List of American films of 2016

This is a list of American films released in 2016.

Box office records

• On February 11, Deadpool earned $12.7 million in Thursday night previews, breaking the record for an R-rated preview and surpassing The Hangover Part II ($10.4 million on 26 May 2011). Between February 11th and 12th, the film grossed $47.5 million, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded for the largest single-day R-rated gross ($42.5 million on 15 May 2003). The film grossed $135 million in its opening weekend, again surpassing The Matrix Reloaded ($91.8 million on 15–17 May 2003) for all-time R-rated opening weekend, and surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey for an R-rated opening in February ($85.2 million on 13–15 February 2015); earning another $17.25 million on Monday the 15th, the film grossed $150 million over Presidents' Day Weekend, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey ($93 million on 13–16 February 2015). On February 20, the film became the 13th R-rated film to reach $200 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in nine days, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded (which took eleven days to reach the benchmark). On February 24, the film became the 6th R-rated film to reach $250 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 13 days, surpassing The Passion of the Christ (which took 18 days to reach the benchmark). On March 5, the film became just the third R-rated film to reach $300 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 23 days, surpassing The Passion of the Christ (which took 29 days to reach the benchmark). On March 29, the film became just the third R-rated film to reach $350 million and the fastest R-rated film to do so, achieving the milestone in 47 days, tying Passion of the Christ; on that date, the film also surpassed American Sniper to become the second-highest grossing R-rated film of all time.
• On March 25–27, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned $166 million, breaking the records for a March opening weekend, a Spring opening weekend (surpassing The Hunger Games with $152.5 million on 23–25 March 2012 for both), and an Easter opening weekend (surpassing Furious 7 with $147.19 million on 3–5 April 2015); the opening weekend was also the seventh-largest of all time, as well as the fourth-largest for a comic-book adaptation (behind The Avengers, Age of Ultron, and Iron Man 3). The film's weekend gross included an $81.56 million opening day on March 25, which is the fifth-largest single day gross, the fifth-largest opening day gross, and the fifth-largest Friday gross (in each case behind The Force Awakens, The Deathly Hallows II, Age of Ultron, and Jurassic World), and the second-larges Friday gross for a comic book adaptation; a $50.66 million Saturday, which was the 35th-largest single day gross, the ninth-largest Saturday gross, and fifth-largest Saturday gross for a comic book adaptation; and a $33.79 million Sunday, which was the 131st-largest single day gross, the 21st-largest Sunday gross, and the eighth-largest Sunday gross for a comic book adaptation. The film also experienced a 55% decrease in box office revenue from Friday to Sunday, including a 38% decrease from Friday to Saturday and another 27% decrease from Saturday to Sunday, setting a record for the Friday-to-Sunday decrease of a comic book adaptation. On March 28, the film grossed another $15.04 million, breaking the record for a Monday in March, and surpassing The Hunger Games ($10.82 million on 26 March 2012). On April 13, the film became the 56th to gross more than $300 million, the 13th comic book adaptation to do so, and the 20th fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in twenty days).
• On April 15, Zootopia became the tenth animated film, and the 57th film overall, to gross more than $300 million, becoming the 39th fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 43 days).
• On May 14, The Jungle Book became the 58th film overall, to gross more than $300 million becoming the 29th fastest to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 30 days).
• On May 17, Captain America: Civil War became the 59th film to gross more than $300 million, the 14th comic book adaptation to do so, and the sixth fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in eleven days). On May 23, the film became the 32nd to gross more than $350 million, the ninth comic book adaptation to do so, and the eighth fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 18 days). On June 18, the film became the 19th to gross more than $400, the seventh comic book adaptation to do so, and the tenth fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 44 days).
• On June 16, Finding Dory grossed $9.2 million, surpassing Minions for biggest Thursday night preview gross for an animated film ($6.2 million on July 9 2015). On June 17, the film grossed another $54.9 million, becoming the first animated film ever to gross more than $50 million in a single day and surpassing Minions for biggest opening day gross for an animated film ($46.2 million on 10 July 2015) and Shrek the Third for biggest single day gross for an animated film ($47.1 million on 19 May 2007). On June 18, the film grossed another $45.8 million, the second-highest Saturday gross for an animated film behind Shrek the Third ($47.08 million on 19 May 2007); on June 19, the film grossed another $35.5, the second-highest Sunday gross for an animated film behind Shrek the Third ($36.1 million on 20 May 2007). On June 16–19, the film grossed a total of $135.06 million, surpassing Shrek the Third for the opening weekend and a summer opening weekend of an animated film and a PG-rated opening weekend ($121.6 on 18–20 May 2007) and surpassing Toy Story 3 for a June opening weekend of an animated film ($110.3 on 18–20 June 2010). On June 20, the film grossed another $19.57 million for the second-largest Monday gross for an animated film behind Shrek 2 ($23.41 million on 31 May 2004). On June 21, the film grossed another $23.2 million for the largest Tuesday gross for an animated film, surpassing Minions ($16.8 million on 14 July 2015), and the sixth-largest Tuesday gross ever. On June 23, the film grossed another $18.1 million for the largest non-opening Wednesday gross for an animated film, surpassing Frozen ($15.16 million on 27 November 2013), and the third largest Wednesday gross for an animated film (behind Despicable Me 2's opening day of $35 million on 3 July 2013 and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel's opening day of $18.8 million on 23 December 2009). On June 24–26, the film grossed a total of $72.96 million, surpassing Shrek 2 for the second weekend of an animated film ($72.10 million on 28–30 May 2004) and the eighth-largest second-weekend gross ever. On June 28, the film became the 60th to gross more than $300 million, the eleventh animated film to do so, the seventh fastest film to reach the benchmark and the fastest animated film to do so (achieving the milestone in twelve days). On July 1–3, the film grossed a total of $41.9 million, surpassing Shrek 2 for the biggest third-weekend of an animated film ($37.93 million on 4–6 June 2004) and the eighth largest third-weekend gross ever; it was also the 15th largest Independence Day weekend gross, the second largest Independence Day weekend gross for an animated film (behind Despicable Me 2's opening weekend of $83.52 million on 5–7 July 2013), and the second largest non-opening Independence Day weekend (behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's $42.32 weekend on 3–5 July 2009). On July 2, the film became the 34th to gross more than $350 million, the fifth animated film to do so, tying for the fifth fastest film to reach the benchmark (with Avengers: Age of Ultron) and becoming the fastest animated film to do so (achieving the milestone in sixteen days, and surpassing Shrek 2, which took 26 days). On July 7, the film became the 20th to gross more than $400 million, the fourth animated film to do so, becoming the fifth fastest film to reach the benchmark and the fastest animated film to do so (achieving the milestone in 21 days, and surpassing Shrek 2, which took 43 days). On July 16, in its thirtieth day of release, the film became the highest-grossing domestic animated film of all time, surpassing Shrek 2 ($441.2 million in 2004). On July 20, the film became the eighth to gross more than $450 million, the first animated film ever to do so and becoming the sixth fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 34 days).
• On August 5, Suicide Squad earned $64.9 million, breaking the records for an August opening day gross, an August Friday gross, and an August single day gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $37.8 million on 1 August 2014 for all). On August 6, the film grossed another $38.6 million for the second-largest single day gross in August, and breaking the record for an August Saturday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $30.99 million on 2 August 2014). On August 7, the film grossed another $30.2 million for the fifth-largest single day gross in August, and breaking the record for an August Sunday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $25.5 million on 3 August 2014). On August 5–7, the film earned $133.7 million, breaking the record for an August opening weekend (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $94.3 million on 1–3 August 2014) to become the first film with an opening weekend of more than $100 million in August. On August 8, the film grossed another $13.1 million, breaking the record for an August Monday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $11.7 million on 4 August 2014). On August 9, the film grossed another $14.3 million, breaking the record for an August Tuesday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $11.9 million on 5 August 2014). On August 10, the film grossed another $9.8 million for the second-largest August Wednesday gross (behind Pineapple Express's opening day gross of $12.1 million on 6 August 2008), and breaking the record a non-opening August Wednesday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $8.8 million on 6 August 2014). On August 11, the film grossed another $8.2 million, breaking the record for an August Thursday gross (surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy with $7.6 million on 7 August 2014). On September 5, the film became the 62nd to gross more than $300 million, the 14th comic book adaptation to do so, and the 35th fastest film to reach the benchmark (achieving the milestone in 32 days).

January–March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	8	The Forest	Jason Zada	Natalie Dormer Taylor Kitsch	Thriller	Focus Features
		Anesthesia	Tim Blake Nelson	Sam Waterston Tim Blake Nelson Kristen Stewart	Drama	IFC Films
		Lamb	Ross Partridge	Ross Partridge Oona Laurence Jess Weixler	Drama	The Orchard Based on the novel of the same name by Bonnie Nadzam
	15	Ride Along 2	Tim Story	Ice Cube Kevin Hart	Action-comedy	Universal Pictures Sequel to Ride Along (2014)
		13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Michael Bay	James Badge Dale John Krasinski Max Martini	Action	Paramount Pictures Based on the novel 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
		Norm of the North	Trevor Wall	Rob Schneider Heather Graham Ken Jeong	Animation Comedy	Lionsgate Films
		The Benefactor	Andrew Renzi	Richard Gere Dakota Fanning Theo James	Drama	Samuel Goldwyn Films
	22	Dirty Grandpa	Dan Mazer	Zac Efron Robert De Niro	Comedy	Lions Gate Entertainment
		The 5th Wave	J Blakeson	Chloë Grace Moretz Liev Schreiber	Sci-fi	Columbia Pictures Based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Rick Yancey
		The Boy	William Brent Bell	Lauren Cohan Rupert Evans	Horror Thriller
		Ip Man 3	Wilson Yip	Donnie Yen	Martial Arts	Third in the Ip Man film series Biography of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man
		Synchronicity	Jacob Gentry	Brianne Davis Chad McKnight Scott Poythress	Action	N/A
	29	Kung Fu Panda 3	Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni	Jack Black Angelina Jolie Dustin Hoffman Seth Rogen	Animation Martial Arts Action-comedy	20th Century Fox Sequel to the 2011 film Kung Fu Panda 2 and the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise
		The Finest Hours	Craig Gillespie	Chris Pine Casey Affleck	Drama	Walt Disney Pictures
		Fifty Shades of Black	Michael Tiddes	Marlon Wayans Kali Hawk Mike Epps	Comedy	Parody of the 2015 erotic romantic drama Fifty Shades of Grey
		Jane Got a Gun	Gavin O'Connor	Natalie Portman Joel Edgerton	Action Western
F E B R U A R Y	5	Hail, Caesar!	Coen Brothers	Josh Brolin George Clooney	Comedy	Universal Pictures
		Pride + Prejudice + Zombies	Burr Steers	Lily James Sam Riley Jack Huston Matt Smith	Comedy-horror	Based on the 2009 novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith that parodies the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
		The Choice	Ross Katz	Benjamin Walker Teresa Palmer	Romance	Based on the Nicholas Sparks' 2007 novel of the same name
	12	Deadpool	Tim Miller	Ryan Reynolds T.J. Miller Morena Baccarin	Thriller	20th Century Fox Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name
		Zoolander 2	Ben Stiller	Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Penélope Cruz Kristen Wiig	Comedy	Sequel to the 2001 film Zoolander
		How to Be Single	Christian Ditter	Dakota Johnson Rebel Wilson	Romantic-comedy	Based on the novel of the same name by Liz Tuccillo
	19	Risen	Kevin Reynolds	Joseph Fiennes Tom Felton	Action Adventure
		The Witch	Robert Eggers	Anya Taylor-Joy Ralph Ineson Kate Dickie	Horror	Directorial debut of Robert Eggers
		Race	Stephen Hopkins	Stephan James Jason Sudeikis Jeremy Irons	Sports Drama	Biography of African American athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
	26	Gods of Egypt	Alex Proyas	Nicolaj Coster-Waldau Gerard Butler Brenton Thwaites	Fantasy Action
		Triple 9	John Hillcoat	Casey Affleck Aaron Paul	Crime Thriller
		Eddie the Eagle	Dexter Fletcher	Taron Egerton Hugh Jackman Christopher Walken	Sports Dramedy	Biography of Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping
M A R C H	4	Zootopia	Byron Howard Rich Moore	Ginnifer Goodwin Jason Bateman Idris Elba	Animation Adventure	Walt Disney Pictures
		London Has Fallen	Babak Najafi	Gerard Butler Aaron Eckhart	Action Thriller	Sequel to Antoine Fuqua's 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen
		Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Glenn Ficarra John Requa	Tina Fey Martin Freeman	Dramedy	Biography based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
		The Other Side of the Door	Johannes Roberts	Sarah Wayne Callies Jeremy Sisto	Horror
	11	10 Cloverfield Lane	Dan Trachtenberg	John Goodman Mary Elizabeth Winstead	Science fiction Psychological thriller	Second film in the Cloverfield franchise and a spiritual successor of the 2008 film Cloverfield
		The Young Messiah	Cyrus Nowrasteh	Adam Greaves-Neal Sean Bean David Bradley	Drama
		The Perfect Match	Bille Woodruff	Terrence J Cassie Ventura	Romantic-comedy
		Hello, My Name Is Doris	Michael Showalter	Sally Field Max Greenfield	Romance Dramedy
		Miracles from Heaven	Patricia Riggen	Jennifer Garner Martin Henderson	Christian Drama
	18	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Robert Schwentke	Shailene Woodley Theo James Miles Teller Ansel Elgort	Science fiction Adventure	First of two cinematic parts based on the novel Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, and the third installment in The Divergent Series
		The Bronze	Bryan Buckley	Melissa Rauch Thomas Middleditch	Comedy
		Midnight Special	Jeff Nichols	Michael Shannon Kirsten Dunst	Science fiction Drama Supernatural
	25	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Zack Snyder	Henry Cavill Ben Affleck Amy Adams	Action	Warner Bros. Sequel to Man of Steel (2013)
		My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Kirk Jones	Nia Vardalos John Corbett	Romantic-comedy	Sequel to 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding
		I Saw the Light	Marc Abraham	Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Cherry Jones Bradley Whitford	Drama	Biography of country music legend Hank Williams and his first wife Audrey Williams Based on the book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt, and William (Bill) MacEwen
	30	Everybody Wants Some!!	Richard Linklater	Will Brittain Blake Jenner Zoey Deutch Tyler Hoechlin	Sports Comedy	Spiritual sequel to Linklater's 1993 film Dazed and Confused

April — June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
A P R I L	1	God's Not Dead 2	Harold Cronk	Melissa Joan Hart Jesse Metcalfe	Drama	Sequel to the 2014 film God's Not Dead
		Meet the Blacks	Deon Taylor	Mike Epps Gary Owen	Comedy	Parody of the 2013 film The Purge
		Miles Ahead	Don Cheadle	Don Cheadle Ewan McGregor	Musical drama	Based on the life of jazz musician Miles Davis Takes its title from Davis' 1957 album
	8	The Boss	Ben Falcone	Melissa McCarthy Kristen Bell	Comedy
		Hardcore Henry	Ilya Naishuller	Sharlto Copley Danila Kozlovsky Haley Bennett	Science fiction Action	Shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective
		Demolition	Jean-Marc Vallée	Jake Gyllenhaal Naomi Watts	Dramedy
		The Invitation	Karyn Kusama	Logan Marshall-Green Tammy Blanchard Michiel Huisman	Horror Thriller
	15	The Jungle Book	Jon Favreau	Bill Murray Ben Kingsley Idris Elba	Animation	Walt Disney Pictures Based on the story of the same name by Rudyard Kipling
		Barbershop: The Next Cut	Malcolm D. Lee	Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Regina Hall	Comedy	Sequel to 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the fourth film in the Barbershop film series
		Criminal	Ariel Vromen	Kevin Costner Gary Oldman	Action Thriller
		Green Room	Jeremy Saulnier	Anton Yelchin Imogen Poots	Horror Thriller
	22	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan	Chris Hemsworth Charlize Theron Emily Blunt	Fantasy Action Adventure	Both a prequel and a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman
		A Hologram for the King	Tom Tykwer	Tom Hanks Ben Whishaw	Dramedy	Based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers
		Elvis & Nixon	Liza Johnson	Kevin Spacey Michael Shannon	Dramedy	Focuses on the December 21, 1970 meeting between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley at the White House
	29	Keanu	Peter Atencio	Jordan Peele Keegan-Michael Key	Action-comedy
		Mother's Day	Garry Marshall	Jennifer Aniston Julia Roberts	Romantic-comedy
		Ratchet & Clank	Kevin Munroe	Paul Giamatti John Goodman Bella Thorne	Animation	Based on the first game of the platforming video game series of the same name
M A Y	6	Captain America: Civil War	Anthony Russo Joe Russo	Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr. Sebastian Stan	Superhero Action Adventure	Sequel to the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the thirteenth film of the MCU
	13	Money Monster	Jodie Foster	George Clooney Julia Roberts Jack O'Connell	Thriller
		The Darkness	Greg McLean	Kevin Bacon Radha Mitchell	Thriller
		Love & Friendship	Whit Stillman	Kate Beckinsale Xavier Samuel Emma Greenwell	Comedy	Based on Jane Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan first published in 1871
	20	The Angry Birds Movie	Clay Kaytis	Jason Sudeikis Josh Gad Bill Hader	Animation	Columbia Pictures Based on the video game of the same name
		Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Nicholas Stoller	Seth Rogen Zac Efron	Comedy	Sequel to the 2014 film Neighbors
		The Nice Guys	Shane Black	Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling	Action-comedy
	27	X-Men: Apocalypse	Bryan Singer	James McAvoy Michael Fassbender Oscar Isaac	Superhero Action Adventure	Ninth installment in the X-Men film series
		Alice Through the Looking Glass	James Bobin	Mia Wasikowska Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Anne Hathaway	Fantasy	Walt Disney Pictures Sequel to the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland Based on the 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
J U N E	3	TMNT 2: Out of the Shadows	Dave Green	Megan Fox Will Arnett Stephen Amell	Science fiction Action-comedy	Sequel to the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the sixth film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series
		Me Before You	Thea Sharrock	Emilia Clarke Sam Claflin	Romance Drama	Adapted by Jojo Moyes from her 2012 novel of the same name
		Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Akiva Schaffer Jorma Taccone	Andy Samberg	Mockumentary Comedy
	10	The Conjuring 2	James Wan	Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson	Supernatural Horror	Sequel to the 2013 film The Conjuring and the second installment in The Conjuring film series
		Warcraft	Duncan Jones	Travis Fimmel Ben Foster	Fantasy	Based on the Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of Azeroth
		Now You See Me 2	Jon M. Chu	Jesse Eisenberg Mark Ruffalo	Thriller	Sequel to the 2013 film Now You See Me
	17	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton	Ellen DeGeneres Albert Brooks	Animation Adventure	Walt Disney Pictures Sequel to Finding Nemo (2003)
		Central Intelligence	Rawson Marshall Thurber	Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart	Action-comedy
	24	Independence Day: Resurgence	Roland Emmerich	Liam Hemsworth Maika Monroe Jeff Goldblum	Science fiction	Sequel to the 1996 film Independence Day
		The Shallows	Jaume Collet-Serra	Blake Lively	Horror Thriller
		Free State of Jones	Gary Ross	Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Thriller	STX Entertainment
		The Neon Demon	Nicolas Winding Refn	Elle Fanning Karl Glusman Jena Malone	Thriller

July - September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
J U L Y	1	The Legend of Tarzan	David Yates	Alexander Skarsgård Margot Robbie	Action Adventure
		The BFG	Steven Spielberg	Mark Rylance Ruby Barnhill	Fantasy Adventure
		The Purge: Election Year	James DeMonaco	Frank Grillo Elizabeth Mitchell	Social science fiction Action	Third installment in The Purge film series
	8	The Secret Life of Pets	Chris Renaud Yarrow Cheney	Louis C.K. Kevin Hart	Animation
		Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates	Jake Szymanski	Adam DeVine Zac Efron	Comedy
	12	Characterz	Jon Binkowski	Mitchel Musso	Comedy
	13	The Infiltrator	Brad Furman	Bryan Cranston Diane Kruger John Leguizamo	Crime Drama
	15	Ghostbusters	Paul Feig	Melissa McCarthy Kristen Wiig	Supernatural Comedy	Reboot of the Ghostbusters film series
	22	Star Trek Beyond	Justin Lin	Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Idris Elba	Science fiction Action Adventure	Third installment in the Star Trek reboot series and the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film series
		Ice Age: Collision Course	Mike Thurmeier Galen T. Chu	Ray Romano John Leguizamo	Animation	Fifth installment in the Ice Age film series
		Lights Out	David F. Sandberg	Teresa Palmer	Horror
	29	Jason Bourne	Paul Greengrass	Matt Damon Alicia Vikander	Action Adventure Thriller Spy	Fifth film in the Bourne film series
		Bad Moms	Jon Lucas Scott Moore	Kristen Bell Mila Kunis	Comedy
		Nerve	Henry Joost Ariel Schulman	Emma Roberts Dave Franco	Thriller
A U G U S T	5	Suicide Squad	David Ayer	Will Smith Jared Leto Margot Robbie	Superhero Action Adventure
		Nine Lives	Barry Sonnenfeld	Kevin Spacey
	12	Pete's Dragon	David Lowery	Bryce Dallas Howard		Remake of the 1977 film of the same name
		Sausage Party	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan	Seth Rogen Kristen Wiig
		Florence Foster Jenkins	Stephen Frears	Meryl Streep
	19	Ben-Hur	Timur Bekmambetov	Jack Huston Toby Kebbell	Thriller	Paramount Pictures Third film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
		Kubo and the Two Strings	Travis Knight
		War Dogs	Todd Phillips	Jonah Hill Miles Teller	Crime Dramedy	Based on the Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson
	26	Mechanic: Resurrection	Dennis Gansel	Jason Statham
		Don't Breathe	Fede Alvarez	Jane Levy
		Hands of Stone	Jonathan Jakubowicz	Édgar Ramírez Robert De Niro	Sports	Biography of Roberto Durán
S E P T E M B E R	2	The Light Between Oceans	Derek Cianfrance	Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander
		Morgan	Luke Scott	Kate Mara
	9	Sully	Clint Eastwood	Tom Hanks
		When the Bough Breaks	Jon Cassar	Morris Chestnut Regina Hall
		The Wild Life	Ben Stassen Vincent Kesteloot
		The Disappointments Room	D. J. Caruso	Kate Beckinsale Lucas Till
	16	Bridget Jones's Baby	Sharon Maguire	Renée Zellweger Colin Firth Patrick Dempsey		Third film in the series based on the Bridget Jones book series
		Snowden	Oliver Stone	Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shailene Woodley Zachary Quinto
		Blair Witch	Adam Wingard	Valorie Curry
		Hillsong: Let Hope Rise	Michael John Warren
	23	The Magnificent Seven	Antoine Fuqua	Denzel Washington Chris Pratt		Remake of the 1960 film, which is based on the 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai
		Storks	Doug Sweetland
	26	South of 8	Tony Olmos	Brian Patrick Butler George Jac	Crime
	30	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Tim Burton	Eva Green Asa Butterfield
		Deepwater Horizon	Peter Berg	Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell
		Masterminds	Jared Hess	Zach Galifianakis Kristen Wiig

October - December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
O C T O B E R	7	The Girl on the Train	Tate Taylor	Emily Blunt	Thriller
		The Birth of a Nation	Nate Parker	Nate Parker Armie Hammer
		Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Steve Carr
	14	The Accountant	Gavin O'Connor
		Kevin Hart: What Now?	Leslie Small	Kevin Hart
		Max Steel	Stewart Hendler
	21	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Edward Zwick
		Keeping Up with the Joneses	Greg Mottola	Isla Fisher Jon Hamm	Comedy
		Ouija: Origin of Evil	Mike Flanagan
		Boo! A Madea Halloween	Tyler Perry	Tyler Perry
		I'm Not Ashamed	Brian Baugh
		American Pastoral	Ewan McGregor	Ewan McGregor Jennifer Connelly
	28	Inferno	Ron Howard
N O V E M B E R	18	Friend Request	Simon Verhoeven	Alycia Debnam-Carey	Horror
	23	Moana	Ron Clements John Musker	Auli'i Cravalho Dwayne Johnson	Family Animated
D E C E M B E R	16	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (film)	Felicity Jones	Diego Luna	Sci-Fi
		The Founder	John Lee Hancock	Michael Keaton
	21	Sing	Garth Jennings	Reese Witherspoon Scarlett Johansson
	23	A Monster Calls	J. A. Bayona
		Rings	F. Javier Gutiérrez

See also

• 2016 in American television
• 2016 in the United States
• List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States

External links

• American films of 2016 at IMDb