Walt Disney Studios has announced that the filmed version of Hamilton, the original Broadway production that broke records and rewrote the musical theater rulebook, will open in theaters on September 5, 2025. And this isn’t just the Disney+ version reissued on the big screen. The theatrical cut comes with “Reuniting the Revolution,” a brand-new prologue featuring fresh interviews with the original cast and creative team as they reflect on the show’s legacy and impact a decade after it changed the cultural landscape.
For longtime fans who first caught the show on stage, streamed it during lockdown, or discovered it through high school playlists and APUSH references, this rerelease is more than nostalgia — it’s a chance to experience Hamilton as it was meant to be seen: with a communal audience, larger than life.
“When we filmed Hamilton, we wanted to try to capture the feeling of being in the Richard Rodgers Theatre during that first year on Broadway,” said director and producer Thomas Kail. “We’re thrilled that audiences will now have the opportunity to experience it on the big screen.”
The original film was shot in June 2016 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, right before the original cast began stepping away from their roles. That means we’re getting Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Burr, Daveed Diggs as Lafayette/Jefferson, Phillipa Soo as Eliza, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica, and Jonathan Groff giving face and spit as King George — all preserved in a stage-to-screen hybrid that captures the intimacy of live theater with the cinematic polish of multiple camera setups and careful direction. It’s still one of the best examples of how to film a musical without sacrificing the electricity of a live performance.
To mark the occasion, Disney and The Public Theater will host a special premiere screening on September 3 at the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park — the same institution where Hamilton first premiered in 2015 before it exploded onto Broadway. Tickets for that event will be available starting August 11 via donation, with all proceeds going to The Public Theater. There will also be a free lottery and standby line the day of the screening. For details, check out PublicTheater.org.
The film will debut in U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico on September 5, followed by U.K. and Ireland on September 26, and Australia and New Zealand on November 13. Tickets are already on sale at Fandango and anywhere else you buy movie tickets online.
In case you somehow missed the phenomenon, Hamilton is a musical retelling of the life of Alexander Hamilton told through a score that fuses hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and traditional show tunes. But it’s also so much more — a reshaping of the American myth through contemporary voices and casting, and one of the rare Broadway shows to influence everything from politics to TikTok. The original production racked up 11 Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and a GRAMMY, and its film version is one of the most streamed musicals of all time.
Whether you’re revisiting Hamilton for the umpteenth time or finally catching the full cast in their prime, the theatrical re-release offers something rare: a chance to return to the room where it happened — and this time, it’s even bigger.
