Breakdown of 2020 Movie Delays, and When They Will Hit Theaters
Disney pulls the Ryan Reynolds video game movie Free Guy and Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile from their December dates.
So far, 2020 has been unpredictable, as movie studios and the film industry at large scramble to respond to an ever-changing global crisis. In early March, it was announced that the release date of the latest James Bond film (and Daniel Craig’s final outing in the role), No Time to Die, was being postponed from April to November, and it was only a matter of time before others followed suit. Sure enough, a whole slew of films have now announced release date changes, and not all of them have pinned down exactly when they plan to open. Most recently, Walt Disney Studios pulled two of its 20th Century Studios releases from their December dates: Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile and the video game meta-comedy Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds.
Read on for the full list of films that have postponed their opening weekends in 2020, and be sure to check back for updates as they are announced. [Updated on 11/5/20.]
Delays
91%
– Moved from September 4, 2020 to April 23, 2021
90%
– Moved from March 20; new date unknown
74%
– Moved from April 3; new date unknown
83%
– Moved from November, 2020 to April 2, 2021
92%
– Moved from April 10; new date unknown
90%
– Moved from April 17 to December 25
59%
– Moved from April 17, 2020 to February 19, 2021
79%
– Moved from May 1, 2020 to November 6, 2020 to May 7, 2021
88%
– Pulled from May 8 theatrical release; premiering on Hulu on November 20
39%
– Moved from May 15, 2020 to May 21, 2021
25%
– Moved from May 15; new date unknown
66%
– Pulled from May 22 theatrical release; premiering on VOD in 2021 (date unknown)
59%
– Moved from May 22, 2020 to April 2, 2021
57%
– Moved from June 5 to October 2 to December 25; opening in theaters and streaming on HBO Max
84%
– Moved from October 16, 2020 to August 27, 2021
95%
– Pulled from November 20 theatrical release; premiering on Disney+ on December 25, 2020
96%
– Moved from December 23, 2020 to July 2, 2021
94%
– Moved from June 26, 2020 to June 18, 2021
80%
– Moved from December 11; new date unknown
69%
– Moved from July 3, 2020 to July 2, 2021
63%
– Moved from July 10, 2020 to March 5, 2021 to June 11, 2021
62%
– Moved from July 24, 2020 to July 30, 2021
15%
– Moved from July 31, 2020 to March 19, 2021
68%
– Moved from August 7, 2020 to January 15, 2021
25%
– Moved from August 28,2020 to August 20, 2021
44%
– Moved from September 4, 2020 to April 23, 2021
– Moved from September 4, 2020 to August 27, 2021
56%
– Moved from September 11, 2020 to June 4, 2021
41%
– Moved from September 18, 2020 to February 26, 2021 to February 12, 2021
75%
– Moved from September 25, 2020 to April 23, 2021
72%
– Moved from September 25, 2020 to March 12, 2021
74%
– Moved from October 2, 2020 to April 16, 2021
58%
– Moved from October 2, 2020 to June 25, 2021
50%
– Moved from October 9 to October 22 release on HBO Max in US, October 28 release in theaters worldwide
62%
– Moved from December 18; new date unknown
75%
– Moved from October 16; new date unknown
38%
– Moved from October 16, 2020 to October 15, 2021
35%
– Moved from October 23, 2020 to October 22, 2021
47%
– Moved from November 6, 2020 to February 12, 2021 to November 5, 2021
35%
– Moved from November 13, 2020 to August 13, 2021
75%
– Moved from November 20, 2020 to May 21, 2021
93%
– Moved from November 25, 2020 to March 12, 2021
73%
– Moved from December 4, 2020 to October 23, 2020
91%
– Moved from December 18, 2020 to December 10, 2021
83%
– Moved from December 18, 2020 to October 1, 2021
29%
– Moved from December 23, 2020 to March 5, 2021
85%
– Moved from December 25, 2020 to October 15, 2021
Updates
72%
– Available digitally now
88%
– Available digitally now
92%
– Available digitally now
57%
– Available digitally now
86%
– Available digitally now
79%
– Available digitally now
32%
– Available digitally now
48%
– Available digitally now
66%
– Available on Netflix now
8%
– Available on Disney+ now
93%
– Available digitally now
96%
– Available digitally now
49%
– Available on Amazon Prime now
87%
– Available digitally now
66%
– Available digitally now
36%
– In select theaters now
92%
– In select theaters now
78%
– Available on Apple TV+ now
83%
– Available digitally and in select theaters now
71%
– Available on Disney+ now
70%
– In theaters now
31%
– Available digitally now
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