Sausage Party controversy



Before the Sausage Party film was released on August 12, 2016, controversy spawned after a red band trailer for the film was accidentally shown during a screening of Finding Dory at a California theater.

Controversy
Around mid 2016, during the time when Finding Dory and other films were released, the Sausage Party trailer, which contained sexual content and gore in the form of a CGI animated film, was accidentally shown in a Brenden theater in Concord, California during a screening of Finding Dory and it was met with widespread negative reactions from audiences due to content that was considered both terrifying and inappropriate for younger audiences, as well as the fact it could easily be mistaken for a family-friendly film since it's an all-CGI feature film.

Following the incident, Brenden Vice President of operations Walter Eichinger apologized, stating that the camera operator clicked on the wrong movie trailer since the theater was moving screens around to accommodate large, unexpected, last-minute groups of people wanting to see Finding Dory.