We're a quarter of the way through 2024, but there are still plenty of big hitters to the cinema for us to savour.
As well as the latest offering from the MCU, 2024 will see sequels to Gladiator, Alien and more, alongside potential new favourites like Challengers, The Fall Guy and other contenders.
The now-resolved writers' and actors' strikes from 2023 mean that we can anticipate release date changes if planned 2024 movies aren't ready for release, but hopefully, that disruption will be minimised.
With that said, we're here to help with a round-up of the 2024 release dates you need to know for the biggest movies hitting UK cinemas in the coming months.
(This information is accurate as of April 2, 2024 and is subject to change.)
April 2024 release dates
Evil Does Not Exist release date April 5
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Starring: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa
The First Omen release date April 5
Director: Arkasha Stevenson
Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson
Monkey Man release date release date April 5
Director: Dev Patel
Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley
Seize Them release date April 5
Director: Curtis Vowell
Starring: Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Lolly Adefope
Back to Black release date April 12
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Starring: Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan
Civil War release date April 12
Director: Alex Garland
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny
Abigail release date April 19
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens
Sometimes I Think About Dying release date April 19
Director: Rachel Lambert
Starring: Daisy Ridley, David Merheje
Boy Kills World release date April 26
Director: Moritz Mohr
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe
Challengers release date April 26
Director: Luca Guagadino
Starring: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor
Ordinary Angels release date April 26
Director: Jon Gunn
Starring: Alan Ritchson, Hilary Swank
May 2024 release dates
The Fall Guy release date May 2
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt
Love Lies Bleeding release date May 3
Director: Rose Glass
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian
Tarot release date May 3
Directors: Anna Halberg, Spenser Cohen
Starring: Jacob Batalon, Avantika
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes release date May 9
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Freya Allan, Owen Teague
Hoard release date May 17
Director: Luna Carmoon
Starring: Joseph Quinn, Hayley Squires
IF release date May 17
Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming
The Strangers: Chapter 1 release date May 17
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez
Furiosa release date May 24
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth
The Garfield Movie release date May 24
Director: Mark Dindal
Starring: Chris Pratt, Samuel L Jackson
The Beast release date May 31
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Starring: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay
The Young Woman and the Sea release date May 31
Director: Joachim Rønning
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Christopher Eccleston
June 2024 release dates
Bad Boys: Ride or Die release date June 5
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
The Crow release date June 7
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs
Inside Out 2 release date June 14
Director: Kelsey Mann
Starring: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke
The Bikeriders release date June 21
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer
Kinds of Kindness release date June 28
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons
A Quiet Place: Day One release date June 28
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Djimon Hounsou
July 2024 release dates
Despicable Me 4 release date July 12
Directors: Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig
Twisters release date July 19
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones
Deadpool & Wolverine release date July 26
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman
August 2024 release dates
Harold and the Purple Crayon release date August 2
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Lil Rey Howery, Zooey Deschanel
Borderlands release date August 9
Director: Eli Roth
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis
Alien: Romulus release date August 16
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced
Kraven the Hunter release date August 30
Director: JC Chandor
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe
September 2024 release dates
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice release date September 6
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega
Speak No Evil release date September 13
Director: James Watkins
Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis
Saw XI release date September 27
Director: TBA
October 2024 release dates
Joker: Folie à Deux release date October 4
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga
Transformers One release date October 11
Director: Josh Cooley
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson
Smile 2 release date October 18
Director: Parker Finn
Starring: Naomi Scott
Venom: The Last Dance release date October 25
Director: Kelly Marcel
Starring: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple
November 2024 release dates
Paddington in Peru release date November 8
Director: Dougal Wilson
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer
Gladiator 2 release date November 22
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington
Wicked: Part One release date November 29
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande
December 2024 release dates
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim release date December 13
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Starring: Miranda Otto, Brian Cox
Mufasa: The Lion King release date December 20
Director: Barry Jenkins
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 release date December 20
Director: Jeff Fowler
Starring: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
