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IFC Upgrades Good Boy to Wide Theatrical Release on Oct. 3

Festival acclaim spurred by a dog’s‑eye premise is driving heightened interest.

Indy the dog in a cemetery with his owner.
Indy the dog looking at owner Todd in the woods.
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Overview

  • IFC shifted Ben Leonberg’s 72-minute horror film from a planned limited run to a nationwide rollout on October 3, with final screen count still to be determined.
  • The trailer has drawn over 1 million views on IFC’s channel and about 1.5 million via IGN, as searches for whether the dog survives jumped more than 2,000%.
  • The movie is rated PG-13 and will carry both IFC and Shudder branding, with a streaming window yet to be announced.
  • Good Boy premiered at SXSW before playing Fantasia and Overlook, and it currently holds an early Rotten Tomatoes score reported at around 95%.
  • Told from the perspective of Indy, the director’s own dog, the film stars Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman and Larry Fessenden, with a U.K. theatrical date set for October 10.