Universal Pictures Announces One-Day-Only Back to the Future Theatrical Re-Release

September 21, 2026

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Universal Pictures has announced the one-day-only theatrical re-release of Back to the Future, the Academy Award–winning sci-fi adventure from director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg that became a global phenomenon and redefined the adventure genre.

On “Future Day,” October 21, 2026, the beloved 1985 classic returns to theaters nationwide for one day only, in standard and premium large-screen formats, including 4DX and D-Box, offering fans the opportunity to experience the film’s scope and spectacle in state-of-the-art cinematic formats. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

Released on July 3, 1985, Back to the Future introduced audiences to Marty McFly (Emmy and Golden Globe winner Michael J. Fox), a small-town California teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean invented by his eccentric friend, Doc Brown (Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd). Stranded in the past, Marty must ensure his teenage parents (Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover) fall in love or risk erasing his own existence. With time running out, he teams up with a younger Doc in a last-ditch effort to harness a bolt of lightning and return to 1985.

The film became the highest-grossing domestic release of 1985 and one of the most enduring movies of the decade, earning more than $385 million worldwide. It received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing (which it won) and Best Original Song for Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Power of Love.”

Back to the Future was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Oscar nominee Bob Gale. The film was produced by Gale and BAFTA nominee Neil Canton and executive produced by three-time Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg. It features cinematography by Oscar nominee Dean Cundey, editing by Oscar winner Arthur Schmidt and BAFTA nominee Harry Keramidas, production design by Oscar nominee Lawrence G. Paull, and an original score by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri.