The film became available to stream on Netflix on April 26, 2017. Southside with You became available on Digital HD on Novemand Blu-Ray and DVD on Decemfrom Lionsgate and Miramax. The film went on to gross a total of $6.5 million against its $1.5 million budget. It ended up grossing $2.9 million, a per-theater average of $3,762. Southside with You was released in North America on August 26, 2016, and was initially projected to gross around $2 million from 813 theaters in its opening weekend. ![]() ![]() The film was distributed worldwide with theatrical releases in France, Germany, Singapore, UK, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, and parts of the Middle East. On April 28, 2016, Miramax released the first official trailer for the film. Shortly after, Miramax and Roadside Attractions acquired theatrical distribution rights to the film. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016. Filming was also done on Amstutz Expressway in Waukegan. Locations included downtown, the South Side, and the West Side. Principal photography on the film began on Jon location in Chicago, Illinois following that, several websites released photos from the set. Producers on the film were Tanne and Sumpter, along with Teitel, through IM Global. On May 7, 2015, Parker Sawyers was cast as the young Barack Obama. In April 2015, Sumpter talked with Vulture about her preparations to play Michelle, and stated that she was "nervous" because she was about to play "Michelle Obama, who is everything every woman wants to be," and also said that she was reading some poetry and books to get to know more about Michelle, so she could portray the role better. On April 10, 2015, IM Global came on board to produce the film with producer Robert Teitel. Tanne would make his directing debut on the film, based on his own script, and producing alongside Tika Sumpter. Tika Sumpter would play Michelle, while no one had yet been cast in Barack's role. On December 5, 2014, Deadline reported that there would be a romance film titled Southside with You, based on the first date of American President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, set in Chicago, where the couple met in 1989 and married in 1992. The original idea was developed by Richard Tanne in 2007, after which he started writing the script.
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