Lionsgate sets A Madea Halloween 2 and Early Man release dates Lionsgate has set release dates for the sequel Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween and the Aardman animated feature Early Man. Boo 2! will open during the busy weekend of October 20, 2017 against Geostorm, Granite Mountain Hotshots, The Mountain Between Us, Same Kind of Different as Me, The Snowman, The War with Grandpa, and Wonderstruck. Early Man will open on February 16, 2018 from Summit Entertainment as counter-programming against Marvel Studios’ blockbuster Black Panther. Tyler Perry’s Boo 2!