List of Upcoming Hollywood movies 2016

2016 films

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	1	Quo Vado?	Taodue	Gennaro Nunziante(director/screenplay); Checco Zalone (screenplay); Checco Zalone, Ninni Bruschetta, Sonia Bergamasco, Maurizio Micheli	Comedy	Live-action	[32]
	8	The Forest	Focus Features /Gramercy Pictures	Jason Zada (director); Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell, Ben Ketai (screenplay); Natalie Dormer,Taylor Kinney	Horror	Live-action	[33]
		The Masked Saint	Freestyle Releasing	Warren P. Sonoda (director); Scott Crowell (screenplay); Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki,Diahann Carroll, Patrick McKenna,Roddy Piper	Biography, drama	Live-action	[34]
	15	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Paramount Pictures	Michael Bay (director); Chuck Hogan (screenplay); James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Toby Stephens, Pablo Schreiber, Max Martini, David Denman, David Giuntoli, David Costabile	Action, Thriller	Live-action	[35]
		Norm of the North	Lions Gate Entertainment	Trevor Wall (director); Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott (screenplay); Rob Schneider,Heather Graham, Colm Meaney,Bill Nighy, Janet Varney, Ken Jeong, Loretta Devine, Zachary Gordon	Comedy	Animation	[36]
		Ride Along 2	Universal Studios	Tim Story (director); Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi (screenplay); Ice Cube,Kevin Hart, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Ken Jeong, Nadine Velazquez, Tika Sumpter, Tyrese Gibson, T.I., Glen Powell, Rebecca Olejniczak	Comedy, Action	Live-action	[37]
	16	Boonie Bears III	Le Vision Pictures	Ding Liang, Lin Yongchang (director); Zhang Wei, Zhang Bingjun, Tan Xiao	Comedy, Adventure	Animation	[38]
	22	The 5th Wave	Columbia Pictures	J Blakeson (director); Susannah Grant (screenplay); Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe,Liev Schreiber, Maika Monroe,Maria Bello, Maggie Siff, Ron Livingston	Sci-fi	Live-action	[39]
		The Boy	STX Entertainment	William Brent Bell (director); Stacey Menear (screenplay); Lauren Cohan	Horror, thriller	Live-action	[40]
		Dirty Grandpa	Lions Gate Entertainment	Dan Mazer (director); John Phillips (screenplay); Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Julianne Hough, Aubrey Plaza, Zoey Deutch, Dermot Mulroney, Adam Pally, Jason Mantzoukas	Comedy	Live-action	[41]
	29	Fifty Shades of Black	Open Road Films	Michael Tiddes (director); Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Jane Seymour,Mike Epps, Kali Hawk	Comedy	Live-action	[42]
		The Finest Hours	Walt Disney Pictures	Craig Gillespie (director); Scott Silver, Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy (screenplay); Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana,Holliday Grainger, Kyle Gallner,Rachel Brosnahan, Graham McTavish, Michael Raymond-James, Josh Stewart, Benjamin Koldyke, Abraham Benrubi	Action, Drama	Live-action	[43]
		Jane Got a Gun	The Weinstein Company	Gavin O'Connor (director); Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis, Joel Edgerton (screenplay); Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Noah Emmerich, Boyd Holbrook	Action, Drama, Western	Live-action	[44]
		Kung Fu Panda 3	20th Century Fox/ DreamWorks Animation	Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni (directors); Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger (screenplay); Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross,James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, J. K. Simmons	Action, Comedy	Animation	[45]
F E B R U A R Y	5	The Choice	Lions Gate Entertainment	Ross Katz (director); Bryan Sipe (screenplay); Benjamin Walker,Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace,Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson,Alexandra Daddario	Drama, Romance	Live-action
		Dad's Army	Universal Studios	Oliver Parker (director); Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay,Bill Paterson, Daniel Mays, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison,Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emily Atack,Mark Gatiss, Ian Lavender, Frank Williams, Alison Steadman	Comedy, wartime	Live-action	[47]
		Hail, Caesar!	Universal Studios	Joel and Ethan Coen(director/screenplay); Josh Brolin,George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton,Channing Tatum, Alison Pill, Dolph Lundgren	Comedy	Live-action	[48]
		Misconduct	Lionsgate Premiere	Shintaro Shimosawa (director); Adam Mason, Simon Boyes (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Alice Eve, Malin Akerman, Byung-hun Lee, Julia Stiles, Glen Powell, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins	Thriller	Live-action	[49]
		The Monkey King 2	Filmko Entertainment	Cheang Pou-soi (director); Ran Ping (screenplay); Aaron Kwok,Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng, Kelly Chen	Fantasy	Live-action	[50]
		Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Screen Gems	Burr Steers (director/screenplay);Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith,Lena Headey, Charles Dance, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Hermione Corfield, Bella Heathcote, Suki Waterhouse	Comedy, Horror	Live-action	[51]
	6	From Vegas to Macau III	Polybona Films	Andrew Lau (director); Wong Jing(director/screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Nick Cheung, Li Yuchun, Jacky Cheung	Action	Live-action	[52]
	8	The Mermaid	China Film Group	Stephen Chow(director/screenplay); Deng Chao,Lin Yun, Show Luo, Zhang Yuqi,Kris Wu	SciFi, Fantasy, Comedy	Live-action	[53]
	12	Deadpool	20th Century Fox	Tim Miller (director); Rhett Reese,Paul Wernick (screenplay); Ryan Reynolds, Gina Carano, T. J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin,Stefan Kapicic, Leslie Uggams,Brianna Hildebrand, Jed Rees	Superhero, Action, Comedy	Live-action	[54]
		How to Be Single	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Christian Ditter (director); Marc Silverstein, Dana Fox, Abby Kohn (screenplay); Dakota Johnson,Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Rebel Wilson, Carla Quevedo, Damon Wayans, Jr., Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Bateman, Anders Holm, Nicholas Braun	Romantic comedy	Live-action	[55]
		Zoolander 2	Paramount Pictures	Ben Stiller (director); Justin Theroux (screenplay); Ben Stiller,Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, Jonah Hill,Kristen Wiig, Olivia Munn, Billy Zane, Justin Bieber, Fred Armisen,Benedict Cumberbatch	Comedy	Live-action	[56]
	19	Race	Focus Features	Stephen Hopkins (director); Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse (screenplay); Stephan James,Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons,William Hurt, Carice van Houten,Amanda Crew	Drama, Sports	Live-action	[57]
		Risen	Columbia Pictures	Kevin Reynolds(director/screenplay); Paul Aiello (screenplay); Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Cliff Curtis	Historical Drama	Live-action	[58]
		The Witch	A24 Films	Robert Eggers(director/screenplay); Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie	Horror	Live-action	[59]
	26	Eddie the Eagle	20th Century Fox	Dexter Fletcher (director); Sean Macaulay, Simon Kelton (screenplay); Taron Egerton,Christopher Walken, Hugh Jackman	Drama, Comedy	Live-action	[60]
		Gods of Egypt	Summit Entertainment	Alex Proyas (director/screenplay);Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless(screenplay); Geoffrey Rush,Gerard Butler, Brenton Thwaites,Courtney Eaton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chadwick Boseman	Action, fantasy	Live-action	[61]
		Triple 9	Open Road Films	John Hillcoat (director); Matt Cook (screenplay); Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, Gal Gadot, Anthony Mackie, Teresa Palmer, Casey Affleck, Clifton Collins, Jr., Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Chiwetel Ejiofor	Crime, Drama	Live-action	[62]
M A R C H	4	Knight of Cups	Broad Green Pictures	Terrence Malick(director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman	Fantasy Drama	Live-action	[63]
		London Has Fallen	Focus Features /Gramercy Pictures	Babak Najafi (director); Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John (screenplay);Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart,Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett,Alon Aboutboul, Charlotte Riley,Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo,Robert Forster, Sean O'Bryan,Radha Mitchell, Waleed Zuaiter	Action	Live-action	[64]
		The Other Side of the Door	20th Century Fox	Johannes Roberts(director/screenplay); Ernest Riera (screenplay); Sarah Wayne Callies,Jeremy Sisto	Horror	Live-action	[65]
		Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Paramount Pictures	Glenn Ficarra, John Requa(directors); Robert Carlock(screenplay); Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina,Christopher Abbott, Sheila Vand	Drama, Comedy, Biography	Live-action	[66]
		Zootopia	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	Byron Howard, Rich Moore(directors); Jared Bush(screenplay); Ginnifer Goodwin,Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba,J. K. Simmons, Nate Torrence,Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong, Tom Lister Jr.	Comedy	Animation	[67]
	11	10 Cloverfield Lane	Paramount Pictures	Dan Trachtenberg (director); Matt Stuecken, Damien Chazelle(screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher, Jr., Mat Vairo, Maya Erskine	Thriller	Live-action	[68]
		Grimsby	Columbia Pictures	Louis Leterrier (director); Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen,Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Annabelle Wallis, Ian McShane, Gabourey Sidibe, David Harewood, Derek Jeter, Penélope Cruz, Scott Adkins, Johnny Vegas,Ricky Tomlinson	Comedy, Action	Live-action	[69]
		The Perfect Match	Lions Gate Entertainment	Bille Woodruff (director); Brandon Broussard, Gary Hardwick (screenplay); Terrence J, Cassie Ventura, Lauren London, Paula Patton	Romance	Live-action
		The Young Messiah	Focus Features	Cyrus Nowrasteh(director/screenplay); Betsy Nowrasteh (screenplay); Adam Greaves-Neal, Sean Bean	Biblical, drama	Live-action	[70]
	16	Miracles from Heaven	Columbia Pictures	Patricia Riggen (director); Randy Brown (screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson, Queen Latifah	Biblical, Drama	Live-action	[71]
	18	The Bronze	Sony Pictures Classics	Bryan Buckley (director); Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch (screenplay); Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch,Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong,Haley Lu Richardson, Dale Raoul	Comedy	Live-action	[72]
		The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Summit Entertainment	Robert Schwentke (director); Noah Oppenheim (screenplay); Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Ansel Elgort,Bill Skarsgård, Ellie Nicole	Adventure, Action	Live-action	[73]
		Midnight Special	Warner Bros.	Jeff Nichols (director/screenplay);Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst,Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton, Sam Shepard	Sci-fi	Live-action	[74]
	25	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Warner Bros. /DC Entertainment	Zack Snyder (director); Chris Terrio, David S. Goyer(screenplay); Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot, Scoot McNairy,Tao Okamoto, Callan Mulvey,Michael Cassidy, Christina Wren	Superhero, Action, Adventure	Live-action	[75]
		I Saw the Light	Sony Pictures Classics	Marc Abraham(director/screenplay) Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen	Drama, Music, Biography	Live-action	[76]
		My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Universal Studios	Kirk Jones (director); Nia Vardalos(screenplay); Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Ian Gomez, Elena Kampouris	Romantic, Comedy	Live-action	[77]
		They're Watching	Amplify	Jay Lender, Micah Wright(director/screenplay); Brigid Brannagh, David Alpay, Kris Lemche, Dimitri Diatchenko, Carrie Genzel	Horror, Comedy	Live-action	[78]

April – June[edit]

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium	Ref.
A P R I L	1	Collide	Open Road Films	Eran Creevy(director/screenplay); F. Scott Frazier (screenplay); Felicity Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley	Action	Live-action	[79]
		Everybody Wants Some!!	Paramount Pictures	Richard Linklater(director/screenplay); Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch	Comedy, drama	Live-action	[80]
		God's Not Dead 2	Pure Flix Entertainment	Harold Cronk (director); Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman (screenplay); Melissa Joan Hart, David A. R. White, Ray Wise, Robin Givens, Ernie Hudson, Eamonn McCrystal,Jesse Metcalfe	Drama	Live-action	[81]
		Meet the Blacks	Freestyle Releasing	Deon Taylor(director/screenplay); Mike Epps, Gary Owen, Zulay Henao, George Lopez, Bresha Webb	Comedy	Live-action	[82]
	8	The Boss	Universal Studios	Ben Falcone(director/screenplay); Steve Mallory, Melissa McCarthy(screenplay); Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Tyler Labine, Kristen Schaal, Margo Martindale,Kathy Bates	Comedy	Live-action	[83]
		Demolition	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Jean-Marc Vallée (director); Bryan Sipe (screenplay); Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis	Drama	Live-action	[84]
		Hardcore Henry	STX Entertainment	Ilya Naishuller (director/screenplay); Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky,Haley Bennett, Andrei Dementiev, Darya Charusha, Svetlana Ustinova	Action	Live-action	[85]
	15	Barbershop: The Next Cut	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Malcolm D. Lee (director); Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver (screenplay); Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicki Minaj,Regina Hall, Eve, Common	Comedy	Live-action	[86]
		Criminal	Lions Gate Entertainment /Summit Entertainment	Ariel Vromen (director);Douglas Cook, David Weisberg(screenplay); Kevin Costner,Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Gal Gadot,Ryan Reynolds	Action, Thriller	Live-action	[87]
		Green Room	A24 Films	Jeremy Saulnier(director/screenplay); Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner	Crime, horror thriller	Live-action	[88]
		The Jungle Book	Walt Disney Pictures	Jon Favreau (director); Justin Marks (screenplay); Neel Sethi,Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito,Jamie Dornan, Emjay Anthony	Adventure, family, fantasy	Live-action	[89]
	22	Elvis & Nixon	Bleecker Street	Liza Johnson (director); Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, Cary Elwes (screenplay); Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Evan Peters, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville	Comedy-drama	Live-action	[90]
		The Huntsman: Winter's War	Universal Studios	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan(director); Frank Darabont,Evan Spiliotopoulos(screenplay); Chris Hemsworth,Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt,Jessica Chastain, Nick Frost,Sam Claflin, Rob Brydon,Alexandra Roach	Fantasy	Live-action	[91]
	29	Keanu	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema	Peter Atencio (director); Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens (screenplay); Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Method Man, Gabrielle Union, Will Forte	Comedy	Live-action	[92]
		Mother's Day	Open Road Films	Garry Marshall (director); Anya Kochoff-Romano, Lily Hollander, Matt Walker, Tom Hines (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Olyphant,Jason Sudeikis, Hilary Duff, Jon Lovitz, Margo Martindale,Sarah Chalke, Britt Robertson,Ella Anderson, Shay Mitchell,Loni Love	Comedy, Drama	Live-action	[93]
		Ratchet & Clank	Focus Features /Gramercy Pictures	Jerrica Cleland, Kevin Munroe(directors); T.J. Fixman (screenplay); James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward,Paul Giamatti, Armin Shimerman, John Goodman,Bella Thorne, Rosario Dawson,Sylvester Stallone	Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy	Animation	[94]
		Same Kind of Different as Me	Paramount Pictures	Michael Carney (director/screenplay); Ron Hall, Alexander Foard (screenplay);Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, Olivia Holt, Jon Voight, Greg Kinnear,Stephanie Leigh Schlund	Drama	Live-action	[95]
M A Y	6	Captain America: Civil War	Marvel Studios	Anthony Russo, Joe Russo(directors); Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely(screenwriters); Chris Evans,Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan,Anthony Mackie, Emily VanCamp, Jeremy Renner,Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd,Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Olsen,Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, William Hurt, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Stan Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow	Superhero, Action, Adventure	Live-action	[96]
	13	Azhar	Ekta KapoorShobha Kapoor	Tony D'Souza (director)Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai,Nimrat Kaur, Huma Qureshi,Gautam Gulati, Nargis Fakhri	Biopic, Sports	Live-action	[97]
		The Darkness	High Top Releasing	Greg McLean (director); Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause, Greg McLean (screenwriters); Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell, Ben Ketai(screenplay); Natalie Dormer,Taylor Kinney	Horror	Live-action
		Money Monster	TriStar Pictures	Jodie Foster (director); Jamie Linden, Alan Di Fiore, Jim Kouf(screenwriters); George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West,Caitriona Balfe	Drama	Live-action	[98]
	20	The Angry Birds Movie	Columbia Pictures / Rovio Entertainment	Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly (directors); Jon Vitti(screenplay); Jason Sudeikis,Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Peter Dinklage, Keegan-Michael Key,Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale, Ike Barinholtz, Hannibal Buress,Cristela Alonzo, Jillian Bell,Danielle Brooks, Romeo Santos, Ian Hecox, Anthony Padilla	Comedy	Animation	[99]
		Maggie's Plan	Sony Pictures Classics	Rebecca Miller(director/screenplay); Karen Rinaldi (screenplay); Greta Gerwig, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Monte Greene	Drama, Comedy	Live-action	[100]
		Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Universal Studios	Nicholas Stoller (director);Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien (screenwriters); Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne,Chloë Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Selena Gomez	Comedy	Live-action	[101]
		The Nice Guys	Warner Bros.	Shane Black(director/screenplay); Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe	Action, thriller	Live-action	[102]
	27	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Walt Disney Pictures	James Bobin (director); Linda Woolverton (screenplay); Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp,Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Rhys Ifans, Ed Speleers, John Sessions, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman,Stephen Fry, Barbara Windsor,Lindsay Duncan, Michael Sheen, Toby Jones, Paul Whitehouse, Andrew Scott,Matt Lucas	Fantasy, Adventure	Live-action	[103]
		X-Men: Apocalypse	20th Century Fox	Bryan Singer (director); Simon Kinberg (screenplay); James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender,Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult,Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan,Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn,Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp,Ben Hardy, Lana Condor, Josh Helman	Superhero, Action, Adventure	Live-action	[104]
	31	USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage	Hannibal Pictures / Saban Films	Mario Van Peebles (director); Cam Cannon, Richard Rionda Del Castro (screenplay);Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore,Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter,Brian Presley	Disaster, Horror, War	Live-action	[105]
		Duner	RatPac-Dune Entertainment /Foxtel	Rob Letterman(director/screenplay); Cate Blanchett, Fan Bingbing	Adventure, Thriller, Western	Live-action
J U N E	3	Me Before You	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Thea Sharrock (director); Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber(screenplay); Charles Dance,Emilia Clarke, Jenna Coleman,Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer	Drama, romance	Live-action	[106]
		Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Universal Studios	Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer(director); Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Andy Sandberg	Mockumentary, comedy	Live-action	[107]
		The Movement	Goalpost Pictures	Baz Luhrmann(director/screenplay); Sandra Bullock, Emily Blunt	Action, Thriller	Live-action
		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Paramount Pictures /Nickelodeon Movies /Platinum Dunes	Dave Green (director); Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec (screenwriters); Megan Fox,Stephen Amell, Will Arnett,Laura Linney, William Fichtner,Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Alan Ritchson, Brittany Ishibashi, Gary Anthony Williams, Sheamus, Alessandra Ambrosio, Judith Hoag,Carmelo Anthony	Superhero, Action, Adventure, Comedy	Live-action	[108]
		The Bye Bye Man	STX Entertainment	Stacy Title (director); Jonathan Penner (screenplay); Doug Jones, Douglas Smith, Michael Trucco, Cressida Bonas,Lucien Laviscount, Carrie-Anne Moss	Horror, Thriller	Live-action
	10	The Conjuring 2	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema	James Wan (director); Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes(screenplay); Patrick Wilson,Vera Farmiga	Horror	Live-action	[109]
		Now You See Me 2	Summit Entertainment	Jon M. Chu (director); Ed Solomon, Pete Chiarelli (screenplay); Mark Ruffalo,Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Radcliffe,Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine	Thriller	Live-action	[110]
		Warcraft	Universal Studios/ Legendary Pictures	Duncan Jones(director/screenplay); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Dominic Cooper, Rob Kazinsky, Daniel Wu, Clancy Brown	Action, Fantasy, Adventure	Live-action	[111]
	17	Central Intelligence	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema/ Universal Studios	Rawson Marshall Thurber(director); Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, Peter Steinfeld(screenplay); Dwayne Johnson,Kevin Hart, Aaron Paul	Action, Comedy	Live-action	[112]
		Finding Dory	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios	Andrew Stanton(director/screenplay); Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell, Willem Dafoe, Kaitlin Olson, Ed O'Neill, Idris Elba	Family	Animation	[113]
	24	Free State of Jones	STX Entertainment	Gary Ross (director, screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali	Drama, Thriller	Live-action	[114]
		Independence Day: Resurgence	20th Century Fox	Roland Emmerich(director/screenplay); Dean Devlin, Carter Blanchard (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum,Bill Pullman, Sela Ward, Liam Hemsworth, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, William Fichtner, Patrick St. Esprit, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner,Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe,DeObia Oparei, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chin Han,Angelababy, Joey King	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi	Live-action	[115]
		The Shallows	Columbia Pictures	Jaume Collet-Serra (director); Anthony Jaswinski (screenplay); Blake Lively,Óscar Jaenada	Horror	Live-action	[116]

July – September[edit]

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium	Ref.
J U L Y	1	The BFG	Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media / Amblin Entertainment	Steven Spielberg(director); Melissa Mathison (screenplay);Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader,Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Jemaine Clement	Fantasy, Family	Live-action	[117]
		The Legend of Tarzan	Warner Bros.	David Yates (director);Stephen Sommers, Stuart Beattie (screenplay);Alexander Skarsgard,Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson,Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt	Action, Adventure	Live-action	[118]
		The Purge: Election Year	Universal Studios	James DeMonaco(director/screenplay);Frank Grillo, Betty Gabriel,Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor, JJ Soria, Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Mitchell	Horror, Thriller	Live-action	[119]
	8	Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates	20th Century Fox	Jake Szymanski (director);Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien (screenplay); Zac Efron, Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza	Comedy	Live-action	[120]
		The Secret Life of Pets	Universal Studios/ Illumination Entertainment	Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney (directors); Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Louis C.K.,Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks,Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell, Ellie Kemper, Steve Coogan	Adventure, Comedy	Animation	[121]
	15	Ghostbusters	Columbia Pictures/ Village Roadshow Pictures	Paul Feig(director/screenplay); Katie Dippold (screenplay);Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey,Andy García, Michael K. Williams	Comedy, Sci-Fi	Live-action	[122]
	22	Lights Out	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema	David F. Sandberg (director); Eric Heisserer (screenplay); Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia	Horror	Live-action
		Ice Age: Collision Course	20th Century Fox/ Blue Sky Studios	Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu (directors); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo,Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez,Neil deGrasse Tyson,Jesse Tyler Ferguson,Simon Pegg, Jessie J	Adventure	Animation	[123]
		Star Trek Beyond	Paramount Pictures / Bad Robot Productions	Justin Lin (director); Simon Pegg, Doug Jung (screenplay); Chris Pine,Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella	Action-adventure, sci-fi	Live-action	[124]
	29	Bad Moms	STX Entertainment	Jon Lucas, Scott Moore(directors/screenwriters);Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell	Comedy	Live-action	[125]
		Genius	Lions Gate Entertainment	Michael Grandage(director); John Logan(screenplay); Colin Firth,Jude Law, Nicole Kidman,Dominic West, Guy Pearce	Biographical drama	Live-action	[126]
		Jason Bourne	Universal Studios/ The Kennedy/Marshall Company	Paul Greengrass(director/screenplay); Matt Damon, Christopher Rouse(screenplay); Matt Damon,Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander,Vincent Cassel, Tommy Lee Jones	Action, thriller	Live-action	[127]
A U G U S T	5	Suicide Squad	Warner Bros. /DC Entertainment	David Ayer(director/screenplay); Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman,Viola Davis, Jai Courtney,Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood,Cara Delevingne, Karen Fukuhara, Ben Affleck,Adam Beach, Jim Parrack,Common, Alex Meraz,David Harbour, Corina Calderon	Superhero, Action, Adventure	Live-action	[128]
		Nine Lives	EuropaCorp	Barry Sonnenfeld(director); Matt Allen, Dan Antoniazzi, Gwyn Lurie, Ben Shiffrin, Caleb Wilson (screenplay); Kevin Spacey, Robbie Amell,Jennifer Garner,Christopher Walken,Malina Weissman, Mark Consuelos, Teddy Sears,Talitha Bateman	Comedy	Live-action
		The Founder	The Weinstein Company	John Lee Hancock(director); Robert D. Siegel(screenplay); Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Wilson	Biographical	Live-action
	12	Ben-Hur	Paramount Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Timur Bekmambetov(director); John Ridley, Keith R. Clarke (screenplay); Jack Huston,Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro,Nazanin Boniadi,	Adventure	Live-action	[129]
		Pete's Dragon	Walt Disney Pictures	David Lowery(director/screenplay); Toby Halbrooks (screenplay);Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley, Craig Hall, Oona Laurence	Family	Animation/Live-action	[130]
		Sausage Party	Columbia Pictures	Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon (director) Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter,Seth Rogen, Ariel Shaffir (screenplay); Seth Rogen,Jonah Hill, James Franco,Edward Norton, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, Salma Hayek, David Krumholtz,Bill Hader, Craig Robinson,Paul Rudd, Danny McBride	Comedy	Animation	[131]
		Spectral	Universal Studios/ Legendary Pictures	Nic Mathieu (director); Ian Fried, John Gatins, George Nolfi (screenplay); James Badge Dale, Max Martini,Bruce Greenwood, Emily Mortimer	Action, Sci-Fi	Live-action	[132]
	19	Kubo and the Two Strings	Focus Features /Laika	Travis Knight (director); Marc Haimes, Chris Butler (screenplay); Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, Charlize Theron,Ralph Fiennes, Brenda Vaccaro	Fantasy	Animation	[133]
		The Space Between Us	STX Entertainment	Peter Chelsom (director);Allan Loeb, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay (screenplay); Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson,Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, B. D. Wong	Sci-fi, Adventure	Live-action	[134]
		War Dogs	Warner Bros.	Todd Phillips (director);Jason Smilovic, Todd Phillips, Stephen Chin (screenplay); Jonah Hill,Miles Teller, Ana de Armas,J. B. Blanc	Crime, Comedy	Live-action	[135]
	26	Don't Breathe	TriStar Pictures	Fede Alvarez(director/screenplay); Rodo Sayagues (screenplay);Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang, Daniel Zovatto	Thriller	Live-action	[136]
		Mechanic: Resurrection	Summit Entertainment /Lions Gate Entertainment	Dennis Gansel (director);Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones,Michelle Yeoh	Action	Live-action	[137]
	31	The Infiltrator	Broad Green Pictures	Brad Furman (director); Ellen Brown Furman (screenplay); Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger,Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Amy Ryan,Said Taghmaoui	Crime-drama	Live-action	[138]
S E P T E M B E R	2	The Light Between Oceans	Touchstone Pictures /DreamWorks	Derek Cianfrance(director/screenplay);Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz	Drama	Live-action	[139]
		Patient Zero	Screen Gems	Stefan Ruzowitzky(director); Mike Le(screenplay); Matt Smith,Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, John Bradley-West	Thriller, Action	Live-action	[140]
	9	Sully	Warner Bros. /Village Roadshow Pictures	Clint Eastwood (director); Todd Komarnicki (screenplay); Tom Hanks,Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Holt McCallany,Jamey Sheridan, Jerry Ferrara	Biographical, Drama	Live-action	[141]
		Shut In	EuropaCorp	Farren Blackburn(director); Christina Hodson (screenplay);Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt,Jacob Tremblay, David Cubitt	Thriller	Live-action
	16	Bridget Jones's Baby	Universal Studios	Sharon Maguire (director);David Nicholls, Helen Fielding (screenplay);Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey	Rom-Com	Live-action	[142]
		Snowden	Open Road Films	Oliver Stone (director); Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone (screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood,Melissa Leo, Timothy Olyphant, Zachary Quinto,Nicolas Cage, Tom Wilkinson	Biographical, Thriller	Live-action	[143]
		When the Bough Breaks	Screen Gems	Jon Cassar (director); Jack Olsen, Karl Gajdusek(screenplay); Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall,Theo Rossi	Thriller	Live-action	[144]
	23	A Cure for Wellness	20th Century Fox	Gore Verbinski (director);Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth	Horror	Live-action	[145]
		The Magnificent Seven	Columbia Pictures/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Village Roadshow Pictures	Antoine Fuqua (director);Nic Pizzolatto, John Lee Hancock (screenplay);Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke,Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Luke Grimes,Wagner Moura, Haley Bennett, Matt Bomer, Peter Sarsgaard	Crime, Western	Live-action	[146]
		Storks	Warner Bros.	Doug Sweetland (director);Nicholas Stoller(director/screenplay); Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele	Comedy	Animation	[147]
	30	Besties	STX Entertainment	Kelly Fremon Craig (director/screenplay);Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick,Haley Lu Richardson,Blake Jenner	Drama, Comedy	Live-action	[148]
		Deepwater Horizon	Summit Entertainment	Peter Berg (director); Matthew Sand, Matthew Michael Carnahan(screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell,Kate Hudson, John Malkovich, Dylan O'Brien,Gina Rodriguez	Drama, Disaster	Live-action	[149]
		Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	20th Century Fox	Tim Burton (director); Jane Goldman (screenwriter);Asa Butterfield, Eva Green,Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney,Terence Stamp, Judi Dench	Fantasy	Live-action
		Masterminds	Relativity Media	Jared Hess (director); Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer,Emily Spivey (screenplay);Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis	Heist, Comedy	Live-action	[150]

October – December[edit]

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium	Ref.
O C T O B E R	7	The Girl on the Train	Universal Studios/ DreamWorks	Tate Taylor (director); Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay);Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux,Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett,Edgar Ramirez, Luke Evans	Thriller	Live-action	[151]
		Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	CBS Films /Lions Gate Entertainment	Steve Carr (director); Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Kara Holden (screenplay); Griffin Gluck,Jacob Hopkins, Thomas Barbusca, Alexa Nisenson, Lauren Graham,Rob Riggle, Andy Daly	Comedy	Live-action	[152]
	14	The Accountant	Warner Bros.	Gavin O'Connor (director); Bill Dubuque (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, John Lithgow, Jon Bernthal	Action, Thriller	Live-action	[153]
		Kevin Hart: What Now?	Universal Studios	Kevin Hart (screenplay); Kevin Hart	Concert, comedy	Live-action	[154]
		A Monster Calls	Focus Features	J. A. Bayona (director); Patrick Ness (screenplay); Felicity Jones,Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver,Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall	Fantasy, drama	Live-action	[155]
		Underworld: Next Generation	Screen Gems	Anna Foerster (director); Cory Goodman (screenplay); Theo James, Kate Beckinsale	Thriller, Action, Horror	Live-action	[156]
	21	Boo! A Madea Halloween	Lions Gate Entertainment	Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Bella Thorne, Cassi Davis, Andre Hall, Yousef Erakat,Diamond White, Brock O’Hurn,Jimmy Tatro, JC Caylen, Kian Lawley, Mike Tornabene	Horror, Comedy	Live-action	[157]
		Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Paramount Pictures	Edward Zwick(director/screenplay); Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge	Action, thriller	Live-action	[158]
		Ouija 2	Universal Studios	Mike Flanagan(director/screenplay); Jeff Howard (screenplay)	Horror	Live-action	[159]
	28	Inferno	Columbia Pictures /Imagine Entertainment	Ron Howard (director); David Koepp (screenplay); Tom Hanks,Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan	Mystery, thriller	Live action	[160]
		Rings	Paramount Pictures	F. Javier Gutiérrez (director); Matila Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki,Aimee Teegarden, Laura Wiggins, Andrea Laing, Zach Roerig, Surley Alvelo, Adam Fristoe	Horror	Live-action
N O V E M B E R	4	Bastards	Warner Bros.	Lawrence Sher (director); Justin Malen (screenplay); Owen Wilson,Ed Helms, J. K. Simmons, Terry Bradshaw, Ving Rhames, Glenn Close	Comedy	Live-action	[161]
		Doctor Strange	Marvel Studios	Scott Derrickson (director); Jon Spaihts, C. Robert Cargill(screenplay); Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor,Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams,Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg	Superhero, Adventure, Fantasy	Live-action	[162]
		Trolls	20th Century Fox/ DreamWorks Animation	Mike Mitchell (director); Erica Rivinoja (screenplay); Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Russell Brand, Icona Pop, Ron Funches,Kunal Nayyar, GloZell	Family, Comedy	Animation	[163]
	11	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	TriStar Pictures	Ang Lee (director); Simon Beaufoy, Jean-Christophe Castelli (screenplay); Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker	Comedy, Drama	Live-action	[164]
		A Meyers Christmas	Universal Studios	David E. Talbert(director/screenplay); Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover, Jessie Usher,Kimberly Elise, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker	Comedy	Live-action	[165]
	18	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Warner Bros.	David Yates (director); J.K. Rowling(screenplay); Eddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller,Jon Voight, Colin Farrell, Jenn Murray, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol,Gemma Chan, Ron Perlman	Fantasy	Live-action	[166]
	23	Moana	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	Ron Clements, John Musker(directors/screenplay); Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk	Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure	Animation	[167]
		Bad Santa 2	Broad Green Pictures	Mark Waters (director); Doug Ellin(screenplay); Billy Bob Thornton,Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Kathy Bates,Christina Hendricks	Crime, Comedy	Live-action	[168]
	25	Lion	The Weinstein Company	Garth Davis (director); Luke Davies(screenplay); Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, David Wenham	Drama	Live-action	[169]
D E C E M B E R	2	La La Land	Summit Entertainment	Damien Chazelle(director/screenplay); Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J.K. Simmons	Musical	Live-action	[170]
		The Strangers 2	Relativity Media		Horror	Live-action	[171]
	9	Office Christmas Party	Paramount Pictures /DreamWorks	Josh Gordon, Will Speck(directors); Timothy Dowling (screenplay); T. J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon	Comedy	Live-action	[172]
	16	Collateral Beauty	Warner Bros. /New Line Cinema/ Village Roadshow Pictures	David Frankel (director); Allan Loeb (screenplay); Will Smith,Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Michael Peña, Keira Knightley, Edward Norton, Naomie Harris, Jonah Hill,Jacob Latimore, Ann Dowd,Enrique Murciano	Drama	Live-action	[173]
		Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Walt Disney Pictures /Lucasfilm	Gareth Edwards (director); Gary Whitta, Chris Weitz (screenplay);Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk	Sci-fi, Fantasy	Live-action	[174]
	21	Assassin's Creed	20th Century Fox/ Ubisoft Motion Pictures	Justin Kurzel (director); Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard,Ariane Labed, Michael K. Williams,Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson	Action, Adventure, sci-fi	Live-action	[175]
		Passengers	Columbia Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures /Original Film	Morten Tyldum (director); Jon Spaihts (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne	Sci-fi, drama	Live-action	[176]
		Sing	Universal Studios/ Illumination Entertainment	Garth Jennings (director, screenwriter); Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane,Tori Kelly, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson	Family	Animation	[177]
	25	Nation Awakes	Aamir Sajjad Ventures	Umair Nasir Ali (director); Aamir Sajjad, Lorenza Veronica	Superhero	Animation
		Why Him?	20th Century Fox	John Hamburg (director, screenwriter); Ian Helfer (screenplay); James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key