List of American films of 2015

This is a list of American films released in 2015.
==Box office records==
*Jurassic World grossed $208.8 million domestically in its opening weekend, making it the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, surpassing The Avengers ($207.4 million on 4–6 May 2012). The film also grossed $106.6 million domestically in its second weekend, making it the biggest domestic second weekend of all time, surpassing The Avengers again ($103 million on 11–13 May 2012). In its third weekend, the film grossed $54.5 million, becoming just the third film to gross more than $50 million in its third weekend, along with The Avengers and Avatar. On June 19, the film became the 51st film to reach $300 million, and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just eight days, surpassing The Avengers (which took nine days to reach the benchmark); on June 21, the film became the 17th film to reach $400 million, and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just ten days, surpassing The Avengers (which took fourteen days to reach the benchmark); on June 28, the film became the fifth film to reach $500 million (joining The Avengers, Avatar, The Dark Knight, and Titanic) and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just 17 days, surpassing The Avengers (which took 23 days to reach the benchmark). On July 17, the film became the fourth film to reach $600 million and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in 36 days, surpassing Avatar (which took 47 days to reach the benchmark). On September 23, the film became the third film to reach $650 million, achieving the milestone in 104 days, which is second-fastest behind Avatar (which took 58 days to reach the benchmark); it also became the third film to gross over $650 million domestically while also grossing over $1 billion outside North America.
*Inside Out grossed $90.4 million domestically in its opening weekend, making it the biggest domestic opening weekend for an original film of all time, surpassing Avatar ($77 million on 18–20 December 2009). The film became the fastest animated film to reach $100 million, achieving the milestone in just four days, surpassing Shrek 2 (which took five days to reach the benchmark). On July 18, Inside Out became the eighth animated film, and 52nd film over all, to gross more than $300 million domestically, joining Shrek 2, The Lion King, Toy Story 3, Frozen, Finding Nemo, Despicable Me 2, and Shrek the Third. On September 11, the film became the seventh animated film to gross more than $350 domestically.
*Minions grossed $46.04 million domestically on its opening day, making it the biggest domestic opening day for an animated film, surpassing Toy Story 3 ($41.1 million on 18 June 2010). The film became the fastest animated film to reach $100 million, achieving the milestone in just three days, surpassing Inside Out; the film also joined Toy Story 3 as the fastest animated film to reach $200 million, achieving the milestone in nine days. On August 8, Minions became the ninth animated film, and 53rd film overall, to gross more than $300 million domestically.
*Straight Outta Compton grossed $60.2 million domestically in its opening weekend, making it the biggest domestic opening weekend for a music biopic of all time, surpassing Walk the Line ($22.3 million on 18–20 November 2005). The film took only nine days to gross $100 million at the domestic box office, becoming only the second music biopic to cross the milestone, and surpassing Walk the Line (which took 65 days to reach the benchmark). By August 27, the film had earned $120.9 million to become the highest domestic grossing music biopic of all time, surpassing Walk the Line ($119.5 million), and by September 21, the film had earned $188.99 million to become the highest worldwide grossing music biopic of all time, surpassing Walk the Line's worldwide lifetime gross of $186.4 million.
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed $57 million domestically in Thursday preview showings, making it the biggest preview showing of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($43.5 million in previews on 14 July 2011); the total included a record $5.7 million in IMAX ticket sales, surpassing Avengers: Age of Ultron ($3 million on 30 April 2015). The film went on to gross $119.1 million domestically on Friday (including Thursday's receipts), making it the biggest opening day and the biggest single day of all time, again surpassing Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($91 million on 15 July 2011) to become the only film ever to gross more than $100 million in a single day and the fastest film to reach the $100 million milestone (surpassing 15 other films, including most recently Jurassic World on 12–13 June 2015, which took two days to reach the benchmark). Excluding Thursday preview receipts, Force Awakens grossed $62.1 million on its opening Friday, surpassing Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($47.5 million on 15 July 2011); the film's Friday total included a record $14 million in IMAX ticket sales. The film also grossed $68.3 million on Saturday, the third-highest Saturday gross (behind Jurassic World, The Avengers) and becoming the fourth film to gross more than $60 million on a Saturday (along with Iron Man 3); the film then grossed $60.5 million on Sunday, becoming the first film to gross more than $60 million on a Sunday and surpassing Jurassic World ($57.2 million on 14 June 2015), for a total weekend gross of $248 million, making it the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, surpassing Jurassic World ($208.8 million on 12–14 June 2015). The total also contributed to a record total weekend gross of $305.55 million for all films, surpassing the weekend of 12–14 June 2015 ($266 million during the opening of Jurassic World), and was the biggest December opening weekend of all time, surpassing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($84.6 million on 14–16 December 2012), including a record $30.1 million in IMAX ticket sales. On December 21, the film grossed another $40.1 million, surpassing Spider-Man 2 ($27.7 million on 5 July 2004) for biggest Monday gross and becoming the first film ever to gross more than $30 million and $40 million on a Monday; the film also become the fastest film to gross $250 million, achieving the milestone in four days and surpassing Jurassic World (which took five days to reach the benchmark) On December 22, the film grossed another $37.36 million, surpassing The Amazing Spider-Man ($35 million on 3 July 2012) for biggest Tuesday gross; the film also became the 54th to reach $300 million, and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just five days, surpassing Jurassic World (which took eight days to reach the benchmark). On December 24th, the film earned another $27.59 million to raise its domestic opening week gross to $391.1 million, surpassing Jurassic World ($296.2 million on 12–18 June 2015). On December 25th, the film grossed $49.3 million, breaking the record for a non-opening Friday gross by surpassing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($36.74 million on 26 June 2009), and breaking the record for a Christmas Day gross by more than doubling Sherlock Holmes ($24.6 million on 25 December 2009); the day also raised the film's total domestic gross to $440.4 million, breaking the record for an 8-day gross and surpassing Jurassic World ($325.3 million on 12–19 June 2015), as well as becoming the 18th film to reach $400 million, and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just eight days, surpassing Jurassic World (which took ten days to reach the benchmark). On December 26, the film grossed another $56.6 million, breaking the record for highest second Saturday gross and surpassing The Avengers ($42.9 million on 12 May 2012) before grossing an additional $47.6 million on Sunday and breaking the record for highest second Sunday gross and surpassing Jurassic World ($38.4 million on 21 June 2015); the film grossed a total of $153.5 million in its second weekend, making the biggest domestic second weekend of all time and surpassing Jurassic World ($106.6 million on 19–21 June 2015), and raised its total domestic gross to $544.57 million, making Force Awakens just the sixth film to reach $500 million, and the fastest film to do so, achieving the milestone in just ten days and surpassing Jurassic World (which took 17 days to reach the benchmark).
==2015==
===January – March===
Opening 	Opening	Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes 	Ref.
JANUARY 	2 	The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 	Tom Harper 	Phoebe Fox
Jeremy Irvine
Helen McCrory
Adrian Rawlins
Ned Dennehy 	Horror 	Relativity Media
Sequel to The Woman in Black (2012) 	
JANUARY 	9 	Taken 3 	Olivier Megaton 	Liam Neeson
Forest Whitaker
Famke Janssen
Maggie Grace 	Action 	20th Century Fox 	
JANUARY 	9 	Let's Kill Ward's Wife 	Scott Foley 	Scott FoleyPatrick WilsonDonald FaisonJames Carpinello 	Comedy 	Well Go USA Entertainment 	
JANUARY 	14 	Match 	Stephen Belber 	Patrick StewartCarla GuginoMatthew LillardRob Yang 	Drama 	IFC Films 	
JANUARY 	16 	Blackhat 	Michael Mann 	Chris HemsworthViola DavisManny MontanaTang Wei 	Action 	Universal Pictures 	
JANUARY 	16 	Little Accidents 	Sarah Colangelo 	Elizabeth BanksBoyd HolbrookChloë SevignyJosh Lucas 	Drama 	AmplifyBased on the short film of the same name 	
JANUARY 	16 	Paddington 	Paul King 	Ben Whishaw
Hugh Bonneville
Sally Hawkins
Madeleine Harris
Samuel Joslin
Julie Walters
Nicole Kidman	Children's film 	StudioCanal 	
JANUARY 	16 	Spare Parts 	Sean McNamara 	George LopezJamie Lee CurtisCarlos PenaVegaEsai Morales 	Drama 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
JANUARY 	16 	The Wedding Ringer 	Jeremy Garelick 	Kevin HartJosh GadOlivia ThirlbyKaley CuocoAlan Ritchson 	Romantic comedy 	Screen Gems 	
JANUARY 	16 	Vice 	Brian A. Miller 	Thomas JaneBruce WillisAmbyr ChildersJohnathon Schaech 	Sci-fi 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
JANUARY 	20 	Veronika Decides to Die 	Emily Young 	Sarah Michelle GellarJonathan TuckerErika ChristensenMelissa Leo 	Drama 	Entertainment OneBased on the novel of the same name 	
JANUARY 	23 	The Boy Next Door 	Rob Cohen 	Jennifer LopezRyan GuzmanKristin ChenowethHill Harper 	Thriller 	Universal Pictures 	
JANUARY 	23 	Cake 	Daniel Barnz 	Jennifer AnistonSam WorthingtonAnna KendrickAdriana Barraza 	Drama 	Freestyle Releasing 	
JANUARY 	23 	The Humbling 	Barry Levinson 	Al PacinoGreta GerwigKyra SedgwickDan Hedaya 	Drama 	Millennium FilmsBased on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth 	
JANUARY 	23 	Mortdecai 	David Koepp 	Johnny DeppGwyneth PaltrowEwan McGregorOlivia Munn 	Comedy 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the book of the same name by Kyril Bonfiglioli 	
JANUARY 	23 	Song One 	Kate Barker-Froyland 	Anne HathawayMary SteenburgenCrystal LonnebergStefano Villabona 	Drama 	Cinedigm 	
JANUARY 	23 	Strange Magic 	Gary Rydstrom 	Alan CummingEvan Rachel WoodKristin ChenowethMaya Rudolph 	AnimationFantasy 	Walt Disney 	
JANUARY 	23 	We'll Never Have Paris 	Simon Helberg 	Simon HelbergMelanie LynskeyMaggie GraceZachary Quinto 	Romantic comedy 	Orion Pictures 	
JANUARY 	30 	Black or White 	Mike Binder 	Kevin CostnerOctavia SpencerBill BurrMpho Koaho 	Drama 	Relativity Media 	
JANUARY 	30 	The Loft 	Erik Van Looy 	Karl Urban
Wentworth Miller
James Marsden 	Mystery 	Open Road Films 	
JANUARY 	30 	Project Almanac 	Dean Israelite 	Sofia Black D'EliaJonny WestonAllen EvangelistaVirginia Gardner 	Thriller 	Paramount Pictures 	
JANUARY 	30 	Wild Card 	Simon West 	Jason StathamMichael AngaranoStanley TucciSofia Vergara 	Drama 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the novel Heat by William Goldman 	
FEBRUARY	6 	3 Nights in the Desert 	Gabriel Cowan 	Wes BentleyVincent PiazzaAmber Tamblyn 	Drama 	Monterey Media 	
FEBRUARY	6 	Enter the Dangerous Mind 	Victor Teran 	Jake HoffmanNikki ReedScott BakulaGina Rodriguez 	Thriller 	Well Go USA Entertainment 	
FEBRUARY	6 	Jupiter Ascending 	The Wachowskis 	Channing TatumMila KunisSean BeanEddie Redmayne 	Sci-fi 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
FEBRUARY	6 	Love, Rosie 	 	Lily Collins
Sam Claflin 	Romantic comedy 	Lionsgate 	
FEBRUARY	6 	Seventh Son 	Sergei Bodrov 	Jeff BridgesAlicia VikanderBen BarnesKit Harington 	Fantasy 	Universal PicturesBased on the novel The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney 	
FEBRUARY	6 	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Paul Tibbitt 	Antonio BanderasTom KennyClancy BrownRodger Bumpass 	AnimatedAdventure 	Paramount Pictures 	
FEBRUARY	6 	The Voices 	Marjane Satrapi 	Ryan ReynoldsAnna KendrickGemma ArtertonJacki Weaver 	Comedy 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
FEBRUARY	10 	Accidental Love 	David O. Russell 	Jessica BielCatherine KeenerJames MarsdenTracy Morgan 	Comedy 	Millennium Entertainment 	
FEBRUARY	13 	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 	Spike Lee 	Felicia PearsonZaraah AbrahamsElvis NolascoSteven Hauck 	Horror comedy 	Gravitas Ventures 	
FEBRUARY	13 	Fifty Shades of Grey 	Sam Taylor-Johnson 	Jamie DornanDakota JohnsonRita OraLuke GrimesMarcia Gay Harden 	RomanceThriller 	Universal PicturesBased on the novel of the same name by E. L. James 	
FEBRUARY	13 	Kingsman: The Secret Service 	Matthew Vaughn 	Samuel L. JacksonColin FirthTaron EgertonMark Strong 	Action 	20th Century FoxBased on the comic book The Secret Service by Dave Gibbons 	
FEBRUARY	13 	The Last 5 Years 	Richard LaGravenese 	Anna KendrickJeremy JordanNatalie KneppBetsy Wolfe 	Comedy-drama 	The Weinstein CompanyBased on the novel of the same name by Jason Robert Brown 	
FEBRUARY	20 	The Duff 	Ari Sandel 	Mae WhitmanRobbie AmellBella ThorneBianca A. Santos 	Comedy 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the novel of the same name by Kody Keplinger 	
FEBRUARY	20 	Hot Tub Time Machine 2 	Steve Pink 	Craig RobinsonRob CorddryClark DukeChevy Chase 	Comedy 	Paramount PicturesSequel to Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) 	
FEBRUARY	20 	McFarland, USA 	Niki Caro 	Kevin CostnerMaria BelloMorgan SaylorCarlos Pratts 	Drama 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
FEBRUARY	27 	Everly 	Joe Lynch 	Salma HayekAkie KotabeLaura CepedaTogo Igawa 	Thriller 	Dimension Films 	
FEBRUARY	27 	Focus 	Glenn FicarraJohn Requa	Will SmithMargot RobbieRodrigo Santoro 	Romantic comedy-Drama	Warner Bros. 	
FEBRUARY	27 	The Lazarus Effect 	David Gelb 	Mark DuplassEvan PetersOliva Wilde 	Thriller 	Relativity Media 	
FEBRUARY	27 	Maps to the Stars 	David Cronenberg 	Julianne MooreMia WasikowskaJohn CusackRobert Pattinson 	Drama 	Focus Features 	
FEBRUARY	27 	Out of the Dark 	Lluís Quílez 	Scott SpeedmanStephen ReaJulia StilesPixie Davies 	Thriller 	Vertical Entertainment 	
MARCH 	6 	Bad Asses on the Bayou 	Craig Moss 	Danny TrejoDanny GloverJohn AmosLoni Love 	Action 	Samuel Goldwyn FilmsSequel to Bad Asses (2014) 	
MARCH 	6 	Chappie 	Neill Blomkamp 	Sharlto CopleyDev PatelWatkin Tudor JonesYolandi Visser 	Sci-Fi 	Columbia PicturesBased on the short film Tetra Vaal 	
MARCH 	6 	Road Hard 	Adam Carolla 	Adam CarollaDavid KoechnerDiane FarrJay MohrDavid Alan Grier 	Comedy 	FilmBuff 	
MARCH 	6 	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 	John Madden 	Judi Dench
Maggie Smith
Bill Nighy 	Comedy-drama 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	
MARCH 	6 	Unfinished Business 	Ken Scott 	Vince VaughnDave FrancoSienna MillerNick Frost 	Comedy 	20th Century Fox 	
MARCH 	13 	Cinderella 	Kenneth Branagh 	Lily JamesRichard MaddenCate BlanchettHelena Bonham CarterHolliday Grainger	Romance 	Walt Disney PicturesLive action re-image of the 1950s film. 	
MARCH 	13 	The Cobbler 	Tom McCarthy 	Adam SandlerDustin HoffmanDan StevensSteve Buscemi 	Comedy-drama 	Image Entertainment 	
MARCH 	13 	Cymbeline 	Michael Almereyda 	Ed HarrisMilla JovovichEthan HawkeJohn Leguizamo 	Crime 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare 	
MARCH 	13 	Home Sweet Hell 	Anthony Burns 	Patrick WilsonKatherine HeiglJordana BrewsterJim Belushi 	Comedy 	Vertical Entertainment 	
MARCH 	13 	It Follows 	David Robert Mitchell 	Maika MonroeKeir GilchristJake WearyDaniel Zovatto 	Horror 	RADiUS-TWC 	
MARCH 	13 	Muck 	Steve Wolsh 	Kane HodderJaclyn SwedbergLachlan BuchananBryce Draper 	Horror 	Anchor Bay Entertainment 	
MARCH 	13 	Run All Night 	Jaume Collet-Serra 	Liam NeesonEd HarrisJoel KinnamanBoyd Holbrook 	Action 	Warner Bros. 	
MARCH 	20 	Danny Collins 	Dan Fogelman 	Al PacinoJennifer GarnerAnnette BeningBobby Cannavale 	Drama 	Bleecker Films 	
MARCH 	20 	The Divergent Series: Insurgent 	Robert Schwentke 	Shailene WoodleyTheo JamesOctavia SpencerNaomi Watts 	Action 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the novel Insurgent by Veronica RothSequel to Divergent (2014)	
MARCH 	20 	Do You Believe? 	Jonathan M. Gunn 	Ted McGinleyMira SorvinoLee MajorsSean AstinBrian Bosworth 	ChristianDrama 	Freestyle Releasing 	
MARCH 	20 	The Gunman 	Pierre Morel 	Sean PennIdris ElbaPeter FranzénMark Schardan 	Action 	Open Road FilmsBased on the novel The Prone Gunman by Jean-Patrick Manchette 	
MARCH 	20 	Tracers 	Daniel Benmayor 	Taylor LautnerMarie AvgeropoulosAdam RaynerRafi Gavron 	Action 	Saban Films 	
MARCH 	20 	The Walking Deceased 	Scott Dow 	Dave SheridanTim OgletreeJoey OglesbySophie Taylor 	Comedy 	ARC Entertainment 	
MARCH 	27 	Get Hard 	Etan Cohen 	Will FerrellKevin HartAlison BrieEdwina Findley 	Comedy 	Warner Bros. 	
MARCH 	27 	Home 	Tim Johnson 	RihannaJim ParsonsJennifer LopezSteve Martin 	Comedy 	20th Century FoxBased on the novel The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex 	
MARCH 	27 	Serena 	Susanne Bier 	Bradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRhys IfansSean Harris 	Drama 	Magnolia PicturesBased on the novel of the same name by Ron Rash 	
MARCH 	27 	While We're Young 	Noah Baumbach 	Ben StillerNaomi WattsAmanda SeyfriedAdam Driver 	Comedy-drama 	A24 Films 	
MARCH 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===April – June===
Opening	Opening	Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes 	Ref.
APRIL 	3 	Furious 7 	James Wan 	Vin DieselPaul WalkerDwayne JohnsonMichelle RodriguezTyrese Gibson 	Action 	Universal PicturesSequel to Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 	
APRIL 	3 	Woman in Gold 	Simon Curtis 	Helen MirrenRyan ReynoldsDaniel BrühlKatie HolmesMax Irons 	Drama 	The Weinstein Company 	
APRIL 	10 	Ex Machina 	Alex Garland 	Domhnall Gleeson
Alicia Vikander
Oscar Isaac 	Science fiction
Psychological thriller	A24 	
APRIL 	10 	The Longest Ride 	George Tillman, Jr. 	Scott EastwoodBritt RobertsonAlan AldaOona Chaplin 	Drama 	20th Century FoxBased on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks 	
APRIL 	10 	Lost River 	Ryan Gosling 	Christina HendricksEva MendesSaoirse Ronan 	Fantasy Thriller 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
APRIL 	17 	1915 	Garin Hovannisian 	Simon AbkarianAngela SarafyanSamuel PageNikolai Kinski 	Thriller 	Bloodvine Media 	
APRIL 	17 	Alex of Venice 	Chris Messina 	Mary Elizabeth WinsteadDon JohnsonChris MessinaDerek Luke 	Drama 	Screen Media Films 	
APRIL 	17 	Beyond the Reach 	Jean-Baptiste Léonetti 	Michael DouglasJeremy IrvineRonny Cox 	Thriller 	Lions Gate EntertainmentBased on the novel Deathwatch by Robb White 	
APRIL 	17 	Child 44 	Daniel Espinosa 	Tom HardyNoomi RapaceJoel KinnamanGary Oldman 	Thriller 	LionsgateBased on the novel of the same name 	
APRIL 	17 	Monkey Kingdom 	Mark Linfield
Alastair Fothergill	Tina Fey 	Documentary 	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 	
APRIL 	17 	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 	Andy Fickman 	Kevin JamesNeal McDonoughDaniella AlonsoDavid Henrie 	Comedy 	Columbia PicturesSequel to Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) 	
APRIL 	17 	The Road Within 	Gren Wells 	Robert SheehanDev PatelZoë Kravitz 	Drama 	Well GO USA 	
APRIL 	17 	True Story 	Rupert Goold 	Jonah HillJames FrancoFelicity JonesGretchen Mol 	Drama 	Fox Searchlight PicturesBased on the memoir of the same name by Michael Finkel 	
APRIL 	17 	Unfriended 	Levan Gabriadze 	Shelley HennigMoses JacobRenee OlsteadWill Peltz 	Horror 	Universal Pictures 	
APRIL 	24 	Adult Beginners 	Ross Katz 	Nick KrollRose ByrneBobby CannavaleJoel McHale 	Comedy 	The Weinstein Company 	
APRIL 	24 	Blackbird 	Patrik-Ian Polk 	Julian WalkerMo'NiqueIsaiah WashingtonKevin Alessee 	Drama 	RLJ EntertainmentBased on the novel of the same name by Larry Duplechan 	
APRIL 	24 	Brotherly Love 	Jamal Hill 	Keke PalmerCory HardrictQuincyRomeo Miller 	Drama 	Freestyle Releasing 	
APRIL 	24 	Just Before I Go 	Courteney Cox 	Seann William ScottOlivia ThirlbyGarret DillahuntKyle Gallner 	Comedy-drama 	Anchor Bay Films 	
APRIL 	24 	Little Boy 	Alejandro Gómez Monteverde	David HenrieKevin JamesEmily WatsonTed Levine 	War 	Open Road Films 	
APRIL 	24 	The Age of Adaline 	Lee Toland Krieger 	Blake LivelyHarrison FordMichiel Huisman 	Romance 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
MAY 	1 	Avengers: Age of Ultron 	Joss Whedon 	Robert Downey, Jr.Chris EvansChris HemsworthMark Ruffalo 	Action 	Walt DisneySequel to The Avengers (2012)Based on the comics of the same name by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby	
MAY 	1 	Far from the Madding Crowd 	Thomas Vinterberg 	Carey MulliganMatthias SchoenaertsMichael SheenTom Sturridge 	Drama 	Fox Searchlight PicturesBased on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hardy 	
MAY 	8 	The D Train 	Jarrad Paul
Andrew Mogel 	Jack Black
James Marsden
Kathryn Hahn 	Comedy-drama 	IFC Films 	
MAY 	8 	Hot Pursuit 	Anne Fletcher 	Reese Witherspoon
Sofía Vergara 	Comedy 	Warner Bros. 	
MAY 	8 	Maggie 	Henry Hobson 	Abigail BreslinArnold SchwarzeneggerDenise Williamson 	Drama Horror Thriller Film	Lionsgate 	
MAY 	15 	Mad Max: Fury Road 	George Miller 	Tom Hardy
Charlize Theron
Nicholas Hoult
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Josh Helman
Nathan Jones
Zoë Kravitz
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Riley Keough	Action 	Warner Bros. 	
MAY 	15 	Pitch Perfect 2 	Elizabeth Banks 	Anna KendrickSkylar AstinRebel WilsonBrittany SnowEster Dean 	Comedy 	Universal Pictures 	
MAY 	22 	Poltergeist 	Gil Kenan 	Sam RockwellJared HarrisRosemarie DeWittSaxon Sharbino 	Horror thriller 	20th Century FoxRemake of the 1982 film of the same name. 	
MAY 	22 	Tomorrowland 	Brad Bird 	George ClooneyHugh LaurieBritt RobertsonRaffey CassidyThomas Robinson	Science fiction Mystery 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
MAY 	22 	When Marnie Was There 	Hiromasa Yonebayashi 	Hailee Steinfeld
Kiernan Shipka 	Anime 	GKIDS 	
MAY 	29 	Aloha 	Cameron Crowe 	Bradley CooperEmma StoneRachel McAdamsJohn Krasinski 	Romantic-comedy 	20th Century Fox 	
MAY 	29 	San Andreas 	Brad Peyton 	Dwayne Johnson
Carla Gugino
Alexandra Daddario 	Disaster 	Warner Bros.
New Line Cinema 	
JUNE 	5 	Spy 	Paul Feig 	Melissa McCarthyJason StathamRose ByrneJude Law 	Action comedy 	20th Century Fox 	
JUNE 	5 	Entourage 	Doug Ellin 	Kevin Connolly
Adrian Grenier
Kevin Dillon
Jerry Ferrara
Jeremy Piven	Comedy 	Warner Bros. 	
JUNE 	5 	Insidious: Chapter 3 	Leigh Whannell 	Lin Shaye
Dermot Mulroney
Stefanie Scott 	Horror 	Focus Features 	
JUNE 	5 	Love & Mercy 	Bill Pohlad 	John Cusack
Paul Dano
Elizabeth Banks 	Biographical
Drama 	Roadside Attractions 	
JUNE 	12 	Jurassic World 	Colin Trevorrow 	Vincent D'OnofrioJudy GreerChris Pratt 	Adventure Science fiction 	Universal Pictures 	
JUNE 	12 	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon 	Thomas Mann
Olivia Cooke
RJ Cyler 	Comedy-drama 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	
JUNE 	19 	Dope 	Rick Famuyiwa 	Shameik Moore
Tony Revolori
Kiersey Clemons 	Crime
Comedy-drama 	Open Road Films 	
JUNE 	19 	Inside Out 	Pete Docter 	Amy PoehlerLewis BlackMindy KalingBill HaderPhyllis Smith 	Comedy 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
JUNE 	26 	Max 	Boaz Yakin 	Josh Wiggins
Dejon LaQuake
Thomas Haden Church 	Adventure 	Warner Bros. 	
JUNE 	26 	Ted 2 	Seth MacFarlane 	Mark WahlbergSeth MacFarlaneAmanda SeyfriedMorgan Freeman 	Comedy 	Universal Pictures 	
===July–September===
Opening 	Opening	Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes 	Ref.
JULY 	1 	Terminator Genisys 	Alan Taylor 	Arnold SchwarzeneggerEmilia ClarkeJai Courtney 	Action Adventure Science fiction	Paramount PicturesSequel to Terminator Salvation (2009) 	
JULY 	10 	Minions 	Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda	Sandra BullockJon HammMichael Keaton 	Comedy 	Universal PicturesPrequel to Despicable Me (2010) and Despicable Me 2 (2013) 	
JULY 	17 	Ant-Man 	Peyton Reed 	Paul RuddMichael DouglasEvangeline LillyCorey Stoll 	Action 	Walt Disney 	
JULY 	17 	Trainwreck 	Judd Apatow 	Amy SchumerTilda SwintonBill HaderDaniel RadcliffeColin Quinn 	Comedy 	Universal Pictures 	
JULY 	24 	Pixels 	Chris Columbus 	Adam SandlerKevin JamesPeter DinklageJosh Gad 	AnimatedComedy 	Columbia PicturesBased on the 2010 French short film 	
JULY 	24 	The Vatican Tapes 	Mark Neveldine 	Kathleen RobertsonMichael PeñaDjimon HounsouDougray Scott 	Horror 	Lions Gate Entertainment 	
AUGUST 	21 	She's Funny That Way	Peter Bogdanovich 	Owen WilsonImogen PootsKathryn HahnJennifer Aniston 	Comedy-drama 	Clarius Entertainment 	http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/owen-wilson-jennifer-aniston-comedy-799333
AUGUST 	26 	No Escape 	John Erick Dowdle 	Lake BellPierce BrosnanOwen WilsonSterling Jerins 	Thriller 	The Weinstein Company 	
AUGUST 	28 	Agent 47 	Aleksander Bach 	Rupert FriendZachary QuintoHannah WareThomas Kretschmann 	Action 	20th Century FoxBased on the video game character 	
SEPTEMBER	18 	Black Mass 	Scott Cooper 	Johnny DeppBenedict CumberbatchJoel EdgertonSienna Miller 	Action 	Warner Bros.Based on the novel Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob	
SEPTEMBER	18 	Everest 	Baltasar Kormákur 	Jake GyllenhaalJason ClarkeSam WorthingtonJosh BrolinJohn Hawkes	AdventureThriller 	Universal PicturesBased on the 1996 disaster 	
SEPTEMBER	18 	War Pigs 	Ryan Little 	Luke GossDolph LundgrenMickey Rourke 	Action war 	WW2 action drama 	
===October–December===
Opening 	Opening	Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes 	Ref.
OCTOBER 	2 	The Martian 	Ridley Scott 	Matt Damon 	Science fiction 	20th Century FoxBased on The Martian by Andy Weir 	
OCTOBER 	16 	Room 	Brie Larson 	Jacob TremblayJoan AllenWilliam H. MacySean Bridgers 	Drama 	Universal Pictures 	
OCTOBER 	16 	Crimson Peak 	Guillermo del Toro 	Charlie HunnamTom HiddlestonJessica ChastainBurn Gorman 	Thriller 	Universal Pictures 	
NOVEMBER	6 	The Peanuts Movie 	Steve Martino 	Bill MelendezNoah SchnappHadley Belle MillerMariel Sheets 	Adventure-Comedy 	20th Century FoxBased on the comic strip of the same name 	
NOVEMBER	25 	The Good Dinosaur 	Peter Sohn 	Lucas NeffJohn LithgowNeil Patrick HarrisJudy Greer 	Animation 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
NOVEMBER	25 	Victor Frankenstein 	Paul McGuigan 	James McAvoyDaniel RadcliffeJessica Brown FindlayMark Gatiss	Horror 	20th Century FoxBased on the 1818 novel of the same name 	
DECEMBER	11 	In the Heart of the Sea	Ron Howard 	Chris HemsworthBenjamin WalkerCillian MurphyBen Whishaw 	Thriller 	Warner Bros. PicturesBased on the novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick 	
DECEMBER	25 	Concussion 	Peter Landesman 	Will SmithAlbert BrooksAlec BaldwinGugu Mbatha-Raw 	Drama 	Columbia PicturesBased on the story Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas 	
DECEMBER	25 	Daddy's Home 	Sean AndersJohn Morris	Mark WahlbergWill FerrellLinda Cardellini 	Comedy 	Paramount Pictures 	
DECEMBER	25 	Joy 	David O. Russell 	Jennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroÉdgar Ramírez 	BiographicalComedy-drama 	20th Century Fox 	
DECEMBER	25 	Point Break 	Ericson Core 	Edgar RamirezLuke BraceyRay Winstone 	ActionThriller 	Warner Bros.Unnecessary remake of the 1991 film of the same name 	
DECEMBER	25 	The Revenant 	Alejandro G. Iñárritu 	Leonardo DiCaprioTom Hardy 	WesternThriller 	20th Century FoxBased on The Revenant by Michael Punke 	
DECEMBER	25 	Snowden 	Oliver Stone 	Joseph Gordon-LevittShailene Woodley 	BiographicalPolitical thriller	Open Road FilmsBased on The Snowden Files by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena	
==External links==
*American films of 2015 on IMDb
*List of 2015 box office number-one films in the United States in the United States
Category:List of American films by year
Category:Lists of 2015 films by country or language
Category:2015 in American cinema