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Is 来る strictly for coming to a physical location, or can it be used to
describe a product a product release.

For example:

> 来月映画は来ます。

> The movie will be coming out next month.

> これは先月来た映画の写真です。

> This is a photo of a movie that came out last month.
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verbs english-to-japanese
Using 来る for product release
"Is 来る strictly for coming to a physical location[?]"

The answer to this part of the question is no, of course not. Google/Oxford
Dictionary:

> 近づいてここに至る、届く。「いつかきた町」「手紙が―」「中村から連絡が―」。こちらに通ずる。  
>  「山村に電灯がきた」

"[C]an it be used to describe a product a product release[?]"

Yes, it works but 来る is not the best word for contexts involving movies. It is
not uncommon that 来る collocates with games. People often say things
like「ガンダムのゲームが来るぞ！」 But with movies, you got better word choices such as
「上映」「公開」「封切る」(the last one often occurs in the passive 封切られる. Please see
@aguijonazo's comments)

> その映画は来月上映されます。

> その映画は来月公開されます。

If it is music, 「リリース」is the most common word, and yes it came from "release".
リリース also works with software and research reports.
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