There may be no #Barbenheimer, but the 2024 summer movie season is finally heating up. Thanks to the domestic box office success of sequels “ Inside Out 2 ” ($469 million), “A Quiet Place: Day One” ($98 million) and “ Bad Boys: Ride or Die ” ($165 million), theater chains can heave a sigh of relief. For now.
There are still two months left to go. Here are the upcoming blockbusters to catch at the cinema (or at home) before the fall. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” (July 3) Netflix has been essential to Eddie Murphy’s career lately.
“ Dolemite Is My Name ” was the funnyman’s best film in ages and, even if the “Coming to America” sequel “ Coming 2 America ” was a letdown, it was a hot title. Now for the streamer, he’s playing Detective Axel Foley again for the first time in 30 years. This time, Axel heads back to the ritzy California town when his daughter’s life is in danger.
“Fly Me to the Moon” (July 12) A romantic comedy about the 1960s Space Race? Why not? Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson respectively play the NASA director in charge of the Apollo 11 launch and a top marketer hired by the agency to boost its image. Sparks — as well as space shuttles — fly. “Twisters” (July 19) The tornadoes are back, even if Helen Hunt and the late actors Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman aren’t.
The sequel to the 1996 disaster-ish film “Twister” stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”), Glen Powell (“Top Gun: Maverick”) .
