“Summer movies” tend to start coming out around Memorial Day, and sometimes even earlier than that. (This year, The Mandalorian and Grogu hit theaters on May 22, but in the weeks prior you could catch The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mortal Kombat II in theaters.) ), studios tend to cut off the flow of big summer titles after the first weekend of August. The 15 titles below are the rough; just a few of the reasons why people think of late August as a cinematic dumping ground. Infamous Movies Dumped in August Want to know why people think only bad movies come out at the end of August?