In addition to Avatar 2, another high-profile movie has shifted release dates from December 2017 to 2018 following Star Wars Episode VIII‘s delay – Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. With this in mind, it looks as though Episode VIII is going to have a monopoly over the December box office just like The Force Awakens did.

Steven Spielberg’s READY PLAYER ONE backs down from STAR WARS EPISODE VII, moves from Dec. 15, 2017 to March 30, 2018. — Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) February 9, 2016

Looks like Player One is going to have to wait, huh? …Yeah, that was terrible. Sorry. Anyway, the only other major releases that are currently scheduled for Episode VIII‘s release frame are The Six Billion Dollar Man, The Croods 2, The Greatest Showman On Earth, and a new Disney animated fairy tale – but I get the feeling that a few of these are going to move around a little as well (particularly Disney’s animated film). It seems that without two high-profile releases to contend with, Episode VIII is going to have minimal competition next year, meaning that it has a real shot at performing about as well as The Force Awakens did (and possibly even better internationally).

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