Summer 2023 promises to be one of the biggest for theaters in quite some time, with a lot of movie releases to know about and look forward to. As the box office continues to recover post-pandemic, 2023 has already seen some impressive successes. The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the first to pass the $1 billion mark and other major franchise entries, such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and John Wick: Chapter 4, also scored big.
That bodes well for Summer 2023, which is as ever when many of the biggest franchises and blockbusters come out to play. From May’s Memorial Day Weekend through to Labor Day in September, studios will be unveiling their tentpole releases in the hopes of taking at least a piece of the box office pie, or claiming a win in the ongoing streaming wars. These include multiple sequels, new offerings from Marvel and DC (but not the MCU), and franchise returns, reboots, and remakes. Here’s a guide to Summer 2023’s movie release dates, including some images exclusive to Screen Rant.
Memorial Day Weekend, May 2023
The Little Mermaid (Theaters) – May 26
About My Father (Theaters) – May 26
Kandahar (Theaters) – May 26
The Machine (Theaters) – May 26
You Hurt My Feelings (Theaters) – May 26
The Wrath Of Becky (Theaters) – May 26
June 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Theaters) – June 2
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse has high expectations to live up to when it swings into theaters on June 2, 2023, as the long-awaited sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Luckily, it looks like meeting them and then some. The sequel will bring back Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) for a new adventure to save the multiverse from the villainous the Spot (Jason Schwartzman). Miles will also be butting (web-)heads with Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), and of course there’ll be dozens of other variants crawling onto the screen. See Miles and Gwen in an exclusive Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse image above.
The Boogeyman (Theaters) – June 2
Past Lives (Theaters) – June 2
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Theaters) – June 9
Taking place in 1994 (that’s after Bumblebee but before Michael Bay’s Transformers movies), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts features a battle between the Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons. Franchise favorites such as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Mirage will all be back, but there’s a new human cast led by Anthony Ramos as Noah Diaz. While there are various different groups, the main threat will be much bigger than all of them: the planet-eating villain Unicron, who threatens to destroy Earth. See an exclusive Transformers: Rise of the Beasts image above.
Flamin’ Hot (Disney Plus & Hulu) – June 9
Jagged Mind (Huu) – June 15
The Flash (Theaters) – June 16
Elemental (Theaters) – June 16
Asteroid City (Theaters) – June 16
Extraction 2 (Netflix) – June 16
The Blackening (Theaters) – June 16
No Hard Feelings (Theaters) – June 23
The Perfect Find (Netflix) – June 23
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (Theaters) – June 30
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Theaters) – June 30
Nimona (Netflix) – June 30
July 2023
Insidious: The Red Door (Theaters) – July 7
Joy Ride (Theaters) – July 7
The Out-Laws (Netflix) – July 7
Earth Mama (Theaters) – July 7
Biosphere (Theaters) – July 7
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Theaters) – July 12
Theater Camp (Theaters) – July 14
Bird Box Barcelona (Netflix) – July 14
Barbie (Theaters) – July 21
Oppenheimer (Theaters) – July 21
They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix) – July 21
Cobweb (Theaters) – July 21
The Beanie Bubble (Apple TV+) – July 28
Haunted Mansion (Theaters) – July 28
Sympathy For The Devil (Theaters) – July 28
August 2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Theaters) – August 4
Meg 2: The Trench (Theaters) – August 4
Dreamin’ Wild (Theaters) – August 4
Shortcomings (Theaters) – August 4
Gran Turismo (Theaters) – August 11
A twist on the video game movie and based on a true story, Gran Turismo follows Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), a player of the eponymous racing game who wins a competition to become a professional racing driver. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo stars David Harbour and Orlando Bloom alongside Madekwe. See two exclusive images from Gran Turismo above ahead of it speeding into theaters on August 11.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (Theaters) – August 11
Heart of Stone (Netflix) – August 11
Jules (Theaters) – August 11
Blue Beetle (Theaters) – August 18
Strays (Theaters) – August 18
White Bird (Theaters) – August 18
The Hill (Theaters) – August 18
Lift (Netflix) – August 25
Vacation Friends 2 (Hulu) – August 25
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah (Netflix) – August 25
Bottoms (Theaters) – August 25
Labor Day Weekend, September 2023
The Equalizer 3 (Theaters) – September 1
