2015 Movies The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015  

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List Rules Excited for a movie coming out in 2015 but don't see on here? Add it yourself! Opening weekend grosses listed represent domestic ticket sales only.

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Avengers, Jedis and dinosaurs lead the way for a busy 2015 movie schedule as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star Wars: Episode VII, and Jurassic World entertain movie fans. But they aren't the only big, highly anticipated movies hitting theaters. The Hunger Games caps their movie franchise with the second part of Mockingjay, Kung Fu Panda completes its trilogy, and The Fantastic Four gets rebooted with a new cast. Indeed, there are sequels galore with Ted 2, Pitch Perfect 2, Magic Mike XXL, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Hotel Transylvania 2, The Conjuring 2, James Bond 24, Taken 3, and many more. 

Looking for some original movies? You might want to check out the Wachowski Siblings' Jupiter Ascending, Pixar's Inside Out, or Kevin Hart in The Wedding Ringer and Get Hard.

Regardless of movie tastes, 2015 has something for everyone. Which films are you anticipating the most? Vote below, and get ready to eat lots of popcorn!

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voting closed at #1 December 18, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $238; Rotten Tomatoes score: 95% This film is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed by J. J. Abrams. Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Ex-stormtrooper Finn (John ...more

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voting closed at #3 June 12, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $204.6 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 70% Jurassic World is an upcoming 2015 American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow. It is the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park film series. The screenplay was ...more

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voting closed at #1 May 1, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $187.6 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 75% Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film directed by Joss Whedon, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) ...more

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, ... is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #4 November 20, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $101 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 70% The Hunger Games is a 2012 action, adventure film written by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray and directed by Gary Ross.

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voting closed at #5 June 26, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $33 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 47% Ted 2 is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. It is the sequel to MacFarlane's 2012 film Ted. The film stars ...more

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Spectre is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #6 November 6, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $73 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 63% Spectre is a 2015 spy film directed by Sam Mendes, and the twenty-fourth film in the James Bond film series. James Bond (Daniel Craig) is pitted against the global organization Spectre and their ...more

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Minions is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #6 July 10, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $115.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 54%  Minions is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, and is a spin-off/prequel to the Despicable Me franchise. Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are ...more

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Ant-Man is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #8 July 17, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $57.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 80% Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film directed by Peyton Reed, based on the Marvel Comics character. Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in ...more

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Na... is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #10 July 31, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $56 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 93% Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is a 2015 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and the fifth film in the series. IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is on the run from ...more

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voting closed at #9 July 1, 2015 Opening weekend gross $44.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 27% Terminator 5 is an upcoming 2015 adventure action sci-fi movie written by James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis, Gale Anne Hurd and Patrick Lussier and directed by Alan Taylor.

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voting closed at #6 April 3, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $147.1 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 82% Furious 7 is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan, and the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) seeks revenge against Dominic ...more

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Mad Max: Fury Road is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #10 May 15, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $44.4 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 98% Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action film directed by George Miller. In a post apocalyptic desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities, Max Rockatansky (Max Hardy) joins ...more

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voting closed at #13 August 7, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $26.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 9% Fantastic Four (stylized as Fant4stic) is a 2015 American superhero film directed by Josh Trank, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. After teleporting to an alternate universe which ...more

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The Peanuts Movie is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #14 November 6, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $45 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 85% The Peanuts Movie is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. The ...more

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Cinderella is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #16 March 13, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $67.8 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 83% Cinderella is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Kenneth Branagh, from a screenplay written by Chris Weitz. Produced by David Barron, Simon Kinberg and Allison Shearmur for Walt ...more

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Pitch Perfect 2 is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #14 May 15, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $70.3 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 68% Pitch Perfect 2 is an upcoming music and comedy film written by Kay Cannon.

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Goosebumps is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #20 October 16, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $23.5 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 72% Goosebumps is an upcoming 2015 American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Rob Letterman and written by Mike White and Darren Lemke. It is based on the children's book series of the same ...more

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Pan is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #17 October 9, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $15.3 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 26% Pan is a 2015 fantasy film written by J.M. Barrie and Jason Fuchs and directed by Joe Wright.

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Poltergeist is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #18 May 22, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $22.6 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 33% Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi (“Spiderman,” “Evil Dead”, “The Grudge”) and director Gil Kenan (“Monster House”) contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by ...more

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voting closed at #23 DavySamuel added December 25, 2015 Opening weekend gross (limited): $4.5; Rotten Tomatoes: 76% The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American Western film directed by Quentin Tarantino. In a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter (Kurt Russell) and his prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) find shelter in a ...more

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The Revenant is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #19 December 25, 2015 Opening weekend gross (limited): $0.5 million; Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81% The Revenant is a 2015 American semi-biographical epic western film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. A frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio) on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s ...more

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Insurgent is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #15 March 20, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $54 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 31% The Divergent Series: Insurgent is a 2015 science fiction adventure film directed by Robert Schwentke, based on Insurgent, the second book in the Divergent trilogy, written by Veronica Roth. It ...more

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Paper Towns is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
July 24, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $12.6 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 56% Paper Towns is a 2015 American mystery, comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schreier, based on the novel by John Green. After an all night adventure, Quentin's life-long crush, Margo (Cara ...more

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Taken 3 is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #22 January 9, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $39.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 10% Taken 3 is a 2014 French action thriller film directed by Olivier Megaton and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the third and final installment in the Taken trilogy, and the ...more

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Victor Frankenstein is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #24 November 25, 2015 Victor Frankenstein is a 2015 American science fantasy horror film directed by Paul McGuigan, based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. Told from Igor's ...more

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October 2, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $55 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 94% The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the novel by Andy Weir. An astronaut (Matt Damon) becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him gone, and must ...more

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voting closed at #31 October 23, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $1.5 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 8% Rock the Kasbah is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Mitch Glazer. The film stars Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Leem Lubany, Scott Caan, Zooey Deschanel, ...more

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voting closed at #33 February 12, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $36.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 75% Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an ...more

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Ricki and the Flash is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
August 7, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $7 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 59% Ricki and the Flash is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. A musician (Meryl Streep) who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking ...more

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Point Break is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #35 December 25, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $9.8 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 9% Point Break is a 2015 action film directed by Ericson Core.

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Crimson Peak is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #26 October 16, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $12.85 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 69% Crimson Peak is a 2015 American gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro. In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author (Mia Wasikowska) is torn between love for her ...more

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Steve Jobs is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #41 October 9, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $7.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 85% Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle, based on the biography by Walter Isaacson. Structured into three acts, with each act taking place before a product launch, ...more

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Chappie is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #24 March 6, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $13.3 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 29% Chappie is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp. The screenplay, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, is based on Blomkamp's 2004 short film Tetra Vaal. The film ...more

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Vacation is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
July 31, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $21.1 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 24% National Lampoon's Vacation, sometimes referred to as Vacation, is a 1983 Technicolor comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, ...more

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Southpaw is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #43 July 24, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $16.7 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 59% Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua. A champion boxer (Jake Gyllenhaal) fights to get his daughter back as well as revive his professional career, after a ...more

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Ex-Machina is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #44 April 10, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $250,000; Rotten Tomatoes score: 90%

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The R... is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
December 18, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $14.4 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 13%

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Everest is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #28 September 18, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $7.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 73% Everest is a 2015 biographical adventure film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, based on the memoir by Beck Weathers. The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall (Jason ...more

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No Escape is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #47 September 2, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $8.1 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 42%
 The Coup is an upcoming action thriller film, which tells the story of a businessman trapped with his family in a war zone area. It stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell, set to be ...more

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Straight Outta Compton is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #37 August 14, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $56.1 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 88% Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical film directed by F. Gary Gray. The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and ...more

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She's Funny That Way is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #48 August 21, 2015 Rotten Tomatoes score: 34% She's Funny That Way is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written with Louise Stratten.

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San Andreas is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #29 May 29, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $54.5 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 48% San Andreas is an upcoming American disaster film directed by Brad Peyton and written by Allan Loeb, Carlton Cuse, Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes, based on the original script by Jeremy Passmore and ...more

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Inside Out is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #28 June 19, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $91.1 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 98% Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama film directed by Pete Docter. In the mind of a young girl, five personified emotions - Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), ...more

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voting closed at #38 October 23, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $10.8 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 14% The Last Witch Hunter is a 2014 action adventure fantasy film written by Cory Goodman and directed Breck Eisner.

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Gallows is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #54 July 10, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $10 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 16%

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Insidious: Chapter 3 is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #59 June 5, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $23 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 61% Insidious: Chapter 3 is a 2015 supernatural horror film directed by Leigh Whannell, and a prequel to the Insidious movies. Gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ...more

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Self/less is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #51 July 10, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $5.4 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 20% Self/less is an upcoming 2015 science fiction thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh and written by David Pastor and Àlex Pastor. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode ...more

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Hitman 2 is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #65 August 21, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $8.2 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 8% Hitman 2 is an upcoming action film directed by Daniel Benmayor.

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The Walk is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #53 October 2, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $1.55 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Most Anticipated Movies for 2015
voting closed at #71 August 14, 2015 Opening weekend gross: $13.5 million; Rotten Tomatoes score: 67% The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a 2015 American action spy comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie, based on the 1964 TV series. In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB ...more