Yahoo Finance The 5 most anticipated movies premiering in May, including 'Doctor Strange' and 'Top Gun' sequels
Every month, the app TV Time provides Insider a list of the most anticipated new movies being released.
The list is based on the movies its US users have indicated they intend to watch.
Audiences are looking forward to sequels in May like "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and "Top Gun: Maverick."
"Bob's Burgers" and "Downton Abbey" movies, both based on TV shows, also hit theaters this month.
5. "Firestarter" — in theaters and on Peacock May 13
Description: "In a new adaptation of Stephen King's classic thriller from the producers of The Invisible Man, a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her."
4. "The Bob's Burgers Movie" — in theaters May 27
Description: "The story begins when a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, blocking the entrance indefinitely and ruining the Belchers' plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong."
3. "Downton Abbey: A New Era" — in theaters May 18
Description: "The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess' newly inherited villa."
2. "Top Gun: Maverick" — in theaters May 27
Description: "After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: 'Rooster,' the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka 'Goose.' Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it."
1. "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" — in theaters May 6
Description: "In Marvel Studios' 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary."
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