To kick off the summer, Marvel took the box office by storm by making over $1 billion from "Captain America: Civil War," according to the Hollywood Reporter. This topped the Marvel hit "Iron Man 3." The summer is full of box office hits, which are listed below.
- "X-Men: Apocalypse" - May 27
- "Alice Through the Looking Glass" - May 27
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" - June 3
- "Approaching the Unknown" - June 3
- "Now You See Me 2" - June 10
- "The Conjuring 2" - June 10
- "Finding Dory" - June 17
- "Independence Day: Resurgence" - June 24
- "Free State of Jones" - June 24
- "The Shallows" - June 29
- "The Legend of Tarzan" - July 1
- "The Purge: Election Year" - July 1
- "The BFG" - July 1
- "Ghostbusters" - July 15
- "Star Trek Beyond" - July 22
- "Bad Moms" - July 29
- "Suicide Squad" - Aug. 5
- "Sausage Party" - Aug. 12
NCG Eastwood Cinemas, located on 2500 Showtime Dr. in Lansing, has begun preparations for this summer's box office hits.
"We are very excited for a busy summer slate of movies. We've added more friendly staff, we've bulked up on our concession supplies including our own Michigan Grown Popcorn. We are ready to exceed our customers expectations of the movie going experience," Tim Dilts, the marketing director and regional manager of NCG, said.
The summer movies come from all different genres, but what makes a movie a hit?
"With the slate of movies that we have opening this summer we are anticipating all of them to be box office hits as there is a movie product for everyone to enjoy," Dilts said.
