Which Movies Ran Away From Head To Head Battles With Star Wars And Ant Man

Which Movies Ran Away From Head-To-Head Battles With ‘Star Wars’ And ‘Ant-Man’?

By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2014 10:00 am EST

Kung Fu Panda 3 has scurried away from its original holiday 2015 release date, while Pan flits over to a weekend not occupied by Ant-Man. More details on the Kung Fu Panda 3 and Pan release date changes after the jump.

Meanwhile, over at Warner Bros., Pan is flying from July 17, 2015 to July 24, 2015 in an attempt to get out of Ant-Man’s way. Pan will join Pixels and Poltergeist on the July 24 weekend. The only movie left going head-to-head with Ant-Man is Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, which has the advantage of being an entirely different kind of movie.

Although Ant-Man is not an established character on the big screen, he’s part of the juggernaut Marvel Cinematic Universe. The studio proved this summer that it doesn’t need A-list names or even a well known superhero brand to make bank. The Guardians of the Galaxy were an obscure team known only by the most dedicated comic book fans, but now they have one of the highest-grossing films of 2014.