(Updated, March 4, 2021)
The global pandemic brought the theatrical film exhibition business to a screeching halt in mid-March in the U.S. (and earlier elsewhere) and sent studios scrambling to rejigger their slates. The effects of their schedule moves — along with production shutdowns — have cascaded into 2022 and beyond. It should also be noted that several films listed here for 2021 are being released either simultaneously in theaters and on streaming platforms, or solely via streaming.
The latest changes: delay of Fast and Furious 9 by about a month to late June, and the postponement of Minions: The Rise of Gru by a year to July 1, 2022.
As always — and now more than ever before — these dates are subject to change. This year, that’s doubly true. (Dates listed are for U.S. release)
| FILM | RELEASE DATE |
|---|---|
| Raya and The Last Dragon | March 5 |
| Godzilla vs. Kong | March 31 |
| Black Widow | May 7 |
| Peter Rabbit 2 | May 14 |
| In the Heights | June 18 |
| Fast and Furious 9 | June 25 |
| Venom | June 25 |
| Top Gun: Maverick | July 2 |
| Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings | July 9 |
| The Tomorrow War | July 23 |
| Jungle Cruise | July 30 |
| The Suicide Squad | August 6 |
| Paw Patrol | August 30 |
| Dune | October 1 |
| No Time to Die | October 8 |
| Eternals | November 5 |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | November 11 |
| Mission Impossible 7 | November 19 |
| West Side Story | December 10 |
| Spiderman 3 | December 17 |
| The Matrix 4 | December 22 |
| Wicked | December 22 |
| Morbius | January 21, 2022 |
| The Batman | March 4, 2022 |
| Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness | March 25, 2022 |
| Thor Love and Thunder | May 6, 2022 |
| Dungeons and Dragons | May 27, 2022 |
| Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 |
| Black Panther 2 | July 8, 2022 |
| Fantastic Beasts 3 | July 15, 2022 |
| Indiana Jones | July 29, 2022 |
| Into the Spider Verse 2 | October 7, 2022 |
| Mission Impossible 8 | November 4, 2022 |
| The Flash | November 4, 2022 |
| Shazam | June 2, 2023 |