With coveted dates like those up for grabs, smaller studios could grab smaller (and likely cheaper) superhero properties and plug those into those great release dates.
For example, Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot wouldn’t need to take a January release date because Marvel properties wouldn’t have a vice grip on spring, summer, and fall anymore.
If that turns out to be the case, then we could presumably take Fox’s highly-coveted superhero movie release dates off of the schedule.
Using 2018 as an example, this means New Mutants’ April 13 release date would open up, Deadpool 2’s June 1 release date would become available and another franchise could swoop in for X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s November 2 slot — again, those movies are still coming, but this is just a model.