When did How to Make a Killing premiere? Feb 20, 2026 A24 — Powell / Ford; was Huntington/Rothchild; not Feb 2027.
Current target date: Friday, February 20, 2026 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
How to Make a Killing opened Feb 20, 2026 (A24). Powell; Ford; Kind Hearts riff. Was Rothchild/Huntington. ≠ 2027.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026 — Powell’s inheritance thriller already hit A24 screens
How to Make a Killing opened wide in the U.S. on Friday, February 20, 2026 from A24, with StudioCanal handling the UK (March 11) and France (March 25). John Patton Ford’s black-comedy thriller — Becket Redfellow climbing a billionaire family tree by murder — is past the countdown: look for VOD/streaming windows, not a future winter 2027 Friday.
If a scraper still says “coming February 20, 2027,” it copied a bad year. The lock was always early 2026 once the Huntington retitle landed.
Confirmed: Feb 20 2026 A24 open — not a 2027 hold, not still titled Huntington
Confirmed: U.S. theatrical February 20, 2026; Powell + Qualley + Harris; Ford directing his own script; Kind Hearts–inspired premise; mixed reviews (~45% RT / Metacritic mid-40s band). Not confirmed as still unreleased, as a Mel Gibson/Shia LaBeouf Rothchild package (that 2019 attach died), or as Kind Hearts shot-for-shot.
From Black List Rothchild to the February A24 Friday
- 2014 — script hits Black List as Rothchild.
- 2019 — Jon S. Baird / LaBeouf / Gibson package stalls.
- 2023–24 — Ford takes directing; retitled Huntington; Powell then Qualley/Harris cast; Cape Town shoot.
- Nov 2025 — retitled How to Make a Killing; Feb 2026 date set.
- Feb 20, 2026 — U.S. theatrical; Mar 2026 UK/France.
If you’re still hunting the right title on platforms
- Search How to Make a Killing — not Huntington or Rothchild.
- U.S. theatrical was Feb 20, 2026 (A24); streaming/PVOD followed weeks later.
- ≠ Knives Out / Glass Onion — different heir-murder comedy brand.
- ≠ Emily the Criminal — same director, different crime story.
- Skip any “2027 premiere” countdown pages.
The movie spent a decade as Rothchild, then Huntington — and only got How to Make a Killing weeks before it opened
Most “release date” pages pretend titles arrive fully formed. This one lived as a Black List satire, nearly became a LaBeouf/Gibson Cannes package, revived as Huntington with Powell in Cape Town, then swapped marquees in November 2025 right as A24 locked February 20, 2026. The interesting fact isn’t “another eat-the-rich comedy” — it’s how late the billboard name finally stuck.
SEO that still countdowns to February 2027 is arguing with theaters that already played it.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When did How to Make a Killing come out?
February 20, 2026 in U.S. theaters (A24). UK followed March 11, 2026; France March 25. Ignore any “February 20, 2027” stubs — that year is wrong.
2Who stars and directs?
Glen Powell leads as Becket Redfellow. Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Bill Camp, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, and Ed Harris round out the Redfellow orbit. John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal) wrote and directed.
3Was it called Huntington or Rothchild?
Yes — development titles. The script hit the Black List as Rothchild; later packages used Huntington. Powell confirmed a retitle in late 2025; How to Make a Killing is the theatrical name.
4Is it a remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets?
It’s a modern riff inspired by the 1949 Ealing classic (and the Israel Rank novel behind it) — disowned heir murdering relatives for a fortune — not a shot-for-shot remake with Alec Guinness multi-roles.
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