Sony has pushed its reboot of Karate Kid from December 13 this year to May 30, 2025. This has created a bit of a backward domino effect but won’t rob the year of theatrical releases.
Backfilling Karate Kid‘s spot is Sony/Marvel’s Kraven the Hunter, which goes from August 30, the Labor Day weekend frame, to December 13. The Aaron Taylor-Johnson movie will have Imax and PLF screens. Kraven the Hunter will be the only R-rated movie during the holidays, directed by J.C. Chandor, it will go up that frame against Warner Bros’ animated Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim.
The plus here on Karate Kid‘s move: The movie will now follow the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai, which was delayed due to the strike. The summer date will see 50% K-12 out on its opening day with great family-film spacing. Warner Bros has the weekend reserved for an untitled movie. Through five movies, the Karate Kid cinema franchise counts north of $620 million worldwide.
Added to the release calendar is the Blumhouse title They Listen, which will now go over the four-day Labor Day weekend this year. The only other wide entry over the holiday is Roadside Attractions’ Mohit Ramchandani-directed title City of Dreams.
Debuting next summer is Legendary/Sony’s animated pic Animal Friends on August 15, 2025, featuring the voices of Jason Momoa, Ryan Reynolds, Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy among others. Already on that date is Timur Bekmambetov’s sci-fi Chris Pratt-Rebecca Ferguson movie Mercy.