Box Office Theory's Most Anticipated Films

[AniNate]

1 Moana

2 Dunkirk

3 Hell or High Water

4 Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2

5 T2: Trainspotting

6 Elle

7 Arrival

8 Silence

9 Lego Batman

10 Allied

[Blankments]

1. Moana

2. The LEGO Batman Movie

3. La La Land

4. Loving

5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6. Kong: Skull Island

7. Beauty and the Beast

8. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

9. Dunkirk

10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

[kitik]

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2. Doctor Strange

3. Wolverine 3

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

5. Spider-Man Homecoming

6. Ghost in the Shell

7. Transformers: The Last Knight

8. Arrival

9. Alien: Covenant

10. War Dogs

[kitik]

CLOSED

Kubo and the Two Strings

Bun-Hur

War Dogs

 

OPEN

Flatliners

The Hitman's Bodyguard

[kitik]

Box Office Theory's Most Anticipated Films – August 12-August 18, 2016

 

1 Moana - 88 (-)
2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 84 (-)
3 La La Land - 65 (+1)
4 Doctor Strange - 50 (+6)
5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 46 (+5)
6 Kubo and the Two Strings - 42 (+9)
7 Beauty and the Beast - 38 (+2)
8 Passengers - 36 (+5)
9 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 35 (+3)
9 The LEGO Batman Movie - 35 (-1)
11 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - 34 (+3)
12 Dunkirk - 30 (-6)
12 Arrival - 30 (-6)
12 The Magnificent Seven - 30 (+4)
15 Sing - 22
16 Kong: Skull Island - 17
17 Queen of Katwe - 16
17 Wonder Woman - 16
19 A Monster Calls - 15
20 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 11
21 Silence - 10
22 War for the Planet of the Apes - 9
23 Hell or High Water - 8
23 Deepwater Horizon - 8
23 Wolverine 3 - 8
26 Loving - 7
26 The Girl on the Train - 7
28 Hacksaw Ridge - 6
28 T2: Trainspotting - 6
28 The Birth of a Nation - 6
28 Gold - 6
28 Moonlight - 6
33 Elle - 5
33 Sully - 5
33 Ghost in the Shell - 5
33 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 5
33 Snowden - 5
33 Ben-Hur - 5
39 Transformers: The Last Knight - 4
39 Hidden Figures - 4
41 The Light Between Oceans - 3
41 Alien: Covenant - 3
41 Storks - 3
44 Power Rangers - 2
45 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul - 1
45 Allied - 1
45 War Dogs - 1
45 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 1

 

Kubo and the Two Strings exits at #6

Ben-Hur exits at # 33

War Dogs exits at #45

 

NOTABLE PREVIOUS EXITS

#1 The Martian

#1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

#1 Zootopia

#1 Captain America: Civil War

#1 X-Men: Apocalypse

#2 The Good Dinosaur

#2 Deadpool

#2 Star Trek Beyond

#2 Jason Bourne

#2 Suicide Squad

#3 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

#3 The Revenant

#3 The Jungle Book

#3 Finding Dory

#3 Sausage Party

#4 Independence Day: Resurgence

#5 Pete's Dragon
#6 Creed

#6 The Hateful Eight

#6 Kung Fu Panda 3

#6 Kubo and the Two Stringa
#7 Bridge of Spies

#7 Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

#7 The Nice Guys

#7 The Conjuring 2

#7 The BFG

#8 Sicario

#8 SPECTRE

#8 Hail, Caesar!

#9 The Peanuts Movie

#10 Everest

#10 Warcraft

PREVIOUS #1s
1/1/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

1/8/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

1/15/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

1/22/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

1/29/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2/5/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2/12/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2/19/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2/26/16 Zootopia

3/4/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

3/11/16 Captain America: Civil War

3/18/16 Captain America: Civil War

3/25/16 Captain America: Civil War

4/1/16 Captain America: Civil War

4/8/16 Captain America: Civil War

4/15/16 Captain America: Civil War

4/22/16 Captain America: Civil War

4/29/16 Captain America: Civil War

5/6/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

5/13/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

5/20/16 X-Men: Apocalypse

5/27/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6/3/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6/10/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6/17/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6/24/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7/1/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7/8/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7/15/16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7/22/16 Moana

7/29/16 Moana

8/5/16 Moana

8/12/16 Moana

 

#1 EXITS
The Dark Knight Rises - 7/20/2012
Skyfall - 11/9/2012
Star Trek Into Darkness - 5/17/2013
Man of Steel - 6/14/2013

Gravity - 10/4/2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 11/22/2013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 4/4/2014
Godzilla - 5/16/2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past - 5/23/2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 6/13/2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 7/11/2014

Guardians of the Galaxy - 8/1/2014

Interstellar - 11/7/2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - 12/17/2014

Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5/1/2015

Inside Out - 6/19/2015

ARCHIVES
2011
2012
2013
2014

2015

[DAJK]

1. Star Wars: Rogue One

2. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

4. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

5. Sing

6. Miss Peregrine

7. Deepwater Horizon

8. Don't Breathe

9. Magnificent 7

10. Dr. Strange

[Eric is Quiet]

1. Rogue One

2. Passengers

3. La La Land

4. Lego Batman

5. Moonlight

6. Moana

7. Fantastic Beasts

8. Storks

9. Spider-Man: Homecoming

10. Doctor Strange

[Kalo]

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
4. Passengers
5. Hacksaw Ridge 
6. The Magnificent Seven
7. Doctor Strange
8. Moana
9. Dunkirk
10. The Lego Batman Movie 

Edited August 21, 2016 by Kalo

[Ethan Hunt]

1. La La Land

2. Dunkirk

3. Arrival

4. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

5. The Magnificent Seven

6. Sully

7. Jack Reacher Never Go Back

8. Doctor Strange

9. Rogue One

10. Moana

[Murgatroyd]

1. Moana
2. Doctor Strange
3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. The Birth of a Nation
5. Queen of Katwe
6. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Rogue One
9. Wonder Woman
10. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

[Jason]

1. Moana
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Queen of Katwe
4. Hacksaw Ridge
5. Rogue One
6. Sing
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
8. The Red Turtle
9. Dunkirk
10. Doctor Strange

[Spooky]

1. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (I know it came out other places months ago, but it's not out here yet)[September]

2. Baby Driver [17 March 2017] (Edgar Wright. How has no one else voted for this yet?)

3. Doctor Strange [October]

4. Arrival [November]

5. Fantastic Beasts [November]

6. War for the Planet of the Apes [July 2017]

7. Wolverine 3 [March 2017]

8. Hacksaw Ridge (I'd be more excited about this if it wasn't for Garfield) [November]

9. John Wick 2 [February 2017]

10. Lego Batman [February 2017]

 

 

There's a couple of films that I'm almost certain will be out next summer that would be near the top of this list but they don't have actual release dates yet:

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" - by writer/director Martin McDonagh (of In Bruges & Seven Psychopaths fame)

"Annihilation" - by Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

[Gamb1993]

1. Passengers

2. Rogue One

3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

4. Beauty and the Beast

5. Wolverine 3

6. Doctor Strange

7. Wonder Woman

8. Jack Reacher Never Go Back

9. Moana

10. Coco

[AniNate]

1 Moana

2 Dunkirk

3 Hell or High Water

4 Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2

5 T2: Trainspotting

6 Elle

7 Arrival

8 Silence

9 Lego Batman

10 Allied

Edited September 2, 2016 by tribefan695

[BourneFan #1]

1. Rogue One

2. Lego Batman

3. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

4. Wonder Women

5. War for the Planet of the Apes

6. Spider-Man: Homecoming

7. Kong: Skull Island

8. La La Land

9. Split

10. Blair Witch

[Blankments]

1. Moana

2. The LEGO Batman Movie

3. La La Land

4. Loving

5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

6. Kong: Skull Island

7. Beauty and the Beast

8. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

9. Dunkirk

10. Passengers

[Simionski]

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
3. The LEGO Batman Movie
4. Moana
5. La La Land
6. Arrival
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
8. A Monster Calls
9. Passengers
10. Alien: Covenant

[MCKillswitch123]

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
3. La La Land
4. The Lego Batman Movie
5. Moana
6. War For The Planet Of The Apes
7. Passengers
8. Dunkirk
9. Kong: Skull Island
10. Blair Witch

[kitik]

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2. Doctor Strange

3. Wolverine 3

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

5. Spider-Man Homecoming

6. Ghost in the Shell

7. Transformers: The Last Knight

8. Arrival

9. Alien: Covenant

10. Deepwater Horizon

[A District 3 Engineer]

1. Passengers 

2. Arrival 

3. La la land

4. Dr. Strange 

5. Sing

6. The light between Oceans 

7. Wolverine 

8. Guardian of the galaxy 2

9. Moana

10. Loving