2026 at the movies is less about surprise than scale, a year built from familiar worlds opening up one more time while a handful of new stories try to slip in between them. Looked at month by month, it’s basically a calendar of “oh, that again” — and then a few titles that might actually feel new.
From spring, things start stacking quickly. May brings The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mortal Kombat 2, plus The Mandalorian & Grogu on May 22, the Star Wars entry that pulls Baby Yoda and Din Djarin onto the big screen. June loads up with Toy Story 5 on June 19, slotted between horror sequel Scary Movie 6 and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, as Pixar asks people to come back for “toys versus tech” with Woody, Buzz and Jessie in the middle.
In July, the pace doesn’t really stop. Minions 3 arrives July 1, live‑action Moana follows on July 10, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey lands on July 17, and Spider‑Man: Brand New Day closes the month on July 31, with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker pulled back toward smaller‑scale trouble after years of universe‑spanning plots. By late summer you’re into Coyote vs. Acme and a new Paw Patrol spin‑off, and by November The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is back in Panem ahead of Narnia at the end of the month.
At the end of the year, the pattern holds: Violent Night 2 on December 4, Jumanji 3 on the 11th, and Avengers: Doomsday on December 18 to round things off with another Marvel event. A calendar piece from Entertainment Weekly, Your guide to 2026 movie release dates, lays out that schedule in simple grid form — month, title, date — and makes the “one more chapter” pattern even clearer on the page. Dates will move around the edges, but the shape is already there: a chronological run of sequels and spin‑offs, with the odd original film wedged in and hoping that, somewhere between Woody, Katniss and Spider‑Man, audiences still have room for something they have not seen before.