Ukubuya okulindelwe isikhathi eside esikrinini esikhulu se-Tim Burton-Johnny Depp tandem kuzoba ngokoqobo no-Sweeney Todd, esingase sijabulele isithombe sokuqala nakuba kungeke kuthathe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba sibone i-trailer esemthethweni kanye nazo zonke izinto zokumaketha ezikhishwe ngaphambilini yonke imuvi enazo, okungukuthi, iphosta, amazwibela, i-trailer, izithombe zokukhiqiza, izithombe ezishuthayo, njll. Okwamanje seneliseke ngomunye kuphela.
Le filimu isuselwe kumculo we-Broadway, okhuluma ngendlela umgundi wezinwele oziphindiselela ngayo kubo bonke abakwazile ukumenza aboshwe ngokungafanele. Ngaphandle komqondisi wehlelo osevele uqanjwe uBurton nomlingisi ophumelelayo nohlonishwayo uDepp, sizophinde sihlangane noSacha Baron Cohen, u-Helena Bonham Carter, u-Alan Rickman noTimothy Spall. I-Premiere e-Spain: Februwari 8, 2008, kunjalo.