The Films We Are Looking Forward To - July to December 2023
As the New Year began and 2022 turned in to 2023, Avatar: The Way of Water was two weeks in to its phenomenal cinematic run. Most pundits thought it would do well, but few stuck their neck out and predicted a £2.3B world-wide box office. That makes it the third highest grossing film of all time, with a bronze medal behind its predecessor and Avengers: Endgame.
UK Cinema Association figures show attendance for the first five months of the year is similar to 2022. That will be good news to movie producers, distributors and cinemas, even if it is still 30% down on Pre-Covid levels.
Here are the films that movie goers have been flocking to, the Top 10 films by global box office so far this year.
A few of those films (particularly Disney's The Little Princess and the phenomenal Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) are in the middle of their cinematic releases and will end up with far bigger numbers, but it is Nintendo's plumbing brothers who have set the box office alight so far!
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So, a solid start to the year as the remnants of Covid delayed productions clear. What does the rest of the year hold?
To pick out a few highlights, Tom Cruise runs, jumps and flies in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One (he must be an insurance broker's nightmare), Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling play Barbie and Ken in perhaps the least likely film of the year, Christopher Nolan's thriller Oppenheimer explodes on to the big screen and Denis Villeneuve finishes off his expansive vision of the 'un-filmable' Dune.
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Here are some more of the films we are looking forward to in the second half of 2023!
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 30th June
Elemental - 7th July
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - 11th July
Oppenheimer - 21st July
Barbie - 21st July
Gran Turismo - 11th August
Blue Beetle - 18th August
The Equalizer 3 - 1st September
The Creator - 29th September
Kraven the Hunter - 6th October
Next Goal Wins - 20th October
Killers of the Flower Moon - 20th October
Dune: Part II - 3rd November
The Marvels - 10th November
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 17th November
Wonka - 15th December
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 26th December
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Looking beyond the end of the year, the blockbusters keep coming! Here are just a few of the dates confirmed so far...
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse - 29th March 2024
Deadpool 3 - May 3rd 2024
Mission: Impossible 8 - 28th June 2024
Despicable Me 4 - 3rd July 2024
Captain America: Brave New World - 26th August 2024
Blade - 14th February 2025
Fantastic Four - 2nd May 2025
Moana (live-action remake) - 27th June 2025
Avatar 3 - 19th December 2025
We will be tracking down as many of the movie posters as we can! For now, why not check out the amazing movie posters we have to offer? We can even frame them for you too.
Happy Movie Watching!
Adam and the Art of the Movies team.
