When you think of movie season, the first thing you may think is summer time, with all the blockbusters, or fall with some pretty great movies. What about February and March? Think about the prominent movie releases in the last five years before 2016. There's not a lot.
The February/March film period is not an active time for good or commercially successful movies. That doesn't mean the movies are necessarily bad, but compared to other periods of the year, it performs the least in terms of the box office and sometimes content.
You got the summer blockbusters like Marvel, DC, "Transformers" or some nostalgic reboot (e.g. "Power Rangers," "Warcraft") ready to take all your money. Fall is a good time for Oscar-worthy movies, blockbusters that didn't quite make the summer time (e.g. "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Dr. Strange") and horror flicks.
But I think we are witnessing a new trend.
Considering that March follows the Oscars, people have renewed energy about movies and what they will anticipate.
Movies like "Ghost in the Shell," "Life," and "Power Rangers" are set to blow up the March box office as well - and that's not counting the decent movies that may come out as well.
In 2016, February had "Deadpool" busting the box office, being the highest grossing R-rated comic book film, and one of the X-Men cinematic universe's best-performing movie. It opened the doors for "Logan's" release (March), and possibly more R-rated movies.
Now what does that mean for the summer blockbusters? Will they have strong competition now, especially with "Logan" and "Beauty and the Beast's" releases? Chat it up in the comment section!