So many movies coming out from Marvel and DC - lets take a look. Obviously most of these dates are subject to change, especially movies further out. I am uncertain of the accuracy of these dates as different web sites list different dates and some of the more official sites don't seem to be updated.
Color Key
Marvel Studios
Fox-Sony - Marvel Product
DC
2014
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| DC is staying away from Marvel until 2016!! |
August 1 - Guardians of the Galaxy
2015
May 1 - The Avengers - Age of Ultron
June 19 - Fantastic Four reboot
July 17 - Ant-Man
2016
May 6 - Captain America 3
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| DC comes out swinging in 2016 - one of the May 6 movies needs to move |
May 6 - Batman v Superman
May 27 - The X-Men - Apocalypse
July 18 - Doctor Strange
July - Shazam
November 11 - The Sinister Six
December - Sandman
2017
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| DC may have the upper hand in 2017 |
May 5 - Unannounced Marvel Studios (Thor 3?)
May - Justice League
July 28 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2
July - Wonder Woman
November 3 - Unannounced Marvel Studios
December - Green Lantern - Flash
TBD - Wolverine sequel
TBD - Fantastic Four sequel
2018
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| Marvel will come back in 2018 and dominate |
May 4 - The Avengers 3
May - Man of Steel 2
July 6 - Unannounced Marvel Studios
November 2 - Unannounced Marvel Studios
TBD - The Amazing Spider-Man 3
2019
May 3 - Unannounced Marvel Studios
I will be interested in seeing what happens in May 2016. The Batman v Superman movie is going to be huge and important to this entire plan for DC. They cannot go up against the established Captain America. Both films will suffer in the end and DC has more riding on this than Marvel. Expect DC to move to April or June.
Later in 2016 the battle of the unknowns will be interesting as well. If Batman v Superman sets up Shazam and Sandman properly then we should see some big hits. Marvel's next new superhero introduction won't be a given by any stretch.
2017 will have three big DC movies and Marvel may counter with some heavy hitters of their own. It would appear that Guardians is going to be a huge hit in 2014 and so should do well again. It depends on what Marvel has in store for the rest of its films in 2017.
2018 should be all Marvel even with Man of Steel 2 there. Still, if DC has managed to have duplicated Marvel's success then by 2018 there could be more DC movies in the works.
I don't expect any battles per say but if both franchises give each other a little distance, both should do well.
Disney is looking to move Captain America 3 away from the May 6, 2016 date as that is when Batman vs. Superman is slated for release. Despite Captain America: The Winter Soldier making loads of money, the studio would probably feel better staying away from that movie. The head to head battle would certainly be interesting as Cap has gained a huge momentum which may only increase after the next Avengers film scheduled for 2015. 
I have been hesitant on reporting any news about any superhero movie franchise other than The Avengers bunch because so much of it seems rumor but this appears to be real news.
Well, that is probably a good idea. Originally scheduled to go in 2015 along with every other sequel and remake in Sci-Fi and Fantasy you can imagine (Terminator, Mad Max, Jurassic Park, The Avengers, Fantastic Four, James Bond and Star Wars just to name a few) Man of Steel 2 will wait until 2016 and I would expect a couple more will follow suite. Many will agree that Man of Steel 2 will have a lot to live up to. Not only does it have to introduce and sell to us a new Batman (Ben Affleck) but it also has to do damage control for the many fans who were let down by Man of Steel.
