Calling it now: Doomsday will release November 27th, 2026.
I ran all 16 million possibilities and there’s only one option that makes sense. This movie NEEDS IMAX screens. I’m being optimistic believing they can’t afford to delay into 2027. They’re doing reshoots as we speak and have the entire year to do post and VFX. What better marketing tactic than dropping the next trailer and having Doom or another character manipulate time / the countdown to reveal an earlier date. This will likely be picture locked and ready by November 1st anyways. Thanksgiving weekend is great at the box office. This is glaringly obvious and I would be shocked if I’m wong!
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Edit: apparently there is some imax deal I don’t know about?
The countdown clock doesn't matter that much.
When was the last time a movie released earlier than its announced release date? Has it….ever happened?
they changed the episodes release day from Friday to Wednesday for all shows or smtg
Oppenheimer had IMAX exclusivity.
Oppenheimer made 975 Millions.
Barbie made 1.4 Billions.
Doomsday doesn't need IMAX.
Now you're going to say that it only performed well because of the Barbenheimer.
The general audience doesn't really seem remotely hyped for Doomsday at the level needed to make this a success, which is no doubt one of the reasons they're starting marketing a year out. It likely needs $1b just to break even - anything under $1.5b is a firm disappointment and that's just $100m more than Barbie made.
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Doomsday, on the other hand, requires you to have seen multiple movies that no one gave a shit about
But either way, I have no idea where he's going to go with all of this lol
Because Dune starts getting *realllll* fucking weird from here on out
Dunesday 3: The Marveling
EDIT: Apparently it was one week, not two. My bad everyone!
Our largest IMAX screen in the city swaps out movies almost weekly. They don't release show times more than 3 or 4 days in advance unless you're buy advance tickets for opening weekend. If a blockbuster releases in IMAX this week and another 2 in weeks.. This week's just moves to more non-IMAX screens in 2 weeks and the new one gets exclusivity.
I can't recall the last time 2 massive IMAX blockbusters released simultaneously. But only one will get IMAX exclusivity. I see one of these movies getting moved even if it's just by 2 weeks.
And yes, this movie 10000000% deserves an IMAX release. There will probably be IMAX 3D as well.
Both MCU movies not getting an IMAX release definitely wasn't on my bingo card for this year, but here we are with BND seemingly not getting IMAX screens due to 'The Odyssey' securing a whole month exclusively and 'Doomsday' seemingly not getting IMAX screens due to 'Dune' securing 3 weeks exclusively.
Edit: Historically speaking, although both summer and winter breaks rack up a good amount of money, summer tends to make the most.
I'm just wondering, because I live in a major suburban area and I haven't bothered to go to see a film in IMAX in the past 30 years. The closest IMAX theater is more than 13 miles away, and I'm just not going to be bothered to travel that far for a movie. If it was playing in IMAX 5 miles away sure; but not when there's 10 other theaters between me and the closest IMAX screen ... If I want to see a film, I'm going to see it regardless of whether or not it's on IMAX.
I'm not discounting the role of IMAX sales in Avengers: Endgame's success. They haven't published totals, but it looks like IMAX accounted for somewhere between a quarter to half of the domestic gross sales based on the 1st and 2nd week numbers that were released. But how many of those movie-goers never see the film at all if they don't have IMAX? It's pure speculation on my part, but I'd wager that greater than 90% of them would still see the film if they didn't have an IMAX option, and that \~5-10% of them already watched the film but just wanted to see it again in IMAX. Those \~5-10% are what you lose. Not insignificant, but also not enough to determine success or failure of a film.
Losing IMAX hurts from that perspective.
you just sit closer to the back. no problems
You after being proved right: "They called me a mad man"
Unless a very reliable source, or Disney/Marvel Studios or IMAX come out and say Doomsday won’t release in IMAX, there’s really no point in claiming otherwise at this time.
I get that this is IMAX, but to entirely shut out both $1B + Marvel blockbusters for 2026 isn’t going to be a smart business decision by IMAX either, and they know that. Disney and Marvel Studios provide a lot of business to IMAX as well (to theatres in general). At the end of the day, Disney/Marvel Studios are still a resource they need to receive a constant flow of blockbusters, can’t exactly piss them off either.
Anyways, we’ve seen that IMAX is actually not detrimental to a films success (two of the biggest Hollywood films of 2025, Lilo and Stitch and Jurassic World: Rebirth, skipped IMAX entirely), especially for a blockbuster as those that want to see it will go see it in another format. It’s not like people will say “oh it’s not playing in IMAX, I’ll just skip it”. What actually will happen is more like “it’s not in IMAX, let’s see it in Dolby”. And given that Disney/Marvel are going all in on their marketing shows that they most likely have accepted that there is a chance they don’t get IMAX and are okay with it (especially given that they launched their campaign with a ticking clock).
It's not about pissing them off, it's about honoring your contractual obligations.
> And given that Disney/Marvel are going all in on their marketing shows that they most likely have accepted that there is a chance they don’t get IMAX and are okay with it (especially given that they launched their campaign with a ticking clock).
Disney's shifted timelines before. I don't necessarily agree that they're going to shift it months back into the calendar, but weeks forward or backward wouldn't surprise me.
The industry as a whole is REALLY struggling, but Marvel Studios/the Marvel film IP has been stumbling a lot over the last five years and Disney knows it internally. There's no way investors would be happy with a CEO who forgoes possible high-value ticket sales against a competitor.
My guess is, there is flexibility there that allows for a sharing of IMAX screens between both films (going back to my earlier prediction of 70MM IMAX for Dune and a 50/50 split for both Doomsday and Dune. Otherwise IMAX wouldn’t have included Doomsday in their earnings. Disney/Marvel Studios also wouldn’t confidently move forward with their marketing campaign if they weren’t confident they would be getting IMAX. Either that, or they’re prepared to bypass the format all together. Time will tell.
The trades have been reporting it for months, it's not a secret or a rumor.
Like I said, I’ll wait for either IMAX or Disney/Marvel Studios to come out and confirm if Doomsday will release in IMAX. Until then, let the PR teams for both WB and Disney/Marvel Studios duke it out.
Watchmen confirmed?
marketing → more tickets sold → a huge opening weekend → even more marketing about tickets sold and theatres being booked out and lots of other things
It’s a business move, not a consumer one.
That’s obviously not the case and to not move and secure imax would be incredibly stupid.
Pushing the time given to these artists to its limits is what caused movies like Love & Thunder and Quantumania to look so unpolished with rushed VFX, and it's definitely not what the MCU needs right now. If anything push the release date to a later time, but don't move up the deadline
Deadpool however...
I don’t get why they don’t move to November 6th, 2026. Only A Cat in the Hat is releasing then. And movies like Eternals and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever have released in early November.
Best bet is the 6th of November, if they can reach a deal with WB to get Cat in the Hat to move up a week.
December is the only viable option. Releasing films in Imax is not Disney's priority unless its Avatar.