Throughout 2018 cinema audiences across Scotland flocked to their seats for superhero stories and sequels.

Marvel Cinematic Universe dominated the charts with Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp reaping over $4bn globally at the box office.

Marvel's Deadpool 2 and Venom also entertained fans across the world to the tune of $1.5bn, while Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Mission: Impossible - Fallout scored over $2bn.

Fifty Shades Freed, the third and final instalment in the Fifty Shades film series, was released to negative reviews but earned back $371m on a $55m budget.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the third and final instalment in the Maze Runner film series, was released to mixed reviews but also earned back a very reasonable $288m on a $62m budget.

It has also been a great year for horror films.

Jamie Lee Curtis returned to Halloween for the 11th instalment in the franchise. The new film was written as a direct sequel to the 1978 classic - thus retconning the continuity of the other movies.

Critics branded it the best Halloween sequel and a return to form for the series. Fans agreed, with the film raking back $253m on a $10-15m budget.

Emily Blunt teamed up with real-life husband John Krasinski for his film, A Quiet Place. The post-apocalyptic thriller was praised for its originality and atmosphere - it too amassing an impressive $340m on a $17-21m budget.

In the first of this two-part series, we showcased a selection of highly anticipated movies that are set to hit the silver screen in 2019.

Here's several other films you will not want to miss.

With funnyman Ryan Reynolds in the title role, adults and children alike will get a kick out of this sci-fi action comedy.

Playing the much-loved Pikachu, the little yellow detective teams up with Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) to solve the disappearance of his former partner and Tim's dad, Harry Goodman.

Chasing clues through the streets of Ryme City, the dynamic duo soon discover a devious plot that poses a threat to the Pokemon universe.

Two X-Men films are scheduled to drop in 2019.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix follows on from 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse.

In 1992, nearly a decade after the events of Apocalypse, the X-Men are national heroes going on increasingly risky missions. When a solar flare hits them during a rescue mission in space, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) loses control of her abilities and unleashes the Phoenix.

X-Men: The New Mutants stars Sophie Turner's Game of Thrones castmate Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, a Scottish mutant who struggles to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.

While Dark Phoenix sits safely within the action-adventure genre we normally associate the X-Men films with, The New Mutants is interestingly a horror.

It revolves around five young mutants who must accept their abilities and fight their past sins to escape from a secret facility where they are being held against their will.

The film should have been released in 2018, but was delayed to allow for reshoots to make it more frightening.

If it's a smash hit, we may see studio bosses open to the idea of mixing superhero action stories with other genres.

With Wolverine showing off his musical skills in The Greatest Showman, what's to say we can't have Batman bringing law and order to the Wild West alongside Wyatt Earp.

Pennywise is back and he's out for blood in the sequel to 2017's It.

Based on Stephen King's supernatural horror, this time round The Losers' Club have grown up and return to Derry to put an end to the Dancing Clown once and for all.

Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader and Bill Skarsgard, the film is set to scare audiences across Scotland.

Disney's 1994 classic has been given a photorealistic computer animated makeover.

As with the original, The Lion King tells the story of Simba, crown prince of the Pride Lands, who flees into exile after his father Mufasa (James Earl Jones) is murdered by his villainous uncle Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Years later Simba returns to his homeland to end Scar's tyranny and take his place as the rightful king.

Fans of the original will be happy to know that Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Hakuna Matata, I Just Can't Wait To Be King and Circle Of Life will all appear in the new movie.

Directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book) and featuring the voices of Donald Glover (Simba) and Beyonce Knowles-Carter (Nala), The Lion King will undoubtedly break its predecessor's records.

Following on from the success of his award-winning film Get Out, Jordan Peele is back behind the camera for Us.

At the moment not much is known about the psychological horror, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke and Elisabeth Moss.

However from the recently released trailer, a family's relaxing summer holiday turns into a fight for survival when murderous doppelgangers turn up.