'The Dictator' Surrenders Release Date to 'Dark Shadows,' Moves Back 5 Days
No one in Hollywood is surprised that one of the two films blinked, since Tim Burton's Johnny Depp starrer turned out much more comedic than expected; Sacha Baron Cohen's satire will now be closer to the lucrative Memorial Day corridor.
Sacha Baron Cohen's irreverent new comedy The Dictator has moved back its domestic release date by five days to May 16 in order to avoid a potential showdown with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's The Dark Shadows on May 11.
The announcement from Paramount, home studio of Dictator, was hardly a surprise. Dark Shadows, Warner Bros.' big screen adaptation of the classic vampire soap opera, has turned out much more comedic than expected.
In its new date, Dictator — more narrative than Cohen's previous films — opens on a Wednesday, two days before Universal's action tentpole Battleship and Lionsgate's ensemble What to Expect When You're Expecting roll out.
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