Principal photography began in October 2016 in Los Angeles. "Suburbicon" premiered in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2017, then screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 27, 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, only earning $12 million against its $25 million budget.