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[[File:Coppola Cannes.jpg|thumb|alt=Francis Ford Coppola leaving the press conference for his film Megalopolis at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.|Coppola in Cannes the day after the film's premiere in May 2024]]
On May 16, 2024, the 138-minute film premiered at the [[77th Cannes Film Festival]] in competition for the [[Palme d'Or]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/francis-coppola-megalopolis-cannes-festival-friday-may-17-competition-slot-1235879563/ |title=Francis Coppola's ''Megalopolis'' Locks Competition Slot at 77th Cannes Film Festival: The Dish |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=April 9, 2024 |access-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409193115/https://deadline.com/2024/04/francis-coppola-megalopolis-cannes-festival-friday-may-17-competition-slot-1235879563/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-ovation-cannes-premiere-1235919402/ |title=''Megalopolis'' Debuts at Cannes with 7-Minute Standing Ovation |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |last3=Bamigboye |first3=Baz |author3-link=Baz Bamigboye |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521130127/https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-ovation-cannes-premiere-1235919402/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-reviews-reaction-critics-1235919598/ |title=''Megalopolis'': What the Critics are Saying |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516230652/https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-reviews-reaction-critics-1235919598/ |url-status=live}}</ref> During the film's Cannes press conference, Coppola criticized the [[studio system]] and likened a streaming option to a [[home video]] release, saying, "I fear that the film industry has become more a matter of people being hired to{{nbsp}}... pay their debt obligations{{nbsp}}... So it might be that the studios we knew for so long are not [going] to be here in the future anymore."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/medialibrary/megalopolis-by-francis-ford-coppola-press-conference-2/ |title=''Megalopolis'' by Francis Ford Coppola – Press Conference |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |time=31:45 |date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519182823/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/medialibrary/megalopolis-by-francis-ford-coppola-press-conference-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-streaming-studios-cannes-1235920310/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola on Movie Industry: 'Streaming is What We Used to Call Home Video', But Major Studios May Become Extinct – Cannes |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608071330/https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-streaming-studios-cannes-1235920310/ |url-status=live}}</ref> That same day, it secured a limited global IMAX release, including in at least 20 cities in the United States regardless of distributor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-imax-global-release-1235918813/ |title=''Megalopolis'' IMAX Global Release Will Be Limited; Release Date Contingent on U.S. Distribution but Late September Eyed for IMAX in 20 US Cities; Coppola Live Event Planned – Cannes |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516134136/https://deadline.com/2024/05/megalopolis-imax-global-release-1235918813/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 17, [[Lionsgate Films]] acquired domestic distribution rights, scheduling a release for September 27, 2024. They previously worked on the home video releases of Coppola's films, beginning in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-sets-release-date-lionsgate-acquisition-1235001151/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola's ''Megalopolis'' to Be Released This September by Lionsgate |last=Welk |first=Brian |website=[[IndieWire]] |date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617170433/https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-sets-release-date-lionsgate-acquisition-1235001151/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-zoetrope-ink-distribution-deal-25925/|title=Lionsgate, Zoetrope ink distribution deal|date=July 26, 2010|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref> The deal came after Coppola agreed to pay for most of the marketing costs, estimated to be $
The film also screened at [[Roy Thomson Hall]] on September 9 and the [[Scotiabank Theatre Toronto]] on September 10 as part of the [[2024 Toronto International Film Festival]], in addition to the [[72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival]] on September 24.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-toronto-2024-1235972974/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola's ''Megalopolis'', Films from Pedro Almodovar and Max Minghella Join Toronto Film Fest |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 13, 2024 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813150926/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-toronto-2024-1235972974/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tiff.net/events/megalopolis |title=''Megalopolis'' |publisher=[[Toronto International Film Festival]] |access-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813155912/https://tiff.net/events/megalopolis |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/san-sebastian-film-festival-perlak-cannes-anora-megalopolis-1235976765/ |title=Cannes Highlights ''Anora'', ''Megalopolis'', ''Emilia Pérez'' Set for San Sebastian's Perlak Sidebar |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816143935/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/san-sebastian-film-festival-perlak-cannes-anora-megalopolis-1235976765/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On September 23, the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York hosted an advance screening as part of the [[2024 New York Film Festival|New York Film Festival]]; in addition to screening the film, 65 IMAX locations also broadcast live the event's half-hour Q&A with Coppola and guests Robert De Niro and [[Spike Lee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-new-york-film-fest-1235992137/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola's ''Megalopolis'' Sets New York Film Fest Advance Screening |date=September 5, 2024 |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906005416/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-new-york-film-fest-1235992137/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/francis-coppola-robert-deniro-spike-lee-new-york-film-festival-event-imax-screening-megalopolis-1236090638/|title=Francis Coppola Draws Robert De Niro, Spike Lee For NYFF Panel Prior To IMAX Premiere Of ''Megalopolis''|date=September 16, 2024|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/robert-de-niro-donald-trump-spike-lee-megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-premiere-1236097327/|title=Robert De Niro Piles On Donald Trump At ''Megalopolis'' NY Premiere, With Backup From Spike Lee: 'He Cannot Hold Anything Together'|date=September 23, 2024|first=Dade|last=Hayes|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 24, 2024|archive-date=September 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924060859/https://deadline.com/2024/09/robert-de-niro-donald-trump-spike-lee-megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-premiere-1236097327/|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 14, 2024, Cinecittà will host the film's Italian premiere, which will be streamed live at the [[Parco della Musica|Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi]] as the pre-opening of the [[19th Rome Film Festival]].<ref name="rff:pof">{{Cite web|url=https://www.romacinemafest.it/it/megalopolis-preapertura/ |title=Francis Ford Coppola's ''Megalopolis'' is the pre-opening film |date=17 September 2024|access-date=24 September 2024 |website= Cinema Foundation for Rome |language=en}}</ref>
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