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Primetime

2026 110 min English R
Wubly rating 7.0 IMDb rating 7.1

“Are you ready to make television history?”

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

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Cast

77 people

Lance Oppenheim Director · Ajon Singh Writer

Worldwide gross $53M · Budget $14M · United States release September 25, 2026

Box office

Budget

$14,500,000

Worldwide gross

$52,704,611

Gross vs. budget

3.6×

Production

A

A24

Production · Studio

I

Icki Eneo Arlo

Production

S

Square Peg

Production

R

Range Media Partners

Production

United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

Italy · September 5, 2026

Premiere · Venice International Film Festival

United States · September 25, 2026

Theatrical

United States · November 3, 2026

Digital

United States

September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest

September 23, 2026 · Premiere · Beyond Fest

Australia

October 29, 2026 · Theatrical

Belgium

October 7, 2026 · Theatrical

Brazil

October 19, 2026 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival

Canada

September 25, 2026 · Theatrical

Czechia

December 3, 2026 · Theatrical

Estonia

September 25, 2026 · Theatrical

Finland

November 27, 2026 · Theatrical

France

September 23, 2026 · Theatrical

Germany

September 24, 2026 · Theatrical

Greece

October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival

October 8, 2026 · Theatrical

Hong Kong SAR China

October 8, 2026 · Theatrical

Hungary

December 3, 2026 · Theatrical

India

September 25, 2026 · Theatrical

Ireland

October 28, 2026 · Theatrical

Italy

October 15, 2026 · Theatrical

Japan

January 22, 2027 · Theatrical

Latvia

September 25, 2026 · Theatrical

Lithuania

September 25, 2026 · Theatrical

Netherlands

October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival

October 29, 2026 · Theatrical

New Zealand

October 29, 2026 · Theatrical

Norway

October 14, 2026 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival

October 14, 2026 · Theatrical

Philippines

September 30, 2026 · Theatrical

Poland

October 9, 2026 · Theatrical

Portugal

October 8, 2026 · Theatrical

Puerto Rico

September 24, 2026 · Theatrical

Romania

October 16, 2026 · Theatrical

Serbia

October 6, 2026 · Premiere · Belgrade International Film Festival

Slovenia

November 13, 2026 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival

Taiwan

September 24, 2026 · Theatrical

Türkiye

October 23, 2026 · Theatrical

Ukraine

October 22, 2026 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

October 11, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival

October 28, 2026 · Theatrical

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