	11
-	(-)	The Zone of Interest	A24	$86,298	n/c	6	n/c	$14,383	$635,479	4
-	(-)	Memory	Ketchup Ente…	$65,331	+167%	14	+12	$4,667	$161,053	3
-	(-)	Anselm	Janus Films	$40,250	+42%	16	+9	$2,516	$223,433	5
-	(-)	Killers of the Flower Moon	Paramount Pi…	$17,000	-38%	35	-2	$486	$67,335,000	12
-	(-)	Radical	Pantelion Films	$14,706	-2%	20	+6	$735	$8,665,790	10
-	(-)	The Sweet East	Utopia	$8,039	+56%	2	+1	$4,020	$103,315	6
-	(-)	The Crime is Mine	Music Box Films	$7,155	-29%	4	+1	$1,789	$34,282	2
-	N	Mayhem!	IFC Films	$6,803		24		$283	$6,803	1
-	(-)	Oppenheimer	Universal	$4,000	-46%	27	+2	$148	$326,108,000	25
		28		$85,948,074

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Looks like "Wonka" is officially profitable, as it's at $465m WW with a $125m budget.

Good! I like the movie and think it deserves its success.

"Color Purple" seems to be sinking like a stone. I know it's not opened internationally yet but with a $100m budget and $54m in the US, it feels like there's little chance it'll turn a profit.

Guess it needs to hope for some Oscar love.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I haven’t seen Color Purple yet so I can’t really comment on it except to say that it doesn’t seem like there’s any earthly reason for it to have been made with a $100 million budget. That means it needs about $300 million to break even, more if they spend lavishly campaigning for awards season. Hollywood somehow needs to remember how to make the kind of mid-budget films that used to be their bread and butter. It seems like every film that makes it to a multiplex these days costs $100 million and that’s just insane.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Guess it needs to hope for some Oscar love.

The Color Purple had the best opening for any film released on Christmas Day since Sherlock Holmes in 2009. That is really impressive. But I think what happened there is that the audience who really wanted to see it rushed out quickly, and it isn't expanding its audience beyond the core fan base for that material. I was very much looking forward to it and had planned to go on opening day but got sick with the flu. When I was finally well enough to go see it earlier this week, there were less than ten other people in the auditorium with me.

I'd love to be wrong about this because I think the movie is really good. But I'm not sure how much of an "Oscar bump" this particular movie would have. Alice Walker's novel and Steven Spielberg's original film are already widely known quantities for the general public. The stage musical has had two major Broadway productions since its debut in 2005, plus multiple national tours and subsequent regional productions. How many people who weren't already planning to see this version will change their mind and do so if it receives Oscar nominations? It's not like this is some small indie film that people haven't heard of which will get a wider release after receiving awards attention.

 

[Worth]

I haven’t seen Color Purple yet so I can’t really comment on it except to say that it doesn’t seem like there’s any earthly reason for it to have been made with a $100 million budget...

The 1985 film was made for about $15 million, which is roughly $40 million today, adjusted for inflation.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The 1985 film was made for about $15 million, which is roughly $40 million today, adjusted for inflation.

To be completely fair, the 1985 film didn't have to stage huge musical numbers in the way that this version does. I'm sure that added to the cost. So it is not an exact 1-to-1 comparison because the needs of the musical are different.

That being said, both your point and Josh's absolutely stand.

 

[Malcolm R]

I don't think TCP is going to get much Oscar love. It was only nominated for two GG's and lost both of those. And Taraji P. Henson seems to be in the press this weekend, bitter about various aspects of the production.