‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2’ Moves Into Late Summer 2027

Paramount and Point Grey’s animated sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2 will now go on Friday Aug. 13, 2027 instead of Sept. 17, 2027. Clearly, that’s to capture those kids still off from school versus the fall when they’re distracted with myriad school activities.

The previous Mutant Mayhem opened on Aug. 2, 2023 during the strikes (meaning the actors couldn’t promote). The pic saw a five-day start of $43M (3-day of $28M) and final domestic of $118.7M and near global of $182M. The bigger deal is that the movie spurred $1 billion in retail sales for Paramount during calendar year 2023. At the time, Turtles repped Paramount Consumer Products’ most ambitious launch yet, counting north of 400 licensees for the film and 1,100 total for the franchise. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles products were available in more than 550 retailers, totaling 40,000 retail doors, and in more than 220 markets worldwide.

The studio took ownership of the Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman created TMNT IP in 2009.

Jeff Rowe returns to direct with Kyler Spears and Yashar Kassai co-directing. Producers are Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Josh Fagen, and Ramsay McBean. EP is Lukas Williams.

Mutant Mayhem 2 will go up against Warner Bros’ Tim Miller directed Keanu Reeves movie on its new date as well as a Universal Blumhouse movie.