by Benjamin Haines » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:47 pm
Warner Bros. already has a full slate in 2018. They've got Tomb Raider and Ready Player One in March, New Line's Rampage in April, Fantastic Beasts 2 in November, and Aquaman in December.
The rest of the calendar is packed with big event movies from other studios. March will also have A Wrinkle In Time and Pacific Rim: Uprising. May will have Avengers: Infinity War and the young Han Solo movie. The Transformers spinoff that originally pushed Godzilla 2 away from June has actually moved to December but June will have Deadpool 2, The Incredibles 2, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is really well-positioned on March 22, 2019 to fill the same niche for moviegoers that Kong: Skull Island did this past March. Kong played to its best-case box office potential when it opened two weeks after Jordan Peele's Get Out, one week after Logan, and one week before Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast. Similarly, Godzilla 2 will open two weeks after Captain Marvel, one week after Jordan Peele's next social thriller, and one week before Disney's live-action Dumbo.