After Disney's unprecedented run in 2016 the outlook for 2017 looks promising. However with a (currently) smaller slate of movies with more reliance on franchises and sequels they might be facing an up hill battle against many studios for top spots.
Our known releases for Disney this year are:
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Universal is already heavily promoting The Fate of the Furious, The Mummy, and Despicable Me 3.
20th Century Fox is betting on expanding their franchise holds with Logan, Alien: Covenant, War for the Planet of the Apes, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Sony is hoping to pull out of it's 2 year mini-slump with Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Dark Tower.
Warner Brothers is likely going to be the competition to watch with Kong: Skull Island, Wonder Woman, Blade Runner 2049, and Justice League.
Our known releases for Disney this year are:
- Beauty and the Beast - March 17th, another live action remake but one that people are already very excited about
- Born in China - April 21st, a DisneyNature movie which typically don't contribute much to the year end results
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - May 5th, a sequel to an unexpected Marvel hit
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - May 26th, the 5th in a series coming out after a giant run of delays
- Cars 3 - June 16th, another Pixar sequel of a pretty well loved franchise
- Thor: Ragnarok - November 3rd, one more Marvel sequel
- Coco - November 22nd, maybe the only original of the year from Pixar
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - December 15th, probably the only 100% guaranteed Billion dollar movie of the year
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Universal is already heavily promoting The Fate of the Furious, The Mummy, and Despicable Me 3.
20th Century Fox is betting on expanding their franchise holds with Logan, Alien: Covenant, War for the Planet of the Apes, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Sony is hoping to pull out of it's 2 year mini-slump with Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Dark Tower.
Warner Brothers is likely going to be the competition to watch with Kong: Skull Island, Wonder Woman, Blade Runner 2049, and Justice League.