This time, at least, the change is relatively minor.

Originally, in November of 2007, 20th Century Fox announced its plans for the live action Dragonball movie, based on Akira Toriyama's Dragonball manga, and set the release date as August 15, 2008. Filming began in late November or December of that year, with James Wong directing, and Justin Chatworth portraying Goku and James Marsters playing Piccolo.

Then the studio altered its plan, delaying the film's release until April 10, 2009, citing the need to tweak the special effects and reshoot certain scenes.

On November 10, 2008, IGN.com reported yet another change, but this time merely involving a move forward by two days, to April 8. IGN suggests that the reason for releasing this movie on the Wednesday, rather than the Friday of the Easter weekend as originally planned, is to give the film a "fighting chance" by debuting two days before the weekend rush, "allowing the movie some time to rake in the dough before facing fresh competition at the box office."

According to IGN, Dragonball will already be encountering fierce competition from the previous Friday's planned release of The Wolfman, so this move may perhaps soften the double whammy of two big movie weekends in a row. On the other hand, given the wild enthusiasm and anticipation the Dragonball movie has been receiving since it was first announced, and the rabid curiosity even of fans who aren't sure it's going to turn out well, this strategy may turn out to be completely unnecessary.