The 2026–27 movie calendar: every big release still ahead

BRYME Entertainment desk · checked 13 September 2026 — release dates move constantly; re-verify a date before you plan a night around it

Two things are true about the year ahead at the movies: the schedule is stacked, and it will not survive contact with reality unchanged. Studios shuffle dates weekly. What follows is the desk’s cleaned-up calendar — only the releases we would actually set an evening aside for, cross-checked against the major trade calendars this week, with the moving parts called out honestly.

Rest of 2026

September

• Practical Magic 2 — Sep 11, theaters. The Owens sisters return nearly three decades later.
• Resident Evil — Sep 18, theaters. A fresh theatrical reboot of the survival-horror franchise.
• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom — Sep 18, theaters. Aardman’s flock vs something in the woods.
• Heart of the Beast — Sep 25, theaters.

October

• Terrifier 4 — Oct 1, theaters. Horror’s most notorious franchise keeps going.
• The Social Reckoning — Oct 9, theaters.
• Animals — Oct 9, Netflix with a limited theatrical run.
• Street Fighter — Oct 16, theaters. The game-to-film machine tries again.
• Clayface — Oct 23, theaters. DC’s shapeshifting villain gets his own film.
• Klara and the Sun — Oct 23, theaters. Ishiguro’s AI fable reaches the screen.

November

• Godzilla Minus Zero — Nov 6, theaters. The follow-up to Japan’s Oscar-winning kaiju reckoning.
• Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat — Nov 6, theaters.
• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — Nov 20, theaters. Haymitch’s Games, prequel-style.
• Meet the Parents 4: Focker In-Law — Nov 25, theaters.
• Narnia — Nov 26, theaters (IMAX). The chronicle returns to the wardrobe.
• Madden — Nov 26, Prime Video.

December — the collision

• Avengers: Doomsday — Dec 18, theaters.
• Dune: Part Three — also Dec 18, theaters. Yes, the same day. Someone’s opening weekend is going to be smaller than planned, and ours is a two-film December either way.
• Ice Age 6 — Dec 18, theaters.
• Ray Gunn — Dec 18, Netflix.
• The Angry Birds Movie 3 — Dec 23, theaters.
• The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth — Dec 23, IMAX exclusive.

Into 2027

• January: Return to Silent Hill (Jan 23) · Mercy (Jan 23) · H Is for Hawk (Jan 23) · The Moment (Jan 30) · Send Help (Jan 30).
• February: The Bluff (Feb 25, Prime Video) · Scream 7 (Feb 27).
• Spring: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Apr 3) · Masters of the Universe (Jun 5) · Scary Movie (Jun 5) · Toy Story 5 (Jun 19) · Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (Jun 26).
• Summer: Enola Holmes 3 (Jul 1, Netflix) · Moana, live-action (Jul 10) · Evil Dead Burn (Jul 10) · The Odyssey (Jul 17). Nolan against the mouse, again.

How to use a calendar like this

Three habits: treat streaming dates as the firmest (platforms announce close to launch) and theatrical dates as soft until tickets are on sale; expect the December collision to shed a casualty — one of those two giants will blink; and when a release finally lands, check our Nigeria streaming guide or the US/UK guide for where it actually is — licensing is exactly why titles vanish and return. Can’t decide on the night? The pick-a-movie method works on any shelf, and the full catalogue is the desk’s standing answer.

Dates compiled 13 September 2026 from the major release calendars (Popverse, Entertainment Weekly, Dexerto). Studios move dates without notice — re-verify before planning around one. The desk updates this page as dates shift.