91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� is a hard act to follow. But as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by the strikes, it91裸聊视频檚 worth remembering the classic about what works: 91裸聊视频淣obody knows anything.91裸聊视频�

Four decades later, that still may be true. Yet one thing Hollywood has learned in releasing films through the pandemic and the strikes is how to pivot quickly.

The summer of 2023 brought a new enthusiasm for moviegoing, with the of 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频� ,91裸聊视频� and surprise hits like 91裸聊视频� ,91裸聊视频� helping the season91裸聊视频檚 box office crack $4 billion for the first time since 2019. But before the industry could take a victory lap, there was another crisis looming with , which for months.

MOVIES FIND A WAY POST-STRIKE

In the fallout, theaters lost big summer titles like 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible 8,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淐aptain America: Brave New World91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭hunderbolts91裸聊视频� to 2025. But they gained a gem in Jeff Nichols91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭he Bikeriders91裸聊视频� (June 21), about a 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club, as studios moved films around on the summer chessboard. 91裸聊视频淒eadpool & Wolverine,91裸聊视频� once set to kick off the summer moviegoing season on May 3 like many Marvel movies before it, is now sitting happily on July 26, patiently waiting to dominate the summer charts.

91裸聊视频淚 do love being right there in the belly of summer,91裸聊视频� said director Shawn Levy. 91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 a juicy moment.91裸聊视频�

The kickoff weekend instead belongs to an original film about a different kind of superhero. 91裸聊视频� ,91裸聊视频� starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, is part romantic-comedy, part action-comedy, and all love letter to the stunt performers that make movies spectacular. It91裸聊视频檚 an earnest crowd-pleaser that could jumpstart a season that feels, in some ways, like a throwback, with full-throttle spectacles (91裸聊视频淔uriosa: A Mad Max Saga,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭wisters91裸聊视频�), comedies (91裸聊视频淏abes91裸聊视频�), IMAX wonder (91裸聊视频淭he Blue Angels91裸聊视频�) and even a Kevin Costner Western.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has seen the highs and lows of summer movies over the decades, with blockbusters including 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� and the 91裸聊视频淧irates of the Caribbean91裸聊视频� movies.

This season, he has three very different offerings on the calendar, two are fourth installments in popular franchises 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills Cop91裸聊视频� (July 3, Netflix) and 91裸聊视频淏ad Boys91裸聊视频� (June 7, theaters) 91裸聊视频� and one was planned for streaming but tested so well that it91裸聊视频檚 getting a theatrical rollout (91裸聊视频淵oung Woman and the Sea,91裸聊视频� May 31).

91裸聊视频淧eople just want to be entertained,91裸聊视频� Bruckheimer said. 91裸聊视频淚t really comes down to us to make the right movies that they want to go see.91裸聊视频�

THE $4 BILLION GOAL POST

A Hollywood summer lasts 123 days from the first Friday in May through Labor Day Monday in September. Pre-pandemic, $4 billion was a normal summer intake and theaters could count on anywhere between 37 and 42 films to open on over 2,000 screens. The outlier was 2017, which had only 35 movies on over 2,000 screens and topped out at $3.8 billion. It makes last summer91裸聊视频檚 $4 billion haul with 32 wide releases (45% of the $9 billion domestic haul) even more impressive.

This summer should have 32 wide releases as well and over 40 movies opening in 500+ theaters. Notably only two of them are Marvel movies (91裸聊视频淒eadpool91裸聊视频� and Sony91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淜raven the Hunter91裸聊视频�) and are the only superhero movies on the calendar until the 91裸聊视频淛oker91裸聊视频� sequel in the fall.

91裸聊视频淧eople are going to see movies, not box office, and it looks like a really solid summer from a moviegoer91裸聊视频檚 perspective,91裸聊视频� said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.

REVVING UP FOR ORIGINALS

91裸聊视频淭he Bikeriders91裸聊视频� was one that planned for an awards season rollout, with a turbo boost from stellar reviews out of the Telluride Film Festival hailing star turns for and Jodie Comer. But as they inched closer to its release date it became clear that the strikes were not going to resolve in time for a press tour.

91裸聊视频淚t was kind of like walking on frozen glass for three months,91裸聊视频� Nichols said. 91裸聊视频淚 was touring around doing press and trying to build this energy on my own. Let me tell you, it91裸聊视频檚 not the same as Austin Butler.91裸聊视频�

Later in June, , Kevin Costner will begin rolling out his two-part Western epic 91裸聊视频淗orizon: An American Saga,91裸聊视频� set during the Civil War. And as always there are a slew of Sundance breakouts peppered throughout the summer, from Jane Shoenbrun91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淚 Saw the TV Glow91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淒idi91裸聊视频� to 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淕ood One.91裸聊视频�

FARE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Family films often go into hyperdrive in the summer, capitalizing on long days out of school. This year has plenty, like 91裸聊视频淭he Garfield Movie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淒espicable Me 4,91裸聊视频� re-releases of Studio Ghibli classics, and streaming options (91裸聊视频淭helma the Unicorn91裸聊视频�). But perhaps none has more anticipation behind it than 91裸聊视频淚nside Out 291裸聊视频� (June 14, theaters), which meets up with Riley as she enters her teenage years as a new group of emotions crash Joy91裸聊视频檚 party, including Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment.

91裸聊视频淭hat age gives us everything we need and love for a Pixar film,91裸聊视频� director Kelsey Mann said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 full of drama, it has potential for a lot of heart, and I could also make it really funny.91裸聊视频�

John Krasinski is also delving into the inner world of children with his ambitious live-action hybrid 91裸聊视频淚F91裸聊视频� (May 17, theaters) about the imaginary friends that get left behind and two humans (Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming) who can still see them.

THE ALLURE OF HORROR

Audiences seeking the adrenaline rush of horrors and thrillers have plenty of choices, including 91裸聊视频淢aXXXine,91裸聊视频� the conclusion to Ti West91裸聊视频檚 accidental Mia Goth trilogy (91裸聊视频淴91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频�) that debuts around the fourth of July.

Goth91裸聊视频檚 aspiring actress has made her way to Hollywood where a killer is stalking Hollywood starlets around the time of the home video boom of the 1980s.

91裸聊视频淲e recreated the sleazy side of Hollywood in a hopefully charming way,91裸聊视频� West said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 definitely a pretty wild night at the movies. A big, rockin91裸聊视频�, fun movie.91裸聊视频�

On June 26, audiences can also delve into the beginnings of 91裸聊视频淎 Quiet Place91裸聊视频� with a prequel set on 91裸聊视频淒ay One91裸聊视频� starring Luptia Nyong91裸聊视频檕 and 91裸聊视频淪tranger Things91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Joseph Quinn. Director Michael Sarnoski said they wanted to explore the 91裸聊视频渟cope and promise91裸聊视频� of a Quiet Place movie in New York. Later, Fede 脕lvarez brings his horror acumen to 91裸聊视频淎lien: Romulus91裸聊视频� (Aug. 16), set between the first two.

M. Night Shyamalan is back as well with a thriller set at a pop concert (91裸聊视频淭rap,91裸聊视频� Aug. 9) and his daughter, Ishana Night Shyamalan, makes her directorial debut with the spooky, Ireland-set 91裸聊视频淭he Watchers91裸聊视频� (June 14) with Dakota Fanning.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 very suspenseful and unexpected,91裸聊视频� Ishana said. 91裸聊视频淎nd it91裸聊视频檚 very much built for the experience of being in a theater.91裸聊视频�

THE STARS ARE STREAMING

Much to the chagrin of theater owners, big summer movies have also existed off the big screen for years now. And the streamers have movie stars and spectacle with the festival favorite 91裸聊视频淗it Man,91裸聊视频� the Anne Hathaway romance 91裸聊视频淭he Idea of You,91裸聊视频� Jerry Seinfeld91裸聊视频檚 starry pop-tart movie 91裸聊视频淯nfrosted91裸聊视频� and a Mark Wahlberg/Halle Berry action comedy 91裸聊视频淭he Union.91裸聊视频�

They have franchises too: 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills Cop: Axel F91裸聊视频� (July 3) was a movie that was in and out of development since the mid-1990s, but got new life when Paramount licensed the rights to Netflix.

91裸聊视频淲e raised our hand to make sure we got the franchise right and kept the integrity and fun of the original,91裸聊视频� Bruckheimer said.

This installment adds an emotional component in which Eddie Murphy91裸聊视频檚 Axel Foley reunites with his estranged daughter (Taylour Paige). It also sees the return of Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot and adds Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

On Aug. 9, Apple TV+ will also have 91裸聊视频淭he Instigators,91裸聊视频� a new action-comedy starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck as normal guys attempting a heist. 91裸聊视频淢idnight Run91裸聊视频� was one of their touchstones.

91裸聊视频淭he script was so funny and I wanted to really embrace that,91裸聊视频� Doug Liman, who directed, said.

BUT ALSO, NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING

Remember, anything can happen with summer movies.

We can pretend we knew that 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� would be the , but would anyone have bet that an R-rated drama about the father of the atomic bomb would have as Harrison Ford91裸聊视频檚 last ride as Indiana Jones? Or that a $14 million crowdfunded movie from a new studio about child trafficking with next to zero promotion would earn over $250 million?

91裸聊视频淣obody knows anything is right,91裸聊视频� said 91裸聊视频淭he Instigators91裸聊视频� producer Kevin Walsh. 91裸聊视频淭he movie business is so unpredictable. You never know what91裸聊视频檚 going to work and what isn91裸聊视频檛. But you have your taste. And following your taste and your instincts in this business is paramount.91裸聊视频�

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