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.

See also: Most Anticipated Movies 2024 - Most Anticipated Movies 2025 - Trending Movies - Trending People - Most Anticipated Video Releases

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Director: Wes Ball
Initial Theatrical Release: May 8, 2024 (Wide) (Belgium)
Keywords: Action Adventure, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Delayed Sequel
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Animation/Live Action, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Set several generations in the future, following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

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Deadpool and Wolverine
Deadpool and Wolverine
Director: Shawn Levy
Lead Roles: Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool, Emma Corrin
Initial Theatrical Release: July 24, 2024 (Wide) by Walt Disney (Spain)
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Animation/Live Action, Super Hero

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Not Another Church Movie

Synopsis

Hoprah Windfall, fretting as her ratings plummet because her talk show and audience need some new blood, calls on God and demands His help. God and his angels decide there’s no better choice to replace her with than the hardest working man in the world, Taylor Pherry. But when the Devil overhears this, he comes up with a fiendish plan of his own to disrupt the whole ordeal. While Taylor prepares for one of his many jobs that mostly entail helping his dysfunctional but lovable family through their trials and tribulations, God appears and orders him to help Hoprah accomplish her mission, by writing a movie. By looking at the crazy women in his life he finds the very substance of the storylines for his screenplay!

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Lead Roles: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
Initial Theatrical Release: June 5, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures (Germany)
Keywords: Action Comedy, Buddy Cop
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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Ezra
Ezra
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Lead Roles: Bobby Cannavale as Max Brandel, Robert De Niro as Stan, Rose Byrne as Jenna, William A. Fitzgerald as Ezra
Initial Theatrical Release: May 31, 2024 (Wide) by Bleecker Street
Keywords: Family Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Autism, Stand-Up Comedy, Road Trip, Kidnap
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Stand-up comic Max Bernal and his 11-year-old autistic son Ezra set off on a road trip in this vivid portrait of a family figuring out how to understand one another. Having recently blown up his career and his marriage, Max is living with his father Stan and is profoundly at odds with his soon-to-be ex-wife Jenna about how to address their son’s special needs. When Ezra is expelled from yet another school, Max makes the controversial decision to take Ezra in the middle of the night, embarking on a cross-country odyssey.

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If
IF
Director: John Krasinski
Lead Roles: Ryan Reynolds as Cal, Cailey Fleming as Bea
Initial Theatrical Release: May 8, 2024 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures, released as Blue & Compagnie (France)
Keywords: Buddy Comedy, Imaginary Friend
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Animation/Live Action, Kids Fiction

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

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Furiosa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Director: George Miller
Lead Roles: Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa, Chris Hemsworth as Warlord Dementus
Initial Theatrical Release: May 22, 2024 (Wide) by Warner Bros., released as Furiosa: Une Saga de Mad Max (France)
Keywords: Action Adventure, Prequel, Delayed Sequel, Sequels Without Their Original Stars, Sequel With Lead Character Recast
Classification: Spin-Off, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction

Synopsis

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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MaXXXine
Director: Ti West
Lead Roles: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki as Elizabeth Bender
Initial Theatrical Release: July 4, 2024 (Wide) (Germany)
Keywords: Slasher Horror, Movie Business, 1980s, Sole Survivor
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction

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Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie
Director: Ryan Crego
Initial Theatrical Release: September 26, 2025 (Wide) by Universal
Classification: Based on TV, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

Synopsis

Gabby heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby’s dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera, Gabby sets off on an adventure through the real world to get the Gabby Cats back together and save the dollhouse before it’s too late.

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Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2
Director: Kelsey Mann
Lead Roles: Amy Poehler
Initial Theatrical Release: June 12, 2024 (Wide) (Belgium)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

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You Can’t Run Forever
You Can’t Run Forever
Director: Michelle Schumacher
Lead Roles: Isabelle Anaya as Miranda, J.K. Simmons as Wade
Initial Theatrical Release: May 17, 2024 (Limited) by Lionsgate
Keywords: Humans as Prey, Filmed in Montana, United States
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Chapter 1
Director: Renny Harlin
Lead Roles: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez
Initial Theatrical Release: May 15, 2024 (Wide) by Metropolitan Filmexport, released as Les Intrus (France)
Keywords: Isolation Horror, Cabin in the Woods, Reboot, Home Invasion
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.

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The Watchers
The Watchers
Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Lead Roles: Dakota Fanning as Mina, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, Olwen Fouere
Initial Theatrical Release: June 5, 2024 (Wide) by Warner Bros., released as Les Guetteurs (France)
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

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Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Director: Kevin Costner
Lead Roles: Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison
Initial Theatrical Release: June 27, 2024 (Wide) by Paradise (Парадиз), released as Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (Горизонт: Американская сага) (Russia (CIS))
Keywords: 1800s, Ensemble, 1860s, The Civil War, Screenplay Written By the Star, Directing Yourself
Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won — and lost — through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, the cinematic adventure will take audiences on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.

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Darkness of Man

Synopsis

Russell Hatch is a washed up, former Interpol operative who vowed to protect the son of an informant killed years earlier in a raid gone wrong. When merciless street gangs start an all-out turf war and the kid is caught in the middle, Hatch will stop at nothing to keep him safe and fight anyone who gets in his way.

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The Exorcism
The Exorcism
Director: Joshua John Miller, Mark Alexandre Fortin
Lead Roles: Russell Crowe as Anthony Miller
Initial Theatrical Release: May 30, 2024 (Limited) by Eagle Pictures, released as L’Esorcismo - Ultimo Atto (Italy)
Keywords: Supernatural, Supernatural Horror, Film Actor, Addiction, Rehab / Former Addict
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.

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A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Lead Roles: Lupita Nyong'o
Initial Theatrical Release: June 11, 2024 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures, released as A Quiet Place - Giorno 1 (Italy)
Keywords: Prequel
Classification: Spin-Off, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

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Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus
Director: Fede Álvarez
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2024 (Wide), released as Alien: Romulus (에이리언: 로물루스) (South Korea)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

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Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Lead Roles: Zachary Levi as Harold
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures (Brazil)
Keywords: Family Adventure, Development Hell
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Kids Fiction

Synopsis

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.

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Untitled Pixar Film
Initial Theatrical Release: June 19, 2026 (Wide) by Walt Disney
Classification: Digital Animation

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