Most Anticipated Film: Summer 2017 Edition
by dan_dassow | created - 15 Jun 2017 | updated - 20 Jun 2017 | PublicWhich film are you most looking forward to seeing during the Summer* of 2017 (20 June 2017 to 21 September 2017)?
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*Summer in the Northern Hemisphere - US Debut Dates
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1. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
PG | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock
Votes: 131,035 | Gross: $130.17M
USA Release Date: 21 June 2017 13
2. Baby Driver (2017)
14A | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González
Votes: 416,548 | Gross: $107.83M
USA Release Date: 28 June 2017 14
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
PG | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei
Votes: 489,140 | Gross: $334.20M
USA Release Date: 7 July 2017 18
4. Atomic Blonde (2017)
14A | 115 min | Action, Thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 168,620 | Gross: $51.69M
USA Release Date: 28 July 2017 20
5. It (I) (2017)
14A | 135 min | Horror
In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis
Votes: 438,018 | Gross: $327.48M
USA Release Date: 8 September 2017 32
6. First Kill (2017)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
A Wall Street broker is forced to evade a police chief investigating a bank robbery as he attempts to recover the stolen money in exchange for his son's life.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen, Ty Shelton, Megan Leonard
Votes: 9,654
USA Release Date: 21 July 2017 39
7. Dunkirk (2017)
PG | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 523,540 | Gross: $188.37M
USA Release Date: 21 July 2017 40
8. Logan Lucky (2017)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Farrah Mackenzie
Votes: 122,237 | Gross: $27.78M
USA Release Date: 18 August 2017 54
9. The Dark Tower (2017)
14A | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 122,508 | Gross: $50.70M
USA Release Date: 4 August 2017 65
10. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna
Votes: 156,047 | Gross: $41.19M
USA Release Date: 21 July 2017 75
11. Despicable Me 3 (2017)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gru meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru, who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon | Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove
Votes: 107,432 | Gross: $264.62M
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 79
12. The Beguiled (2017)
14A | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell
Votes: 49,516 | Gross: $10.58M
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 95
13. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
PG | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval
Votes: 220,215 | Gross: $146.88M
USA Release Date: 14 July 2017 116
14. The Little Hours (2017)
14A | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 18,932 | Gross: $1.65M
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 140
15. The House (I) (2017)
14A | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
After the town takes away their daughter's college scholarship, a couple start an illegal casino in their friend's house to make back the money.
Director: Andrew Jay Cohen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins, Jason Mantzoukas
Votes: 39,183 | Gross: $25.48M
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 160
16. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
14A | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung
Votes: 179,207 | Gross: $75.47M
USA Release Date: 18 August 2017 168
17. Wind River (2017)
14A | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Kelsey Asbille, Jeremy Renner, Julia Jones, Teo Briones
Votes: 193,202 | Gross: $33.80M
USA Release Date: 4 August 2017 181
18. A Ghost Story (2017)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson
Votes: 56,474 | Gross: $1.60M
USA Release Date: 7 July 2017 199
19. The Bad Batch (2016)
14A | 118 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 24,954 | Gross: $0.18M
USA Release Date: 23 June 2017 207
20. The Emoji Movie (2017)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph
Votes: 53,536 | Gross: $86.09M
USA Release Date: 28 July 2017 243
21. American Assassin (2017)
14A | 112 min | Action, Thriller
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 66,862 | Gross: $36.25M
USA Release Date: 15 September 2017 327
22. The Big Sick (2017)
16+ | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano
Votes: 116,163 | Gross: $42.87M
USA Release Date: 14 July 2017 376
23. The Glass Castle (2017)
14A | 127 min | Biography, Drama
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson
Votes: 27,889 | Gross: $17.27M
USA Release Date: 11 August 2017 435
24. Death Note (I) (2017)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham
Votes: 72,966
USA Release Date: 25 August 2017 464
25. 2:22 (2017)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.
Director: Paul Currie | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid, John Waters
Votes: 18,837
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 478
26. Tubelight (2017)
PG | 136 min | Drama, War
A story of two brothers set during the Sino-Indian war, 1962: the younger one who's at war at the borders and the elder who's at war with his own world.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Om Puri, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Votes: 13,538 | Gross: $0.93M
USA Release Date: 23 June 2017 479
27. Detroit (2017)
14A | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore
Votes: 45,849 | Gross: $16.79M
USA Release Date: 4 August 2017 512
28. Annabelle: Creation (2017)
14A | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist
Votes: 106,847 | Gross: $102.09M
USA Release Date: 11 August 2017 572
29. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With much of America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado; Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them.
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Billy Barratt
Votes: 5,076
USA Release Date: 6 August 2017 602
30. Girls Trip (2017)
18A | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 32,917 | Gross: $115.17M
USA Release Date: 21 July 2017 611
31. Inconceivable (2017)
13+ | 105 min | Thriller
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Director: Jonathan Baker | Stars: Gina Gershon, Nicky Whelan, Nicolas Cage, Sienna Soho Baker
Votes: 7,766
USA Release Date: 30 June 2017 656
32. Wish Upon (2017)
14A | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert
Votes: 17,338 | Gross: $14.30M
USA Release Date: 14 July 2017 697
33. Lady Macbeth (2016)
14A | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie
Votes: 18,565 | Gross: $1.13M
USA Release Date: 14 July 2017 833
34. Mal de pierres (2016)
18A | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s France, Gabrielle is a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man when she is sent away to the Alps to treat her kidney stones. Gabrielle yearns to free herself and run away with André.
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Roüan
Votes: 5,143 | Gross: $0.04M
USA Release Date: 28 July 2017 946
35. Feed (2017)
PG | 95 min | Drama
Olivia and Matthew Grey are 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them; even their dreams are connected.
Director: Tommy Bertelsen | Stars: Troian Bellisario, Tom Felton, Ben Winchell, James Remar
Votes: 2,163
USA Release Date: 18 July 2017 961
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