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And so we had to make choices.” The film follows Murphy’s Prince Akeem, now set to become king, returning to America to find the son his father tells him he has. But we were faced with a reality, which is we had two full years of movies that were going to get crammed into probably a half a year of releases, the second half of ’21. It was counterprogramming to some of the other films that would have been on the schedule. … We were beautifully positioned during the holiday season. The decision, Paramount chairman Jim Gianopulos told The Hollywood Reporter, was made “with enormous difficulty. The long-awaited sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy hit was set to be released by Paramount in December before the studio sold the star-studded comedy to Amazon in late November for $125 million. The 21 Most Anticipated New Scripted TV Shows Coming in 2021

While some films hopscotched around the 2020 calendar before giving up on the year and planning a 2021 release, others swiftly shifted into next year. As movie theaters closed, the release date dominoes started falling. The Mitchells vs.At the beginning of 2020, moviegoers were looking forward to seeing titles like Dune, Black Widow, In the Heights, Jungle Cruise, Eternals and West Side Story as well as long-awaited sequels to Coming to America and Top Gun and the latest installments in the James Bond, Fast & Furious, Ghostbusters and Halloween franchises on the big screen.īut just a few months into the year, everything changed with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic. I Won’t Be Home for Christmas (Limited)Īmerican Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story (Wide) Macross Plus Movie Edition (Special Engagement) Qazaq History of the Golden Man (Limited) Warren Miller’s Winter Starts Now (Special Engagement) Monsta X: The Dreaming (Special Engagement) Gorillaz: Song Machine Live from Kong (Special Engagement) See also: Theatrical Release Changes Overview - 2021 Release Schedule - 2022 Release Schedule - Most Anticipated 2022

See this news article for more information on our tracking of virtual theatrical releases and their box office. We have also added virtual theatrical releases to the schedule. To help keep track of how the pandemic has affected the market, we are recording canceled releases with their original release date and marking them “canceled.” Rescheduled releases are recorded as usual in our list of changed release dates. COVID-19 update: We have introduced new features to the release schedule.