BlacKkKlansman | August 10th, 2018 | Spike Lee directing | Adam Driver, John David Washington

[WrathOfHan]

Either it got pushed back or the 10th and 17th are limited. Hmmmmmmm

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Either it got pushed back or the 10th and 17th are limited. Hmmmmmmm

Pretty sure that's an overseas poster. The Universal logo is at the bottom (that isn't featured on the posters for Focus movies here).

[SLAM!]

This can be a sleeper hit in that late August slot like Wind River was... I'm sure of it. Many of the other late August films this year seem like they'll have limited appeal, so even if it's directly going up against more films than it would have, it's kind of got an audience to itself anyways and can just stand out from the crowd. Though if part of its audience is an audience that is hoping for a comedy, it might be bad news for The Happytime Murders in particular.

 

Edit: I might be wrong about this going wide on the 24th... @filmlover raised a very valid point.

Edited June 26, 2018 by Slambros

[baumer]

With this being as topical as it is and Peele's name on the poster and in the marketing, I think this could be way bigger than Wind River.

[filmlover]

On ‎6‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 12:10 AM, filmlover said:

This is set to open at one of the local arthouse theaters on August 10 so I imagine it's getting a semi-wide (500 theaters or so) launch at the very least that weekend.

Yep, opening in 600 theaters that weekend.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/multiple-movies-kkk-are-works-1126044

[That One Girl]

Rated R for language throughout, including racial epithets, and for disturbing/violent material and some sexual references

[John2015]

 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Seeing it on Monday.

[YLF]

AMC is showing this monday in  their dolby/prime theaters at select locations!

[That One Girl]

Yeah I got tickets for this on Monday.  Really excited.

[Valonqar]

Theater count jump shows confidence. 

[SLAM!]

I just noticed the leap in theater count to 1,500 and I think that's incredible! Hopefully people know about it!

[Curtis1986]

The studio did a fantastic job getting Hype out about this film. And the critic reviews are even better.

Edited August 4, 2018 by Curtis1986

[junkshop36]

Loved the trailer for this. It looks really good. Looking forward to seeing it. 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Just found out that a Professor I had for film at Kansas is a co-writer.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Really good. Very Spike Lee (both good and bad in my estimation). Ending will leave you shook. My theater was dead silent. Will rustle some jimmies for sure.

[That One Girl]

It’s great and the ending is phenomenal.  Could definitely see this becoming a mid level hit if Focus plays their cards right.

[Blaze Heatnix]

Is it gonna be pooled by CinemaScore?

 

I can't wait to watch it!

[filmlover]

So excited to see this this weekend. Do not mess up this film's chances, Focus!

[That One Girl]

1 hour ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

Is it gonna be pooled by CinemaScore?

 

I can't wait to watch it!

 

It's in 1,500 theaters by the looks of it, so yeah its poll results will be public.  They claim any film in over 1,500 theaters gets results shown, and the others are polled privately.