summer movies
Warm-weather box office
Summer movies are big-budget films released between May and August, when studios compete for audiences with blockbusters, sequels, and action spectacles.
The term suggests entertainment designed for mass appeal rather than critical prestige: The summer movies this year are all superhero franchises and reboots.
Studios historically save Oscar-contending dramas for fall and winter.
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- opening weekendFirst days of release
- popcornHeated grain that puffs
- theaterVenue for live drama
- sequelContinuation of prior work
action hero · action · superhero · beach · vacation · tentpole · explosion · adventure · romantic · comedy · premiere · franchise · Hollywood · matinee · air-conditioning · escapism · coming of age · special effects
- seasonalflu season, ski season, beach season, harvest season, rainy season
- seasonal contentholiday decor, seasonal sales, autumn leaves, spring flowers, holiday music
- drive-insdrive-in, drive-in theater, car speaker, speaker box, outdoor screen
- movie eventspremiere, world premiere, film premiere, advance screening, preview screening
- Jerry BruckheimerTop Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor
summer moviesOscar bait
Movie angling for statuettes
indie films · arthouse cinema · art films · character studies · independent cinema
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