Just arrived: James Wan’s next horror movie Malignant is debuting on September 10 this year by Warner Bros. Again, this is part of their release plan at the cinema and at HBO Max. The film, scheduled in the Labor Day aisle that Warners created at the box office, fills the spot for an untitled horror film they had on the lineup.
Malignant it is simply heralded as “Wan’s return to the roots with this new original horror thriller”. No other broad entries are scheduled for Malignant. The post-Labor Day framework is where Warners tipped both this plots as well as The nun, making it a very lucrative time to premiere horror films. Dude, it would be great to have that theatrical release platform back this year, that is, if we can calm Covid’s cases by then.
Meanwhile, Legendary’s Godzilla vs. King it is happening five days later on the domestic market on Wednesday, March 31 (not on March 26, although foreign markets debut on that date). The idea is to play closer to the Easter weekend and get the five-day box office increase, not to mention spring break as well. Universal has its cool action film Bob Odenkirk, which is heard is in the spirit of Atomic Blonde (imagine this), happening on April 2nd, Good Friday.