The film's journey to the screen was marked by several years of delays and production hurdles:
Despite the high-profile lead, the film struggled significantly upon release: Gotti (2018) - IMDb Gotti - Il primo Padrino
It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018 and saw a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 15, 2018, by Vertical Entertainment . The film's journey to the screen was marked
Just ten days before an earlier scheduled 2017 release, Lionsgate dropped the film and sold the rights back to the producers, allowing them to seek a wider theatrical debut rather than a direct-to-video release. Gotti - Il primo Padrino