This calendar uses currently confirmed North American theatrical dates. International release dates can differ by territory, sometimes by a few days and sometimes by several weeks.
It also focuses on the month's main Hollywood and major US-distributed releases rather than attempting to reproduce every limited documentary, concert event, repertory screening or international title entering American theaters.
September 2: Fall 2 starts the month
Lionsgate opens September with Fall 2: Deadpoint, the follow-up to the 2022 survival thriller. It receives a wide US release on September 2.
The Wednesday launch gives it a short head start before the first Friday slate of the month.
September 4: By Any Means and Onslaught
Paramount releases By Any Means on September 4. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays a young FBI agent investigating murders of civil-rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi, while Mark Wahlberg plays mobster Greg Scarpa.
A24 launches Onslaught on the same date, an action-horror project starring Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens.
Several older films also return to theaters that weekend, including Cars and Akira, but those are repertory re-releases rather than new 2026 productions.
September 10-11: Practical Magic 2 leads the middle of the month
Warner Bros. brings Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman back for Practical Magic 2, currently dated September 11 in North America.
Paul Greengrass' The Uprising, starring Andrew Garfield, arrives during the same window. Focus Features' current listings place it on September 10 after the studio originally announced September 11.
The Fix, starring Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson, and Runner, with Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, round out the weekend.
One film no longer belongs in the September calendar. Focus originally announced its new Sense and Sensibility adaptation for September 11, but the studio's current schedule now lists October 16, 2026.
September 18 belongs to Resident Evil
The biggest release of the third weekend is Resident Evil, Zach Cregger's new interpretation of Capcom's horror franchise.
Sony Pictures and Columbia launch it in the US on September 18, with Austin Abrams playing Bryan, a medical courier caught in a rapidly escalating night of horror.
Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser also star, and the film is receiving an IMAX release.
Its American date should not automatically be treated as its worldwide date. France, for example, received Resident Evil on September 16.
The Weight, starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, also opens widely on September 18, alongside Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom through GKIDS.
September 25: Brad Pitt heads into the wilderness
Paramount closes the month with Heart of the Beast.
Brad Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Special Forces soldier who survives a plane crash with his combat dog Odin and must make his way through the Alaskan wilderness. David Ayer directs.
It is one of several substantial releases arriving on the final Friday of September.
DreamWorks brings Forgotten Island
Universal also releases DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island on September 25.
The film follows lifelong friends Jo and Raissa after a mysterious portal sends them to Nakali, a fantastical island filled with creatures drawn from stories connected to their Filipino families.
Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado direct, with H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto and Lea Salonga among the voice cast.
Robert Pattinson joins the same crowded weekend
A24's Primetime also arrives September 25, with Robert Pattinson leading a dark crime story inspired by the world surrounding American predator-sting television in the mid-2000s.
That gives the weekend three markedly different major options: a Brad Pitt survival thriller, a DreamWorks family adventure and a darker A24 drama.
Avengers: Endgame returns to theaters
Disney is also bringing Avengers: Endgame back to US theaters on September 25.
This is a re-release of the 2019 film, not a new Marvel production. Its return comes ahead of Avengers: Doomsday later in 2026.
That distinction matters in a monthly release calendar. Endgame may occupy screens and generate fresh September revenue, but it is not a new 2026 movie.
The main September dates at a glance
September 2: Fall 2: Deadpoint.
September 4: By Any Means and Onslaught.
September 10-11: The Uprising, Practical Magic 2, The Fix and Runner.
September 18: Resident Evil, The Weight and Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.
September 25: Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island, Primetime and the Avengers: Endgame re-release.
Resident Evil has already become the month's commercial benchmark
With September nearly finished, Resident Evil is currently the strongest new domestic release of the month. It opened to roughly $60 million in North America and had already passed $72 million domestically by September 23.
Practical Magic 2 had also moved beyond $50 million domestically before the final weekend.
September is still sharing theaters with summer holdovers including Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, but it no longer looks like a quiet transitional month.
The final test arrives September 25, when Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island and Primetime all enter a market where Resident Evil is still fresh and several summer giants remain in circulation.
