Disney has been focused initially on getting its various branches and offices dealt with after the acquisition of 20th Century Fox and its film slate and now they’re setting the main schedule for the next two years and staking out some dates going forward almost a decade from now. With long-range plans growing for some serialized storytelling, this isn’t too much of a surprise. One of the biggest fears people had was that Disney would dominate the box office with a lot of films, but the reality of the last few years is that they’ve been doing more with less and Fox was operating in much the same way. For this year and 2020, the combined Disney/Fox studio is either coming in the same as other studios like Warner Bros. had in the last couple of years where the average per studio seems to be around twenty. But, where they make up for that, is in the strength of their properties which drives them to new box office highs.
The listings below aren’t fully finalized as things can always happen and more films will be moved around in the late 2020 era and definitely beyond that. The Marvel films remain untitled, frustatingly so, while it’s up in the air which Star Wars trilogy we’re getting next. On the Fox side, it’s interesting to see that New Mutants is still on the slate but we’re also hearing that Gambit is finally fully dead in the water. We also get an Indiana Jones film dated but that’s going to have its own host of questions as well.
2019
- Tolkien (Fox Searchlight) – May 10
- Aladdin (Dis) – May 24
- Dark Phoenix (Fox) – June 7
- Toy Story 4 (Dis)- June 21
- Stuber (Fox) – July 12
- The Lion King (Dis) – July 19
- The Art of Racing in the Rain (Fox) – Aug 9
- Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight) – Aug. 23
- Ad Astra (Fox) – Sept. 20
- The Woman in the Window (Fox) – Oct. 4
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Dis) – Oct. 18
- Ford v. Ferrari (Fox) – Nov. 15
- Frozen 2 (Dis) – Nov. 22
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Dec. 20
- Spies in Disguise (Fox) – Dec. 25
2020
- Underwater (Fox) – Jan. 10
- Untitled Kingsman Movie (Fox) – Feb. 14
- Call of the Wild (Fox) – Feb. 21
- Onward (Dis) – March 6
- Mulan (Dis) – March 27
- The New Mutants (Fox) – April 3
- Untitled Marvel (Dis)- May 1
- Artemis Fowl (Dis) – May 29
- Untitled Pixar (Dis) – June 19
- Free Guy (Fox) – July 3
- Bob’s Burgers (Fox) – July 17
- Jungle Cruise (Dis) – July 24
- The One and Only Ivan (Dis) – Aug. 14
- Death on the Nile (Fox) – Oct. 9
- Untitled Marvel (Dis) – Nov. 6
- Ron’s Gone Wrong (Dis) – Nov. 6
- Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 25
- West Side Story (Fox/Amblin) – Dec. 18
- Cruella (Dis) – Dec. 23
2021
- Untitled Disney Marvel – Feb. 12.
- Nimona (Fox) – March 5
- Untitled Disney Live Action -March 12
- Untitled Disney Marvel – May 5
- Untitled Disney Live Action – May 28
- Untitled Pixar – June 18
- Untitled Indiana Jones – July 9
- Untitled Disney Live Action – July 30
- Untitled Disney Live Action – Oct. 8
- Untitled Disney Marvel – Nov. 5
- Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 24
- Avatar 2 (Fox) – Dec. 17
2022
- Untitled Disney Marvel – Feb. 18
- Untitled Pixar – March 18
- Untitled Disney Marvel – May 6
- Untitled Disney Live Action – May 27
- Untitled Pixar – June 17
- Untitled Disney Live Action – July 8
- Untitled Disney Marvel – July 29
- Untitled Disney Live Action – Oct. 7
- Untitled Disney Live Action – Nov. 4
- Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 23
- Untitled Star Wars (Dis) – Dec. 16.
2023
- Untitled Disney Live Action – Feb. 17
- Avatar 3 (Fox) – Dec. 22
2024
- Untitled Star Wars (Dis)- Dec. 20
2025
- Avatar 4 (Fox) – Dec. 19
2026
- Untitled Star Wars (Dis)- Dec. 18
2027
- Avatar 5 (Fox) – Dec. 17