IMAX Near Replacing ‘Narnia’ Exclusive Thanksgiving 2026 Release Slot
by BunyipPouch
IMAX Near Replacing ‘Narnia’ Exclusive Thanksgiving 2026 Release Slot
by BunyipPouch
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I mean Avengers: Doomsday makes too much sense, but after the whole Infinity Vision thing…who knows?
If I’m Disney I swap Doomsday and Hexed, take a chance on holiday/January dump zone legs getting Hexed to $200m+ DOM.
Doomsday would have a clear 3 weeks as a premiere event.
Hunger Games might move up to 11/6 or 11/13 if it happens to try and get some longer legs
I mean the home run would be Avengers but it’s probably Hunger Games
If Doomsday needed IMAX they would just move it a week earlier where Jumanji was supposed to release and have first week exclusivity. They aren’t moving because they think that spot is the most profitable.
if I had to guess it’s Jumanju moving to Narnia’s old date, I’d much rather fight those Thanksgiving movies and have 3 weeks to breathe rather than fight Dunesday
If it’s not that then Hunger Games gets it I guess
Watch it be Focker-in-Law.
Any reason why they can’t swap that Cliff Booth movie here?
Guys Disney is not moving Doomsday from a 2 week long Christmas season just to get screens which on average account for 5-7% of an MCU films total gross
Who is this movie for? Narnia is the most Christian fantasy ever written, hardcore Narnia fans aren’t going to watch it and non Narnia fans probably are t either. What a weird movie to try and push.
I do think they’ll bring Bill Hader’s Cat in the Hat on Thanksgiving since releasing 2 WB films in IMAX on the same month (between the 6th & the 11th (current date for The Great Beyond) of November) doesn’t seems to be a good strategy (unless a non-IMAX North American WB release gets IMAX releases for International markets).
Low key November is looking strong
Godzilla, Cat in the Hat, Great Beyond (wildcard), Hunger Games, Focker-in-Law, Hexed, possibly Jumanji or Cliff Booth.
No mega blockbusters, but a very balanced slate offering a little bit of everything, similar to what we see in the market this month. Just about all of those could hit $75 million DOM.