When does Day Drinker premiere? March 26, 2027 Lionsgate — Webb; Depp/Cline/Cruz yacht thriller. Took Friday from Christ Part One (now May 6). Not Sweeney; not Wick.
Current target date: Friday, March 26, 2027 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Day Drinker opens March 26, 2027 (Lionsgate). Webb/Dean; Depp/Cline/Cruz; Thunder Road. Inherited Friday from Christ Pt.1→May 6. ≠ Sweeney rumor; ≠ John Wick.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, March 26, 2027
March 26, 2027 — Depp, Cruz, and Cline sail into Lionsgate’s Friday
Day Drinker opens Friday, March 26, 2027. Webb (Amazing Spider-Man, Snow White) helms Dean’s action-thriller about a grieving yacht bartender (Cline) who bonds with a mysterious onboard guest (Depp) and crosses paths with a criminal figure (Cruz). Lionsgate presents with 30West; Italian and Spanish territories already sold separately.
It is Depp and Cruz’s fourth shared screen pairing after Blow, On Stranger Tides, and Murder on the Orient Express — a cast fact that matters more than vague “comeback thriller” SEO.
Confirmed: Mar 26 Lionsgate thriller — not Sweeney, not Wick, not the Christ date
Confirmed: March 26, 2027 theatrical; Webb; Dean; Depp/Cline/Cruz; Thunder Road producing. Not confirmed as Sydney Sweeney starring, as a John Wick universe title, or as still belonging to Resurrection of the Christ Part One (that film moved to May 6, 2027). Fake 2026 Depp Fridays from early development leaks are wrong.
Who’s on the yacht — cast and calendar map
Lionsgate Friday first — streaming window later.
- Theatrical (US)
- March 26, 2027 (Lionsgate)
- Director / writer
- Marc Webb / Zach Dean
- Mysterious guest
- Johnny Depp
- Bartender
- Madelyn Cline (not Sweeney)
- Criminal figure
- Penélope Cruz
- Inherited Friday from
- Resurrection of the Christ Pt.1 → May 6
Before March — keep the right thriller in the glass
- Poster should show Depp / Cline / Cruz — not Sweeney rumor art.
- March 26 is Day Drinker; May 6, 2027 is the moved Christ Part One — different tickets.
- Thunder Road ≠ automatic Wick crossover; wait for official materials.
- Spaceballs 2 sits nearby on some spring 2027 calendars — comedy, not this yacht.
- Ignore undated “Depp comeback 2026” listicles.
Lionsgate yanked a biblical epic off March 26 — and poured Day Drinker into the empty glass
Release calendars are musical chairs. Resurrection of the Christ Part One held March 26, 2027 until Lionsgate slid that title to May 6 and handed the spring Friday to Webb’s yacht thriller. The interesting fact is not “Depp has a movie” — it is that Day Drinker’s ship day exists because a bigger religious tentpole moved.
Honest SEO prints March 26 for this title and May 6 for the other — and does not glue Sweeney back onto a role Cline already owns.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does Day Drinker open?
March 26, 2027 in U.S. theaters from Lionsgate. That Friday was previously held for The Resurrection of the Christ Part One, which Lionsgate moved to May 6, 2027 — Day Drinker inherited the March slot.
2Who stars and who directs?
Marc Webb directs Zach Dean’s screenplay. Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz lead with Madelyn Cline as the private-yacht bartender; Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto, and Anika Boyle are among later additions. Thunder Road’s Iwanyk/Lee produce with Infinitum Nihil and Nostromo Pictures.
3Is Sydney Sweeney in it?
No. Early reporting floated Sweeney; Madelyn Cline took the role. Treat Sweeney + Depp mashup graphics as outdated casting traffic.
4Is this a John Wick spin-off?
No. Same Thunder Road producing DNA that backed Wick for Lionsgate, different script and characters — a yacht-set thriller about a bartender, a mysterious guest, and a criminal figure, not Continental lore.
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