Production
- The film was shot in 2013 in Detroit, Michigan
- Director David Robert Mitchell used wide-angle lenses when filming to give the film an expansive look, and cited the works of George Romero and John Carpenter as influences on the film's compositions and visual aesthetic
- Produced by Animal Kingdom, Northern Lights Films and Two Flints
- Mitchell started writing the film in 2011 while working on a separate film he intended to be his second feature film
Distribution
- Distributed by, RADiUS-TWC and Dimension Films
- It Follows premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2014. It was released theatrically in France on February 4, 2015 and in the United Kingdom on February 27.
- It was given a limited release in the United States on March 13 and a wide release on March 27 in 1,200 theatres.
- The film also received a limited release on March 27, 2015 in Canada by Mongrel Media
- It earned $163,453 in its opening weekend from four theatres at an average of $40,863 per theatre making it the best limited opening for a film released in the United States and Canada in 2015
- It paved the way to a new, flexible partnership between cinemas, VOD platforms and iTunes.
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