Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5270921-20140328193627/@comment-1618941-20140328214621

Release schedules are structured to coincide with fluctuations in trade. Blockbusters have huge openings in initial weeks and often taper off quickly, so the distributors will look for holiday periods, especially when younger generations are not in school, etc. to take advantage of the most effective release windows. These of course vary from country to country.

In my case, there is a school holiday coming up on the 17th of April this year, so I'm getting a release date close to the American one this time, whereas historically most of the MCU movies have been at the forefront of the release schedule in my area.