Summary
- The Color Purple is the most anticipated new movie in December 2023, based on online engagement.
- Other highly anticipated films include Leave the World Behind, Ferrari, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and Migration.
- The lineup of December 2023 movies offers a variety of genres and promises action, drama, thrills, and whimsy.
After a slew of holiday-themed releases and hit franchise installments in November, the most anticipated new movies of December 2023 close out the year with long-awaited musicals, franchise sequels, sci-fi action films, and compelling biopics. Partnering with predictive media data analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the new movie releases with the greatest amount of virtual buzz in December 2023. These movies are each given hype scores, which are based on chatter and engagement across various online platforms.
The most exciting new films are ranked by Attention Signals, which are quantified by measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These metrics of online engagement grant valuable insight into the upcoming movies that have been making the biggest impact on audiences and gained the widest reach before their premieres, regardless of reviews or box office performances.
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Among the new movie releases in December 2023 with the most online anticipation are the final installment in the DCEU (now rebooted as the DCU), adaptations of award-winning stage musicals, and a new Christmas comedy starring Eddie Murphy. From Wonka’s prequel story of the titular chocolatier to Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part 1: A Child of Fire, December 2023’s most exciting movie debuts cover a variety of genres and audience interests. Here’s Screen Rant’s list of the 10 new movies that audiences are most eager to watch in December 2023, according to real data measurements.
The attention scale metric is the percentage of attention based on the show or movie in the number one spot (which is represented as 100%)
Top 10 Most Anticipated New Movies – December 2023
Title | Premiere Date | Platform | Attention Scale | Attention Signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Color Purple | 12/25/23 | Warner Bros. | 100.00% | 71,435,342 |
Leave the World Behind | 12/8/23 | Netflix | 57.80% | 41,287,682 |
Ferrari | 12/25/23 | NEON | 53.79% | 38,421,589 |
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | 12/22/23 | Warner Bros. | 52.65% | 37,610,687 |
Migration | 12/22/23 | Universal | 52.41% | 37,438,919 |
Rebel Moon: Part 1 – A Child of Fire | 12/22/23 | Netflix | 43.92% | 31,374,416 |
The Iron Claw | 12/22/23 | A24 | 31.96% | 22,827,267 |
Godzilla Minus One | 12/1/23 | Toho Co, Ltd. | 27.78% | 19,846,157 |
Candy Cane Lane | 12/1/23 | Amazon | 20.80% | 14,859,533 |
Wonka | 12/15/23 | Warner Bros. | 17.75% | 12,677,083 |
According to Diesel Labs' collected data, The Color Purple is the most anticipated new movie being released in December 2023. Originally based on the 1982 Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker, The Color Purple is a movie adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, which debuted on Broadway in 2005. The 1985 movie adaptation of The Color Purple was directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Based on levels of online engagement, the upcoming musical is followed in anticipation by Netflix's Leave the World Behind, a psychological thriller starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali.
Also receiving the greatest online buzz ahead of release are the Adam Driver-starring biopic Ferrari, the Jason Momoa-led superhero sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Universal's animated feature Migration, and Zack Snyder's Netflix action movie Rebel Moon: Part 1 – A Child of Fire, the latter of which will be followed by a second part in April 2024. Rounding out the most anticipated movies of December 2023 are the wrestling-based Von Erich family biopic The Iron Claw, the Japanese kaiju film Godzilla Minus One, Eddie Murphy's Christmas comedy Candy Cane Lane, and the Timothée Chalamet-starring fantasy musical Wonka. As 2023 draws to a close, December's new films offer plenty of action, drama, thrills, and whimsy while awaiting 2024's release slate.
Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that produces audience insights for the entire media landscape. With a sophisticated machine-learning based approach, they measure millions of audience members’ attention with content across many sources including major social and video platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (beta), and Reddit (beta). For more information, visit www.diesellabs.com.
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Key Release Dates
- WonkaRelease Date:2023-12-15
- MigrationRelease Date:2023-12-22
- Rebel MoonRelease Date:2023-12-22
- The Color Purple (2023)Release Date:2023-12-25
- FerrariRelease Date:2023-12-25
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