Sony weighs same-day cinema release for all four Beatles films
Sony Pictures and director Sam Mendes have discussed releasing all four Beatles films on the same day in April 2028, The Hollywood Reporter reported on 15 October 2026.
Nothing is locked. No final decision has been announced. Sources involved in the talks say the plans are fluid and could still change.
Another idea on the table is to report one box office number for all four films together, rather than four separate tallies, the trade reported. Box office means ticket sales, and an opening tally is the total announced after the first weekend. A four-pack ticket is also under discussion, letting fans buy admission to every film in a single purchase.
The makers want audiences to watch in any order. There is no right order. The pitch is simple: pick your favourite Beatle first, then fill in the rest.
That thinking fits the goal outlined by producing partner Pippa Harris. Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum, Harris said the aim is for people to experience the films in cinemas at the same time, during the same period, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The producer had earlier told Variety that putting the four titles out together in 2028 would give them cumulative power.
The cast is set. Paul Mescal plays Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson plays John Lennon, Joseph Quinn plays George Harrison and Barry Keoghan plays Ringo Starr, the trade reported. McCartney and Starr have given notes on the scripts and met the actors cast to play them.
The project began as four distinct cinema features from Mendes and his Neal Street Productions, Sony Pictures announced in February 2024. The studio presented the project as a theatrical event from the start. Mendes later appeared at Sony's CinemaCon presentation, the studio's annual showcase for cinema owners, to share details about the films, according to Sony Pictures.
For fans, this means choice rather than a queue. If the same-day plan holds, an audience could start with Lennon on Friday night and end with McCartney on Sunday, or do it the other way round. Each ticket holder would decide the running order. The ticket, the order and the count would all point the same way: four films, one event.
