December 2026 Movies: Avengers: Doomsday vs Dune: Part Three and the Holiday Line-Up

By Ammar Aslam · Published September 29, 2026 · 2 min read

December 2026 could be one of the biggest box-office months in years. Two of the most anticipated blockbusters of the decade are scheduled for the same day, Shah Rukh Khan has a Christmas Eve release, and there is a steady stream of holiday films across cinemas and streaming. Here is our guide.

December 18: the big clash

Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday and Warner Bros. and Legendary's Dune: Part Three are both dated for December 18, 2026.

	Avengers: Doomsday	Dune: Part Three
Directors	Anthony and Joe Russo	Denis Villeneuve
Key cast	Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans	Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson
What it is	The next Avengers event film, with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom	The conclusion of Villeneuve's Dune saga, adapting Dune Messiah

Head-to-head openings of this size are rare because they split premium screens like IMAX. Clashes like this sometimes lead one studio to move its date, so keep an eye on both movie pages. If both stay, many fans will be planning a double feature over the holidays.

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Christmas releases

King (Dec 24) — Shah Rukh Khan reunites with Pathaan director Siddharth Anand, with Suhana Khan, Deepika Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan in the cast. This is the biggest Bollywood release of December.
Jumanji: Open World (Dec 25) — Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan return for the third modern Jumanji film.
Werwulf (Dec 25) — Robert Eggers, director of Nosferatu, takes on the werewolf legend.
Mr. Irrelevant (Dec 25) — David Corenswet stars in the true story of John Tuggle, the last pick of the NFL draft.
Artificial (Dec 25) — Luca Guadagnino's drama with Andrew Garfield, inspired by real events in artificial intelligence.
Shakti Shalini (Dec 24) — the next entry in Maddock Films' horror-comedy universe.

Holiday comedies

David Harbour's action-hero Santa is back in Violent Night 2 on December 4, while Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Santa Claus himself in Prime Video's The Man with the Bag on December 2. Families can also look forward to The Angry Birds Movie 3 on December 23.

Streaming in December

Netflix has Brad Bird's animated sci-fi noir Ray Gunn on December 18 and David Fincher's The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, starring Brad Pitt and written by Quentin Tarantino, on December 23. Other Netflix titles include In a Holidaze, Bad Day and Give Me Some Sugah.

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Release dates in this guide were last checked on September 29, 2026. Studios sometimes move dates, so check each movie's page for the latest information.