When My Film Would be Exhibited in Cinemas and Why

Psychological Thriller Timeline Release Dates

1940s

Rebecca (1940) - March 28

Spellbound (1945) - October 31

1950s

Rear Window (1954) - September 1
Les Diaboliques (1955) - January 29

Vertigo (1958) - May 9

1960s

Psycho (1960) - June 16
Repulsion (1965) - October 27
Wait Until Dark (1967) - October 26

Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - June 12

1970s

Straw Dogs (1071) - November 2
Play Misty for Me (1971) - November 3
The Conversation (1974) - May 22

Taxi Driver (1976) - February 8

1980s

The Shining (1980) - May 23

Fatal Attraction (1987) - September 18

1990s

Misery (1990) - November 30

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - January 30
Cape Fear (1991) - November 13
The Vanishing (1993) - February 5
Falling Down (1993) - February 26
The Good Son (1993) - September 24

Se7en (1995) - September 22
Copycat (1995) - October 27
Primal Fear (1996) - April 3
The Game (1997) - September 12
Pi (1998) - July 10
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - July 16

Fight Club (1999) - October 15
The Bone Collector (1999) - November 5
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - December 12

2000s

Memento (2000) - March 16
What Lies Beneath (2000) - July 21
The Cell (2000) - August 18
Hannibal (2001) - February 9
The Others (2001) - August 10
Session 9 (2001) - August 10
Don't Say a Word (2001) - September 28

Donnie Darko (2001) - October 26

Frailty (2001) - November 7
Vanilla Sky (2001) - December 14

Insomnia (2002) - May 24
One Hour Photo (2002) - September 13
Red Dragon (2002) - October 4
Identity (2003) - April 25
Mystic River (2003) - October 15
Oldboy (2003) - November 21
Gothika (2003) - November 21

The Butterfly Effect (2004) - January 23
Secret Window (2004) - March 12
November (2004) - July 22
The Village (2004) - July 26
Trauma (2004) - September 17
The Machinist (2004) - December 17
Hide and Seek (2005) - January 28
Next Door (2005) - March 10
Hard Candy (2005) - April 28
Zodiac (2007) - May 18
Mr Brooks (2007) - June 1
Anamorph (2007) - September 21
The Killing Room (2009) - January 16
Orphan (2009) - July 24
Triangle (2009) - October 16

2010s

Shutter Island (2010) - February 19
Inception (2010) - July 8

Black Swan (2010) - December 3

Sound of my Voice (2011) - April 27
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - December 20

Side Effects (2013) - February 8
Prisoners (2013) - September 20

Gone Girl (2014) - October 3

The research shows that September and October are the two most popular months for a psychological thriller film release. Naturally I would avoid summer, christmas, and 'dump months'. Summer and christmas months such as July and December should be avoided because these are months where children have a break from school and visit the cinema often, therefore these months are filled with blockbuster releases that could become potential competition for my own film. 'Dump months' are months commonly known to feature movies that flop. The biggest one of these is January and February though August and September can also be considered 'dump months' some years. The reason for these months being so unpopular amongst audiences is because they come right after christmas and summer months which are typically the most active months where all the blockbusters are released.

Because my film is likely to be released in 2017 since most trailers are released a few months before the film's actual release, I researched what other films are scheduled to be released in September and October so I could decide between them.

September
IT (Horror) - September 8
The Solutrean (Thriller) - September 15
The Lego Nijago (Children's) - September 22
Granite Mountain (True Story) - September 22
Victoria and Abdul - September 22
The Equalizer 2 (Thriller) - September 29
American Made (Crime) - September 29

October
Blade Runner 2049 (Sci-fi) - October 6
My Little Pony: The Movie (Children's) - October 6
Friday the 13th (Horror) - October 13
The Snowman (Mystery) - October 13
The Commuter (Suspense) - October 13
Insidious: Chapter 4 (Horror) - October 20
The Mountain Between Us (Romance) - October 20
Geostorm (Sci-fi) - October 20
Saw: Legacy (Horror) - October 27

Because October has more film releases during this year and more films similar to my own such as 'The Snowman' and 'The Commuter' therefore more competition, my film will be released in September. I also examined the release days of the films released in the September month and decided to release my film on September 5 since that puts it before any of the big releases in September such as The Equalizer 2 and IT. I searched up what films come late August just to make sure my film is not close to any potential competition and the last film to be released before mine that's worth noting is Flatliners but this is a Sci-fi and comes out August 18.