List of American films of 2016

This is a list of American films scheduled for release in 2016.

Box office records

• On February 11, Deadpool earned $12.7 million in Thursday night previews, breaking the record for an R-rated preview and surpassing The Hangover Part II ($10.4 million on 26 May 2011).^[1] Between February 11th and 12th, the film grossed $47.5 million, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded for the largest single-day R-rated gross ($42.5 million on 15 May 2003). The film grossed $135 million in its opening weekend, again surpassing The Matrix Reloaded ($91.8 million on 15-17 May 2003) for all-time R-rated opening weekend, and surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey for an R-rated opening in February ($85.2 million on 13-15 February 2015); earning another $17.25 million on Monday the 15th, the film grossed $150 million over Presidents' Day Weekend, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey ($93 million on 13-16 February 2015). On February 20th, the film became the 13th R-rated film to reach $200 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in nine days, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded (which took eleven days to reach the benchmark).^[2] On February 24th, the film became the 6th R-rated film to reach $250 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 13 days, surpassing The Passion of the Christ (which took 18 days to reach the benchmark). On March 5th, the film became just the third R-rated film to reach $300 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 23 days, surpassing The Passion of the Christ (which took 29 days to reach the benchmark). On March 29th, the film became just the third R-rated film to reach $350 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 47 days, tying Passion of the Christ; on that date, the film also surpassed American Sniper to become the second-highest grossing R-rated film of all time.

• On March 25-27, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned $166 million, breaking the records for a March opening weekend, a Spring opening weekend (surpassing The Hunger Games with $152.5 million on 23-25 March 2012 for both), and an Easter opening weekend (surpassing Furious 7 with $147.19 million on 3-5 April 2015); the opening weekend was also the seventh-largest of all time, as well as the fourth-largest for a comic-book adaptation (behind The Avengers, Age of Ultron, and Iron Man 3). The film's weekend gross included an $81.56 million opening day on March 25th, which is the fifth-largest single day gross, the fifth-largest opening day gross, and the fifth-largest Friday gross (in each case behind The Force Awakens, The Deathly Hallows II, Age of Ultron, and Jurassic World), and the second-larges Friday gross for a comic book adaptation; a $50.66 million Saturday, which was the 35th-largest single day gross, the ninth-largest Saturday gross, and fifth-largest Saturday gross for a comic book adaptation; and a $33.79 million Sunday, which was the 131st-largest single day gross, the 21st-largest Sunday gross, and the eighth-largest Sunday gross for a comic book adaptation. The film also experienced a 55% decrease in box office revenue from Friday to Sunday, including a 38% decrease from Friday to Saturday and another 27% decrease from Saturday to Sunday, setting a record for the Friday-to-Sunday decrease of a comic book adaptation. On March 28, the film grossed another $15.04 million, breaking the record for a Monday in March, and surpassing The Hunger Games ($10.82 million on 26 March 2012).

• On April 15th, Zootopia became the tenth animated film, and the 59th film overall, to gross more than $300 million.

2016

January — March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	8	Anesthesia	Tim Blake Nelson	Sam Waterston Tim Blake Nelson Kristen Stewart	Drama	IFC Films	[3]
		The Forest	Jason Zada	Natalie Dormer Michiel Huisman	Thriller	Focus Features	[4]
		Lamb	Ross Partridge	Ross Partridge Oona Laurence Jess Weixler	Drama	The Orchard Based on the novel of the same name by Bonnie Nadzam	[5]
	15	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Michael Bay	James Badge Dale John Krasinski Max Martini	Action	Paramount Pictures Based on the novel 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff	[6]
		The Benefactor	Andrew Renzi	Richard Gere Dakota Fanning Theo James	Drama	Samuel Goldwyn Films	[7]
		Norm of the North	Trevor Wall	Rob Schneider Heather Graham Ken Jeong	Animation Comedy	Lionsgate Films	[8]
		Ride Along 2	Tim Story	Ice Cube Kevin Hart Tika Sumpter Ken Jeong	Action-comedy	Universal Pictures Sequel to Ride Along (2014)	[9]
	22	Synchronicity	Jacob Gentry	Brianne Davis Chad McKnight Scott Poythress	Action	N/A	[10]
	29	The 5th Wave	J Blakeson	Chloë Grace Moretz Maika Monroe Liev Schreiber	Sci-fi	Columbia Pictures Based on the novel of the same name by Rick Yancey	[11]
F E B R U A R Y	5	Hail, Caesar!	Coen Brothers	Josh Brolin Channing Tatum George Clooney Ralph Fiennes	Comedy	Universal Pictures	[12]
	12	Deadpool	Tim Miller	Ryan Reynolds Gina Carano T.J. Miller Morena Baccarin	Thriller	20th Century Fox Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name	[13]
		The Secret Life of Pets	Chris Renaud	Louis C.K. Eric Stonestreet Kevin Hart Albert Brooks	Animation Comedy	Universal Pictures	[14]
	26	Ben-Hur	Timur Bekmambetov	Jack Huston Morgan Freeman Toby Kebbell Nazanin Boniadi	Thriller	Paramount Pictures Based on the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace Remake of the 1959 film of the same name	[15]
M A R C H	4	Zootopia	Byron Howard	Jason Bateman	Animation Adventure	Walt Disney Pictures	[16]
	11	The Free State of Jones	Gary Ross	Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw Keri Russell Sean Bridgers	Thriller	STX Entertainment	[17]
	18	Kung Fu Panda 3	Jennifer Yuh Nelson	Jack Black Angelina Jolie Dustin Hoffman Seth Rogen	Animation Comedy	20th Century Fox Sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)	[18]
	25	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Zack Snyder	Henry Cavill Ben Affleck Gal Gadot Amy Adams	Action	Warner Bros. Sequel to Man of Steel (2013)	[19]

April — June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
A P R I L	15	The Jungle Book	Jon Favreau	Bill Murray Ben Kingsley Idris Elba	Adventure	Walt Disney Pictures Based on the story of the same name by Rudyard Kipling	[20] [21]
M A Y	27	Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass	James Bobin	Mia Wasikowska Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Anne Hathaway	Fantasy	Walt Disney Pictures Based on the novel Through the Looking-Glass (1971) by Lewis Carroll Sequel to Alice in Wonderland (2010)	[22]
J U N E	17	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton	Ellen DeGeneres Albert Brooks Diane Keaton Eugene Levy	Animation Adventure	Walt Disney Pictures Sequel to Finding Nemo (2003)	[23]

July - September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
J U L Y	1	Angry Birds	Clay Kaytis	Jason Sudeikis Josh Gad Bill Hader Peter Dinklage	Animation Action	Columbia Pictures Based on the video game of the same name	[24]
A U G U S T	12	Dirty Grandpa	Dan Mazer	Zac Efron Robert De Niro Zoey Deutch Aubrey Plaza	Comedy	Lions Gate Entertainment	[25] [26]
S E P T E M B E R

October - December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
O C T O B E R	21	Geostorm	Dean Devlin	Gerard Butler Andy Garcia Ed Harris Katheryn Winnick	Action	Warner Bros.	[27]
N O V E M B E R
D E C E M B E R

See also

• List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States

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