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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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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Boy Kills World

Synopsis

Boy is a deaf-mute with a vivid imagination, driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, avows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deafened, and voiceless. Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.

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Unsung Hero

Synopsis

David Smallbone moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future after his successful music company collapses. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David and his pregnant wife Helen set out to rebuild their lives. Helen’s faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs. With their own dreams on hold, David and Helen begin to realize the musical prowess in their children, who would go on to become two of the most successful acts in Inspirational Music history: For King & Country and Rebecca St. James.

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Tarot
Tarot
Director: Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg
Lead Roles: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Jacob Batalon
Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures, released as Les Cartes du Mal (France)
Keywords: Supernatural Horror, Supernatural, College
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings—never use someone else’s deck—they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings.

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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

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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)
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Animation/Live Action, Kids Fiction

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Garfield
The Garfield Movie
Director: Mark Dindal
Lead Roles: Chris Pratt as Garfield
Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 2024 (Wide) by Sony Pictures, released as Garfield (Spain)
Keywords: Family Adventure, Talking Animals, Animal Lead, Family Reunion, Heist, Fugitive / On the Run
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

Synopsis

Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father—scruffy street cat Vic—Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

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Janet Planet
Director: Annie Baker
Lead Roles: Zoe Ziegler as Lacy, Julianne Nicholson as Janet
Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 2024 (Wide) 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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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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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Director: Wes Ball
Initial Theatrical Release: May 8, 2024 (Wide) by Walt Disney, released as Planet der Affen: New Kingdom (Germany)
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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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) (Belgium)
Keywords: Disrupted by 2023 WGA & SAG Strikes, Action Thriller
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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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 Bad Guys 2
Director: Pierre Perifel
Lead Roles: Sam Rockwell as Mr. Wolf, Marc Maron as Mr. Snake, Craig Robinson as Mr. Shark, Anthony Ramos as Mr. Piranha, Awkwafina as Ms. Tarantula
Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 2025 (Wide) by Universal
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction

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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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The Wild Robot
Director: Chris Sanders
Lead Roles: Lupita Nyong'o as ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz”
Initial Theatrical Release: September 12, 2024 (Wide) (Australia)
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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Sight

Synopsis

Sight is based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a poor Chinese immigrant who defies all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon in the United States. Set in 1970s rural China, a young Ming faces persecution and despair at every turn; but with the support of his dedicated family and his own unwavering determination, he finds his way to America, attends Harvard and MIT, and helps develop an innovative technology that restores sight in millions. Taking on the seemingly impossible challenge of helping a blind orphan, the resilient Dr. Wang must reconcile with his own traumatic past and face the harsh reality that the strength of his own will can only go so far.

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Dandelion
Director: Nicole Riegel
Lead Roles: Kiki Layne as Dandelion / Theresa, Thomas Doherty as Casey
Initial Theatrical Release: July 12, 2024 (Limited) by IFC Films
Keywords: Romantic Drama, Music Industry, Singers, Musicians, Romance, Set in South Dakota
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

DANDELION follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.

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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 Return
Director: Uberto Pasolini
Lead Roles: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Initial Theatrical Release: September 27, 2024 (Limited) by Bleecker Street
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Live Action, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king. Their son Telemachus faces death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as merely an obstacle to their pursuit of the kingdom. Odysseus has also changed?scarred by his experience of the Trojan war, he is no longer the mighty warrior from years past? but he must rediscover his strength in order to win back all that he has lost.

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I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Lead Roles: Justice Smith as Owen, Brigitte Lundy-Paine
Initial Theatrical Release: May 3, 2024 (Limited) by A24
Keywords: Psychological Horror, 1990s
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

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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 (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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