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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Despicable Me 4
Despicable Me 4
Director: Chris Renaud
Lead Roles: Steve Carell as Felonius Gru
Initial Theatrical Release: June 20, 2024 (Wide) (Australia)
Keywords: Family Adventure, Adopted Family, Revenge
Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

Synopsis

Gru, supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for a new era of Minions mayhem, alongside his wife and fellow Anti-Villain League-agent Lucy, their three adopted girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—and the newest member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. The family is forced to go on the run when they become targeted by escaped criminal Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina.

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The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders
Director: Jeff Nichols
Lead Roles: Tom Hardy as Johnny, Austin Butler as Benny, Jodie Comer as Kathy
Initial Theatrical Release: June 19, 2024 (Wide) by Universal Pictures International (France)
Keywords: Historical Drama, Inspired by a True Story, Motorcycle Gangs, 1960s
Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

The Bikeriders follows the rise of a midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.

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Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
Director: Greg Berlanti
Lead Roles: Scarlett Johansson as Kelly Jones, Channing Tatum as Cole Davis
Initial Theatrical Release: July 5, 2024 (Wide) by Filmfinity (South Africa)
Keywords: 1960s, Space Program, Filmed in Atlanta, GA, Filmed in Georgia, United States, Filmed in United States, Romantic Comedy
Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction

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Deadpool and Wolverine
Deadpool & 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)
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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A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Lead Roles: Lupita Nyong'o
Initial Theatrical Release: June 26, 2024 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures, released as A Quiet Place - Giorno 1 (Italy)
Keywords: Prequel, Survival Horror, Alien Invasion, Set in New York City, Set in New York
Classification: Spin-Off, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

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

Synopsis

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

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Synopsis

The story follows an outcast aardvark by the name of Gilbert, who becomes the reluctant leader of a ragtag group of misfit animals that need to be led to the mighty ark before the impending flood. Along their journey, they band together to conquer unforeseen obstacles, and ultimately, Gilbert discovers within himself the inner strength and ingenuity to prove that in a world of “twos”, he was truly destined to be “the one”.

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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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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Director: Francis Lawrence
Initial Theatrical Release: November 20, 2026 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

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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)
Keywords: Action Horror, Inbetwequel, Set in Outer Space
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

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Janet Planet
Janet Planet
Director: Annie Baker
Lead Roles: Zoe Ziegler as Lacy, Julianne Nicholson as Janet
Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 2024 (Limited) by A24
Keywords: Life Drama, 1990s, Massachusetts, F-Rated, F-Rated, Triple
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet and her spellbinding nature. In her solitary moments, Lacy inhabits an inner world so extraordinarily detailed that it begins to seep into the outside world.

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Twisters
Twisters
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Lead Roles: Glen Powell as Tyler Owens, Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Cooper
Initial Theatrical Release: July 17, 2024 (Wide) by Warner Bros. (United Kingdom)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes, Action Thriller, Extreme Weather, Delayed Sequel, Sequels Without Their Original Stars
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens, the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

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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)
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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Emmanuelle
Director: Audrey Diwan
Lead Roles: Naomi Watts, Noémie Merlant, Will Sharpe, Jamie Campbell Bower
Initial Theatrical Release: September 25, 2024 (Limited) by Pathé Distribution Ltd. (France)
Keywords: Filmed in Paris, France, Filmed in Hong Kong, China
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Live Action

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Transformers One
Director: Josh Cooley
Lead Roles: Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron
Initial Theatrical Release: September 11, 2024 (Wide) (Indonesia)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes
Classification: Based on TV, Action, Digital Animation, Science Fiction

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Thelma
Thelma
Director: Josh Margolin
Lead Roles: June Squibb
Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 2024 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
Keywords: Action Comedy, Crime, Autumn Years, Confidence Men, Revenge
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

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The Forge
Director: Alex Kendrick
Lead Roles: Cameron Arnett, Priscilla Shirer, Aspen Kennedy
Initial Theatrical Release: August 23, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Keywords: Family Drama, Delayed Adulthood, African Americans
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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Legend of the White Dragon
Legend of the White Dragon
Director: Aaron Schoenke
Initial Theatrical Release: September 4, 2024 (Limited) by Falling Forward Films
Keywords: Disrupted by 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Super Hero

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They Listen
Director: Chris Weitz
Lead Roles: John Cho, Katherine Waterston
Initial Theatrical Release: August 28, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures (France)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action

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Flight Risk
Director: Mel Gibson
Lead Roles: Mark Wahlberg
Initial Theatrical Release: October 18, 2024 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

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Kill
Kill
Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Lead Roles: Lakshya as Amrit, Tanya Maniktala as Tulika, Raghav Juyal as Fani
Initial Theatrical Release: July 4, 2024 (Limited) by Paradise (Парадиз) (Russia (CIS))
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

When army commando Amrit finds out his true love Tulika is engaged against her will, he boards a New Delhi-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves led by the ruthless Fani begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, Amrit takes them on himself in a death-defying kill-spree to save those around him — turning what should have been a typical commute into an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride.

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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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