Warner Bros. led the 2008 North American box office with $1.79 billion in ticket sales. What does the studio have in store for 2009? A few long stagnat franchises, a revered children’s tale and a boy wizard to name a few.
- Gran Torino (Jan 9th) - Clint Eastwood takes on an Asian gang and develops an unlikely friendship that will change his life forever.
- The Dark Knight (Jan 23rd) - Warner Bros. tries to close the gap on those Titanic numbers and get a few Oscar votes with a rerelease of the biggest movie of 2008 in theaters and IMAX.
- Inkheart (Jan 23rd) - Brendan Fraser stars as a man with the power to bring characters from books to life.
- He’s Just Not That Into You (Feb 6th) - Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore among the all-star cast in this tale of love and life in the digital age.
- Friday the 13th (Feb 13th) - producer Michael Bay brings us a re-imagining of the horror classic featuring the hockey-mask wearing, machette weilding Jason Voorhees terrorizing Camp Crystal Lake.
- Under the Sea 3D (Feb 13th) - Jim Carrey narrates this IMAX film about life “under the sea.”
- Watchmen (Mar 6th) - 300 director Zack Snyder brings one of the greatest graphic novels ever to life.
- Observe and Report (Apr 10th) - Seth Rogen stars as a mall security guard who takes on a serial flasher in order to earn a spot at the police academy and win the heart of his dream girl (Anna Faris). Think of it as a funny Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
- 17 Again (Apr 17th) - Matthew Perry gets a chance to be seventeen again by becoming Zac Efron in this Freaky Fridayish comedy.
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (May 1st) - Matthew McConaughey plays a marriage scrooge that is visited by ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future when he threatens to ruin Jennifer Garner’s wedding.
- Terminator: Salvation (May 22nd) - Christian Bale takes on another iconic role - this time as resistance leader John Connor. Judgement Day has all but wiped out humanity as a small group of survivor’s must battle Skynet and the the evil terminators.
- The Hangover (Jun 12th) - three groomsmen awake after a bachelor party in Vegas to find a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet and the groom missing with no recollection of what happened the night before. I hate when that happens!
- My Sister’s Keeper (Jun 26th) - Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin and Alec Baldwin star in this drama about the difficult choices one’s make for love of their families.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Jul 17th) - fans disappointed with the film being pulled from its original November won’t have much longer to wait as the sixth installment of the popular franchise finally hits theaters.
- Orphan (Jul 24th) - a couple adopt a girl after the loss of their unborn child, but the sweet child turns out to be more than she appears.
- Shorts (Aug 7th) - Robert Rodriguez directs this tale of a town that must be saved from itself when the residents are granted all their wishes.
- Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (Aug 21) - another group of teens cheat death (this time at an auto race) only to find they are being killed off one-by-one.
- Whiteout (Sep 11th) - Kate Beckinsale stars as a U.S. Marshal investigating a murder at an Antartica research station that must find the killer before winter comes.
- The Informant (Sep 18th) - Matt Damon stars in this Steven Soderbergh directed comedy about the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.
- Where the Wild Things Are (Oct 16th) - Spike Jonze directs this live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book.
- The Box (Nov 6th) - Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star in this thriller about a couple that are given a mysterious box that will grant them $1 million, but will cost the live of someone they don’t know somewhere in the world.
- Sherlock Holmes (Nov 20th) - Guy Ritchie directs this re-telling of the greatest detective of all time. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as his sidekick Dr. Watson.
- Untitled Clint Eastwood Project (Dec 2009) - Clint Eastwood directs this inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite South Africa following apartheid. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon star.
- Ninja Assassin (TBD 2009) - Korean superstar Rain plays an assassin out for revenge.
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