Fox has once again shifted the release date for the highly-anticipated sequel to 2014’s surprise hitKingsman: The Secret Service. Though, this most recent shift in release dates should be good news for those who are excited to seeKingsman 2because the movie will now be coming out a bit sooner than we thought. It may only be a week sooner, but sooner nonetheless.Kingsman: The Golden Circlewill now be arriving in theaters on September 29.
Exhibitor Relations broke the news onTwitterthat Fox had decided to bump up the release date forKingsman 2by a week, shifting the sequel from itsOctober 6 release date. That date would have put it in direct competition withDenis Villeneuve’sBlade Runner 2049, which could wind up being a big hit and it most definitely has people talking. This is not the first time thatKingsman 2has had its release date moved as it was originally slated to come out on July 05, 2025. Fox decided to push it back to October after doing some schedule tweaking and now it has shifted yet again. This new release date will at least giveKingsman: The Golden Circleone, mostly free and clear, weekend at the box office. Here is what Exhibitor Relations had to say about the release date shift.
“Fox’sKingsman: The Golden Circlehas been bumped up a week–the sequel will now open 9/29/17 instead of 10/6.”
As of right now, there are no major releases coming out on September 29 that will get in the way ofKingsman: The Golden Circlebeing able to dominate at least its first weekend of release. The prior weekend will see the release ofThe LEGO Ninjago Moviewhich should probably do well but won’t likely get in the way of theKingsmansequel doing well.Kingsman: The Secret Servicemade $414 million worldwide but had very strong word of mouth and caught a lot of people by surprise.Kingsman 2seems like a sequel that is poised to outperform its predecessor. At the very least it would seem hard to imagine that the sequel, unless it turns out to not be any good, will make less money than the firstKingsmandid. Getting at least one weekend without any major, direct competition is a step in the right direction.
We still haven’t seen a trailer forThe Golden Circleyet, but we do know that this movie is going to be quite a bit different. The movie will be partially set in America and will see theKingsmanteaming up with their American counterparts. StarTaron Egertonhas also said that the movie will not be for the “faint of heart” and will live up to its R-rating.Matthew Vaughnhas been making solid R-rated comic book movies for a long time now, long beforeDeadpoolandLogancame about, so that shouldn’t be all that surprising. That makes the rumors that he may be directingMan of Steel 2all the more interesting, but before that happens we are at least getting one more insane, violent spy movie from him.
Kingsman 2starsTaron Egerton,Mark Strong,Colin Firth,Sophie Cookson,Pedro Pascal,Channing Tatum,Julianne Moore,Jeff Bridges,Halle BerryandElton John. The movie was directed byMatthew Vaughn, who co-wrote the script withJane Goldman.Kingsman: The Golden Circleis now set to hit theaters on September 29.
