For film studios, January is a time to release movies that you would consider to be less than stellar. The holidays are over and people are going back to work. They don’t have as much time to go to the movies, and if they do, they’re more likely to watch one of the big, buzzy Christmas movies they didn’t get a chance to see or one of the movies from the previous year that’s starting to get some Oscar buzz. So January has become the perfect spot on the calendar to release your more forgettable movies. It’s called a “dump month” and it’s were film studios and it’s where studios will put their movies that seem like they have limited commercial success, but might be contractually obligated to release.