Which is the bigger month for cinema-going? In the US, July probably nudges May, but June is a big loser every two years in Europe because of the European Cup and the World Cup tournaments, so distributors load their bases in the months either side - and this year is one of those occasions.
In the UK, May opens with Iron Man 2, looking to beat the $581.6m haul of the original two years ago. That gets a shot at a second week at number one before Robin Hood opens on 14 May. One week later Disney unleashes the new Pirates - The Prince Of Persia. And finally May concludes with SATC 2.
This year, June sees no major releases whatsoever...
July hits the ground running with a double whammy of Shrek 4 and the Cruise/Diaz vehicle Knight And Day, followed by the third part of the Twilight saga, and then Christopher Nolan's Inception (surely that will be this year's greatest headfuck). The final two weeks see the arrival of box office behemoth Toy Story 3 (will it have a shot at Avatar's records?), followed by the A-Team and the remake of the Karate Kid on the final Friday of the month.
I've put those that I want to see in bold...
Meanwhile, my 'to see' list to the end of May looks like this:
• The Ghost
• Cemetry Juction
• Whip It
• Erasing David
• Iron Man 2
• I Am Love
• Four Lions
• Centurion
• Dogtooth
• Robin Hood
• The Losers
• The Special Relationship
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