The film features never-before-seen footage of the classic band
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Becoming Led Zeppelin to digital platforms on Monday, April 7th. The documentary is the first-ever sanctioned film on the band in the almost 57 years since the formation of the notoriously private group.
Dive into the rise of an era-defining rock band in Becoming Led Zeppelin. Trace the journey of Led Zeppelin from their early concerts and the development of their influential sound, all the way up to the release of their second album. As the only documentary of its kind that the band themselves have participated in, it includes brand-new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, as well as rare archival interviews with the band’s late drummer John Bonham. Uncover the dedication and hard work that fuelled their legendary success and the birth of a rock and roll phenomenon.
The film is directed by Bernard MacMahon and features Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and archive footage of John Bonham. Written by Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty.
Becoming Led Zeppelin traces the journeys of the four members of the “Stairway to Heaven” rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970.
The film gave a record-breaking performance for its first weekend at the box office as it opened to an impressive $3 million IMAX debut across 16 countries and territories in February. Domestically, the film’s $2.6 million start ($7K per screen average) represented the biggest opening weekend ever for an IMAX-exclusive music release, as audiences nationwide flock to experience the exhilarating docu-concert on the largest screens available.
With its successful debut, the film landed in the domestic top 10 chart at No. 8 this past weekend and saw particularly strong results from both coasts as well as markets including Toronto, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Dallas. The documentary was released exclusively in IMAX on 369 North American screens and held one-night-only early access screenings in 18 markets before expanding widely to one thousand screens.
