If you were planning to learn How to Rob a Bank this September, you'll have to wait a little longer. David Leitch's high-octane heist thriller, starring Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz, has officially pushed back its release date by over two months, moving from September 4 to November 12, 2026. The shift, first reported by Deadline, takes the film out of the crowded Labor Day corridor and into a November slot that pits it against some heavy competition.
Originally set to break into theaters alongside horror thriller Onslaught and Ryan Reynolds' action comedy Mayday, the new date places How to Rob a Bank in a very different landscape. It now shares its release day with J.J. Abrams' first film in seven years, The Great Beyond; Johnny Depp's holiday offering Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol; Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, chronicling Sylvester Stallone's fight to get his boxing epic made; and the crime drama Paper Tiger starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. But the bigger threat looms just weeks later: on December 18, both Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three and Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday will dominate multiplexes, creating a box office gauntlet that any November release must survive.
What Is How to Rob a Bank About?
The film follows Ryan (Hoult, sporting a platinum-blonde look), the charismatic leader of a masked heist crew that includes Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson, and Rhenzy Feliz. This gang isn't just stealing from banks—they're doing it with style, using automatic weapons loaded with blanks and donating a portion of their loot to charity. Their Robin Hood antics go viral, sparking a public debate about the morality of armed robbery. On their trail is a dogged detective (John C. Reilly) who teams up with a hacker under house arrest (Kravitz) to bring them down. The stakes escalate when the gang sets its sights on one of the city's biggest banks, and Ryan's personal grudge against the bank's unscrupulous boss (Christian Slater) threatens to turn the heist into a vendetta.
Leitch, known for his work on John Wick, Atomic Blonde, and Bullet Train, brings his signature kinetic style to this morally complex caper. The film promises the kind of slick, adrenaline-fueled action that has made Leitch a go-to director for genre fans. For those craving more crime thrills, Russell Crowe's The Get Out is now streaming on Prime Video.
A Crowded Fall Season
The delay moves How to Rob a Bank away from the Labor Day weekend scrum but into a November that is already packed with high-profile titles. The film's new release date of November 12 puts it in direct competition with Abrams' return to directing, Depp's Christmas fantasy, and Farrelly's biopic. Meanwhile, the looming December 18 double-header of Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday means the film will have to build strong word-of-mouth quickly to avoid being swallowed by the year's biggest blockbusters.
For fans of Leitch's previous work, the wait may be worth it. The director has a knack for blending humor, style, and visceral action, and the cast—including Hoult, Kravitz, Reilly, Davidson, Sawai, Feliz, and Slater—is one of the most intriguing ensembles of the year. If you're looking for something to tide you over, Titus Welliver's performance in MGM+'s The Westies offers a gritty crime fix.
How to Rob a Bank is now scheduled for release on November 12, 2026. Stay tuned to ShowtimeSpot for more updates on this and other upcoming heist films.
