Baby Driver

In Atlanta, Miles, self-named "Baby", is a young getaway driver who lost his parents in a car crash that left him with tinnitus, and finds catharsis in music. He ferries crews of robbers assembled by kingpin Doc to pay off a debt as recompense for theft of a car containing Doc's illicit goods. Between jobs, he remixes snippets of recorded conversations and cares for his deaf foster father Joseph. At the local diner, Bo’s Diner, he meets a waitress named Debora, and they start dating.

His next robbery goes awry after an armed bystander chases them down, but Baby evades him and the police. Having paid his debt, Baby quits his life of crime and starts delivering pizzas. Baby takes Debora out on a date at a fancy restaurant where he runs into Doc, who pays for their meal. Meeting Baby outside, Doc convinces him to join his planned post-office heist under threat of retaliation. The crew consists of easygoing Buddy, his sharpshooter wife Darling, and trigger-happy psychopath Bats, who takes a dislike to Baby. While the crew attempts to purchase illegal arms at a rendezvous from a contact of Doc's, the Butcher, Bats recognizes the Butcher and his men are undercover police and opens fire, resulting in most of the dealers being killed. Afterward, Bats makes Baby stop at Debora's diner, unaware of Baby and Debora's romance. Baby, aware of Bats's homicidal habit, stops him from killing her to avoid paying.

Doc is furious, revealing that the dealers were dirty cops on his payroll. He decides to cancel the heist, but Bats, Buddy and Darling disagree. Doc lets Baby decide; he chooses to go through with it. Baby attempts to slip away late that night, hoping to take Debora and leave. He is stopped by Buddy and Bats, who have discovered his recordings and believe he is a police informant; when they and Doc hear his mixtapes, they are convinced of his innocence.

During the heist, Bats kills a security guard. Disgusted, Baby refuses to drive away, causing Bats to hit him. Baby rams the car into a rebar which impales Bats, killing him. The three flee on foot. After the police kill Darling in a shootout, Buddy furiously blames Baby for her death and plans to kill him. Baby steals a car and flees to his apartment. After leaving Joseph at an assisted living home with his heist earnings, Baby rushes to Bo's for Debora, where Buddy is waiting. Baby shoots Buddy and flees with Debora as police reinforcements swarm the restaurant.

At the safe house, Doc refuses Baby's pleas for help, but relents when he sees Debora consoling him. Doc supplies them with cash and an escape route out of the country. The three are confronted by the Butcher's vengeful henchmen in the parking garage, but Doc kills them all. Buddy ambushes them with a stolen police car and kills Doc. A cat-and-mouse game ensues until Buddy has Baby at his mercy. He shoots next to both Baby's ears, temporarily disorienting him, but the distraction allows Debora to subdue Buddy with a crowbar. After Baby shoots him in the leg, Buddy falls to his death.

Baby surrenders after he and Debora encounter a police roadblock. At Baby's trial, Joseph, Debora, and other individuals Baby helped testify as character witnesses. He is sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, with a parole hearing after five. Debora stays in contact with Baby during his incarceration, and once he is released, they reunite with a new car.

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• Ansel Elgort as Miles 'Baby':
  An on-call criminal getaway driver with an intense passion for music.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/baby-driver-character-descriptions-jon-bernthal-edgar-wright/ |title='Baby Driver' Character Descriptions Revealed; Jon Bernthal Joins Edgar Wright's New Film |first=Matt |last=Goldberg |date=February 23, 2016 |website=Collider |language=en-US|access-date=January 15, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311133204/http://collider.com/baby-driver-character-descriptions-jon-bernthal-edgar-wright/ |archive-date=March 11, 2017}} Elgort regarded the character as an innocent "younger than his years, deep down".{{cite news |title=Ansel Elgort on 'Baby Driver,' Directing Ambitions and Life Under Trump |date=June 22, 2017 |first=Brent |last=Lang |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-donald-trump-1202470955/ |access-date=October 6, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103026/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-donald-trump-1202470955/ | archive-date = December 7, 2018 | url-status = live |df=mdy-all}} Edgar Wright and the producers at Working Title Films began contemplating the lead role well before they obtained funding for Baby Driver. Elgort, John Boyega, and Logan Lerman were among a raft of potential candidates considered for star billing.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/edgar-wright-baby-driver-success-sequel-spacey/ |title=How director Edgar Wright steered Baby Driver to global success |first=Clark |last=Collis |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 6, 2018 |date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102916/https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/edgar-wright-baby-driver-success-sequel-spacey/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' Eyes Ansel Elgort; Sony to Release |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/mrc-working-title-team-on-edgar-wrights-next-pic-with-ansel-elgort-circling-lead-exclusive-1201404318/ |access-date=January 14, 2015 |work=Variety |date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115202016/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/mrc-working-title-team-on-edgar-wrights-next-pic-with-ansel-elgort-circling-lead-exclusive-1201404318/ |archive-date=January 15, 2015}} Elgort auditioned for the part because he found the screenplay compelling. He auditioned several times, but was hired based on a taped audition where he lip synced and danced to the Commodores' 1977 single "Easy". Wright was so impressed that the song was added to the film's soundtrack.{{cite news |title=The Audition Choice That Booked Ansel Elgort 'Baby Driver' |date=June 21, 2017 |first=Benjamin |last=Lindsay |work=Backstage |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/audition-choice-booked-ansel-elgort-baby-driver-4250/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181007194004/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/audition-choice-booked-ansel-elgort-baby-driver-4250/ |archive-date=October 7, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}{{cite magazine |last1=Milzoff |first1=Rebecca |title=Ansel Elgort Breaks Out With 'Baby Driver' and a Frank Ocean-Approved Singing Career: 'I'm Hopefully Going to Pull It All Off' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-2017-cover-story-7832934/ |magazine=Billboard |date=June 15, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616035559/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7832934/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-2017-cover-story|archive-date=June 16, 2017|url-status=live}} The writer-director explained his selection of Elgort: "There's an element of an old soul in Ansel and that was something I thought connected with what I had already written."
• Hudson Meek as young Baby{{cite news |url=https://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/baby-driver-stylized-highly-satisfying-and-oh-so-sweet/article_ea4442b2-5de0-11e7-9bc9-bbb0c30da433.html |title='Baby Driver' stylized, highly satisfying and oh so sweet |first=Frank |last=Stanko |newspaper=Wahpeton Daily News |date=July 2, 2017 |access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702154451/http://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/baby-driver-stylized-highly-satisfying-and-oh-so-sweet/article_ea4442b2-5de0-11e7-9bc9-bbb0c30da433.html|archive-date=July 2, 2017|url-status=live}}
• Lily James as Debora:
  A waitress employed at Bo's Diner who becomes Baby's girlfriend. Emma Stone was an early candidate for the role during development.{{cite web |last=Minton |first=Turner |title=Details and Casting Rumors for Edgar Wright's Baby Driver |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/details-and-casting-rumors-for-edgar-wrights-baby.html |date=January 14, 2015 |work=Paste |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027160527/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/details-and-casting-rumors-for-edgar-wrights-baby.html |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}
• Kevin Spacey as 'Doc':
  The mysterious kingpin of an Atlanta-based crime syndicate to whom Baby owes a debt. Spacey's involvement in Baby Driver was announced in the press in November 2015.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Kevin Spacey Joining 'Baby Driver' & 'Billionaire Boys Club' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/kevin-spacey-baby-driver-billionaire-boys-club-castings-1201606018/ |access-date=November 11, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 3, 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107013015/http://deadline.com/2015/11/kevin-spacey-baby-driver-billionaire-boys-club-castings-1201606018/ |archive-date=November 7, 2015}}
• Jon Hamm as Jason 'Buddy' van Horn:
  A laid-back Wall Street professional criminal and the husband of Darling who are both members of a crew of armed robbers who was brought into the criminal underworld by a drug habit. His impulsive decisions are the result of a mid-life crisis. Wright envisioned Buddy as a strong, suave, handsome character à la Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) in The Getaway (1972) and Jack Foley (George Clooney) in Out of Sight (1998), yet much more sinister.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/18/jon-hamm-therapy-is-like-going-to-the-dentist |title=Jon Hamm: 'Therapy is like going to the dentist' |first=Sanjiv |last=Bhattacharya |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, England |date=June 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027010809/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/18/jon-hamm-therapy-is-like-going-to-the-dentist |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Hamm is the only actor in Baby Driver whose character was written specifically for them, as Wright is a longtime friend and fan of his.{{cite web |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/jon-hamm-on-his-role-in-summer-blockbuster-baby-driver-1.610182 |title=Jon Hamm on his role in summer blockbuster Baby Driver |first=Linda |last=Barnard |work=The National |publisher=International Media Investments |date=July 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027033001/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/jon-hamm-on-his-role-in-summer-blockbuster-baby-driver-1.610182 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2022 }} The two men first met at a Saturday Night Live afterparty in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/17/edgar-wright-baby-driver-oldest-idea-biggest-hit |title=Edgar Wright: 'With Baby Driver, my oldest idea became my biggest hit' |first=Michael |last=Hogan |work=The Guardian |date=December 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027033001/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/jon-hamm-on-his-role-in-summer-blockbuster-baby-driver-1.610182 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Hamm took part in a table read several years before Baby Driver was commissioned by a studio.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/06/20/baby-driver-jon-hamm/ |title=Jon Hamm opens up about his bank-robbing Baby Driver character |first=Clark |last=Collis |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 26, 2018 |date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103030/https://ew.com/movies/2017/06/20/baby-driver-jon-hamm/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}}
• Eiza González as Monica 'Darling' Costello:
  Buddy's young, vivacious wife and the only woman in Doc's heist crew. She and Buddy form an intensely intimate, Bonnie and Clyde-esque pairing.{{cite web |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/eiza-gonzalez-baby-driver-movie |title=Meet Eiza González, Baby Driver's Scene-Stealing Outlaw |first=Katherine |last=Cusomano |work=W |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027040412/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/eiza-gonzalez-baby-driver-movie |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Describing her as a vapid "crook space-cadet woman who has no attachment to reality",{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/06/27/jon-hamm-eiza-gonzalez-baby-driver-movie/103202898/ |title=Jon Hamm, Eiza González are crazy in love as 'Baby Driver' Bonnie and Clyde |first=Brian |last=Truitt |work=USA Today |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027034635/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/06/27/jon-hamm-eiza-gonzalez-baby-driver-movie/103202898/ |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} the actress joined the production in December 2015.{{cite news |title=Eiza Gonzalez Joins Ansel Elgort in Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/eiza-gonzalez-edgar-wright-baby-driver-1201663498/ |first=Justin |last=Kroll |website=Variety |date=December 16, 2015|access-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504145306/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/eiza-gonzalez-edgar-wright-baby-driver-1201663498/|archive-date=May 4, 2016}}
• Jamie Foxx as Leon 'Bats' Jefferson III:
  Doc's particularly sadistic, ruthless henchman, who has little regard for the people in his way. Foxx was a casting choice recommended to Wright, although he had reservations and felt the actor would not be enthusiastic about a supporting role. Foxx was fascinated with the film's artistic direction, and joined the project thanks to the support of Quentin Tarantino. He modeled Bats after a longtime friend he first met at a Los Angeles comedy club in his youth.{{cite web |url=https://cinemovie.tv/Interviews/jamie-foxx-s-cold-blooded-killer-in-baby-driver-based-on-friend |title=Jamie Foxx's Cold-Blooded Killer in 'Baby Driver' Based On Friend |author=Staff |date=June 29, 2017 |website=CineMovie |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191024010050/https://cinemovie.tv/Interviews/jamie-foxx-s-cold-blooded-killer-in-baby-driver-based-on-friend |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |url-status=live }}
• Jon Bernthal as Griffin 'Griff':
  One of Doc's thugs responsible for the security of his heist crew. Bernthal believed criminals were too often stereotyped as incompetent in news media. Therefore, to prepare for his role, the actor consulted with real-life career criminals to get a better grasp on his character and the inner workings of organized crime. He said in an interview, "There's your idiots who hold up a place and get caught because they leave their wallet there, but there's mastermind criminals and they all come in different shapes and sizes and different levels of intellect. I think there are people with real talent and people who take it enormously seriously, and those are the kinds of people I talked to."{{cite web |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/jon-bernthal-bringing-heavy-baby-driver/ |title=Jon Bernthal: Bringing The Heavy To Baby Driver |first1=Tim |last1=Byrnes |first2=Gill |last2=Pringle |work=Filmink |date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026204750/https://www.filmink.com.au/jon-bernthal-bringing-heavy-baby-driver/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}
• CJ Jones as Joe:
  Baby's foster father, who is deaf and a wheelchair user. Casting director Francine Maisler was tasked with hiring a suitable actor to play Joseph. Though Jones was significantly younger than the role called for, he was hired from a handful of prospective actors, most of whom were not deaf. Jones opted not to work with an on-set interpreter until later in production. He also helped Elgort hone his sign language (ASL) with an on-set tutor.{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/baby-driver-breakout-scene-stealing-deaf-actor-cj-jones-wowed-edgar-wright-201023904.html |title='Baby Driver' Breakout: How Scene-Stealing Deaf Actor CJ Jones Wowed Edgar Wright |first=Kevin |last=Polowy |website=Yahoo! |date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027172914/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/baby-driver-breakout-scene-stealing-deaf-actor-cj-jones-wowed-edgar-wright-201023904.html?guccounter=1 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}

Other cast members include Flea as Eddie 'No Nose',{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/baby-driver-trailer-breakdown-edgar-wright/ |title=Baby Driver Trailer Breakdown With Edgar Wright |first=Chris |last=Hewitt |work=Empire |date=March 13, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313223818/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/baby-driver-trailer-breakdown-edgar-wright/|archive-date=March 13, 2017}} Lanny Joon as JD,{{cite web |url=https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/actor-lanny-joon-discusses-new-action-film-baby-driver/article/496176 |title=Actor Lanny Joon discusses new action film 'Baby Driver' |first=Markos |last=Papadatos |work=Digital Journal |date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027173627/http://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/entertainment/actor-lanny-joon-discusses-new-action-film-baby-driver/article/496176 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2022 }} Sky Ferreira as Baby's biological mother (an aspiring singer),{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/who-plays-babys-mom-in-baby-driver-the-singer-took-off-her-pop-persona-for-the-role-69511 |title=Sky Ferreira Switches It Up In 'Baby Driver' |first=Olivia |last=Truffaut-Wong |work=Bustle |date=July 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181027174526/https://www.bustle.com/p/who-plays-babys-mom-in-baby-driver-the-singer-took-off-her-pop-persona-for-the-role-69511 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} R. Marcus Taylor as Armie, a crooked police officer, Lance Palmer as Baby's biological father (an abusive alcoholic),{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2017/06/28/baby-driver-sends-hearts-racing-in-rockin-heist-tale/ |title='Baby Driver' sends hearts racing in rockin' heist tale |first=Stephen |last=Schaefer |work=Boston Herald |publisher=Kevin Corrado |access-date=February 28, 2022|date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408185814/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/2017/06/baby_driver_sends_hearts_racing_in_rockin_heist_tale|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live}} Big Boi and Killer Mike as restaurant patrons,{{cite news |title=Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Edgar Wright couldn't get enough of Atlanta while shooting 'Baby Driver' |url=http://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/hot-topics/jon-hamm-jamie-foxx-edgar-wright-couldnt-get-enough-of-atlanta-while-shooting-baby-driver/538760429 |first=Jessica |last=Sooknanan |website=WSB-TV |date=June 23, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145632/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/hot-topics/jon-hamm-jamie-foxx-edgar-wright-couldnt-get-enough-of-atlanta-while-shooting-baby-driver/538760429|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}} Paul Williams as 'The Butcher', Walter Hill as the voice of a courtroom ASL interpreter, and Jon Spencer as a prison guard. Noel Fielding and Nick Frost have cameos through archive footage on Baby's TV, appearing in the music video for Mint Royale's "Blue Song" (directed by Wright), in which Fielding played a prototypical version of Baby.

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Baby Driver was a longtime passion project Wright had been developing since 1995, when the writer-director was a struggling 21-year-old filmmaker living in suburban London. He had relocated to London to finish his first professional film, the low-budget western comedy A Fistful of Fingers, and to contemplate his future in entertainment. Wright's repeated listening to Orange (1994), the fourth studio album by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, provided the impetus for Baby Driver. At first he envisioned a high-speed car chase that was prefaced with a dance sequence soundtracked to "Bellbottoms".{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/baby-driver-how-edgar-wright-staged-the-crime-movies-musical-action-scenes-252893/ |title='Baby Driver': How Edgar Wright Staged the Crime Movie's Musical Action Scenes |last=Fear |first=David |date=June 28, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511192609/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/baby-driver-how-edgar-wright-staged-the-crime-movies-musical-action-scenes-252893/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|access-date=April 4, 2020}} Though this was ultimately written into the script as the film's opening sequence, Wright's nascent vision was far from a fully realized project. By the time Baby Driver took definite form, the advent of the iPod, Wright's childhood tinnitus, and his reading of Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia (2007), which explores the neuroscience of music, were forces shaping the project's artistic direction.

On a £25,000 budget, Wright developed the music video for Mint Royale's "Blue Song" in 2003, featuring a backstory gleaned from his early concept for Baby Driver.{{cite web |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/profiles/a10318782/baby-driver-edgar-white-interview/ |title=Pursuit of Perfection |first=Max |last=Prince |date=July 21, 2017 |work=Road & Track |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181028183309/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/profiles/a10318782/baby-driver-edgar-white-interview/ |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} "Blue Song" became an unexpected success, and although happy with his work, Wright was frustrated he had cannibalized an idea he felt had enormous potential.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/baby-driver-sxsw |title=Edgar Wright Makes a Triumphant Return at SXSW with Baby Driver |first=Joanna |last=Robinson |date=March 12, 2017 |work=Vanity Fair |access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227131514/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/baby-driver-sxsw|archive-date=December 27, 2018|url-status=live}} The director said that, in retrospect, he considers his music video seminal for providing proof of concept for Baby Driver. The release of Wright's first major feature, Shaun of the Dead (2004), was another important catalyst, not only for its artistic direction, but also for signaling the start of a long-term working relationship between Wright and Working Title producers, who would assist with Baby Driver{{'}}s development. By 2007, after signing a multi-picture deal with Working Title, and with a clearer vision of the project, Wright met with Steven Price to discuss early musical ideas for Baby Driver. The drafting of a story started around the release of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), but pre-production of the film stalled as Wright's other projects—The World's End (2013) and the then-forthcoming Ant-Man (2015), for which he had already prepared a script with Joe Cornish—took precedence. Work resumed immediately after Wright's departure from Ant-Man, when the studio began assembling their roster of actors and technical staff before shooting. In preparation, Wright spent time with ex-career criminals in Los Angeles and London to develop an accurate depiction of a real-life bank robber's work.

Wright, lead film editor Paul Machliss, and Los Angeles-based editor Evan Schiff devised a pre-edit of Baby Driver with animatics in the initial stages of production. With Avid Media Composer, Machliss was tasked with syncopating each animatic to a corresponding song. He and Wright had an existing professional relationship from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The World's End. In addition, Machliss worked on set providing input for the shoot, which is unusual for a film editor.{{cite web |url=https://blog.frame.io/2017/07/31/baby-driver-workflow/ |title=The Missing Details of Baby Driver's Crazy Workflow |first=Ron |last=Dawson |website=Frame |access-date=December 4, 2018 |date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102910/https://blog.frame.io/2017/07/31/baby-driver-workflow/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}}

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Los Angeles was to have been Baby Driver{{'s}} original setting, but prohibitively expensive production costs made shooting there impractical. Instead, the studio toured cities that offered generous transferable tax credits for film production. These included Atlanta, which emerged as the frontrunner during preliminary scouting. Preserving the city's ethos was imperative for an authentic story, for Atlanta typically doubles for other global cities in blockbuster cinema.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-talked-to-director-edgar-wright-about-making-this-summers-best-movie/ |title='Baby Driver' Is This Summer's Most Adrenaline-Packed Action Movie |first=Amil |last=Niazi |date=June 19, 2017 |work=Vice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181201222303/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyp3qm/we-talked-to-director-edgar-wright-about-making-this-summers-best-movie |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2022 }} Wright spent about a week observing the cityscape to facilitate the necessary revisions to the script. He found Baby Driver{{'}}s story better realized in Atlanta because of the city's renown as a logistics hub.{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/06/baby-driver-loves-atlanta |title='Baby Driver' Is a High Octane Love Letter to Atlanta |first=Justin |last=Davis |date=June 28, 2017 |work=Complex |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181201212130/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/06/baby-driver-loves-atlanta |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Principal photography, which lasted four months from February to May 2016,{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/edgar-wright-s-baby-driver-1368671221891126.html |title=Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' Off and Running |first=Jen |last=Chaney |website=Yahoo! |date=February 19, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602075026/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/edgar-wright-s-baby-driver-1368671221891126.html |archive-date=June 2, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/baby-driver-filming-edgar-wright/ |title=Baby Driver: Filming Wraps on Edgar Wright's New Film |date=May 16, 2016 |first=Adam |last=Chitwood |website=Collider|access-date=May 17, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517110757/http://collider.com/baby-driver-filming-edgar-wright/ |archive-date=May 17, 2016}} took place mostly in the central business district. Location shots showcase many of Atlanta's landmarks (such as Peachtree Center), cultural institutions, and even local media.{{cite web |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/baby-driver-filming-locations-map/ |title=A map of all the places Baby Driver filmed in Atlanta |first=Matt |last=Walljasper |date=August 3, 2017 |work=Atlanta |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181202003544/https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/baby-driver-filming-locations-map/ |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/things-love-about-atlanta-filmed-baby-driver/CTZPcZw2dgQPuwbgoWJhPI/ |title=5 things we love about Atlanta-filmed 'Baby Driver' |first=Jennifer |last=Brett |date=June 27, 2017 |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Donna B. Hall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181207004106/https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/things-love-about-atlanta-filmed-baby-driver/CTZPcZw2dgQPuwbgoWJhPI/ |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Elsewhere, filming occurred in Gainesville and rural Monroe County, Georgia. Although other suburban areas of Atlanta were scouted for main unit filming, Wright preferred the city's urbanity over the dense vegetation of the suburbs, which he considered an unsuitable backdrop for the film. Baby Driver contributed $30.1 million to the local economy through wages, transportation, and other expenditures.{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/06/22/georgia-filmed-baby-driver-contributed-30-1.html |title=Georgia-filmed 'Baby Driver' contributed $30.1 million to economy |first=Ellie |last=Hensley |date=June 22, 2017 |work=Atlanta Business Chronicle |access-date=December 3, 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207041944/https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/06/22/georgia-filmed-baby-driver-contributed-30-1.html |archive-date=December 7, 2018}}

Wright cited Vanishing Point (1971), American Graffiti (1973), The Driver (1978), Point Break (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), and Heat (1995), among others, as significant influences on the film's visual hallmarks and creative direction.{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/baby-driver-is-a-rare-heist-movie-with-a-heart/532572/ |title=Baby Driver Is a Rare Heist Movie With a Heart |first=David |last=Sims |date=July 4, 2017 |work=The Atlantic |url-access=limited |access-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215522/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/baby-driver-is-a-rare-heist-movie-with-a-heart/532572/ |url-status=live }} To evoke their aesthetic, one of the production's main goals was to produce Baby Driver using practical filmmaking techniques.{{cite web |url=https://www.panavision.com/bill-popes-cinematography-baby-driver-has-panavision-under-hood |title=Bill Pope's Cinematography for Baby Driver Has Panavision Under the Hood |date=July 3, 2017 |website=Panavision|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203043725/https://www.panavision.com/bill-popes-cinematography-baby-driver-has-panavision-under-hood |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |access-date=December 3, 2018}} This meant planning meticulously coordinated stunts and choreography, and shooting as much of the film in-camera as possible, using visual effects only when necessary.{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/baby-driver-stuart-lashley-vfx-supervisor-double-negative/ |title=Baby Driver: Stuart Lashley – VFX Supervisor – Double Negative |first=Vincent |last=Frei |date=September 19, 2017 |website=Art of VFX |access-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203044644/https://www.artofvfx.com/baby-driver-stuart-lashley-vfx-supervisor-double-negative/ |archive-date=December 3, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/baby-driver-stunt-coordinator-we-tried-do-everything-camera-1017348/ |title='Baby Driver' Stunt Coordinator: 'We Tried to Do Everything in Camera' |first=Carolyn |last=Giardina |date=June 29, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203051312/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/baby-driver-stunt-coordinator-we-tried-do-everything-camera-1017348 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 3, 2018}} Baby Driver was director of photography Bill Pope's third film with Wright, following Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The World's End. Pope shot the project mostly on 35mm Kodak film stock, utilizing Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2 cameras with G-Series, T-Series, and C-Series 2.39:1 anamorphic widescreen lenses. Occasionally, to capture more intense stunts, and to achieve unusual camera angles Wright demanded for certain scenes, the crew shot in Super 35 format with specialized cameras. Panavision's Atlanta offices assisted with the needs of the production when logistics management became challenging. The climactic scene in particular, staged in a parking garage at the Atlanta Falcons' training facility, which was available only at night, was difficult to shoot because of the darkness. The scene ended up being filmed digitally using the company's Arri Alexa camera system, which has greater exposure latitude.

Few visual effects were used in Baby Driver as a result of Wright's emphasis on practical filmmaking.{{cite news |last1=O'Falt |first1=Chris |title='Baby Driver': How Edgar Wright Is Saving the Action Film |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/baby-driver-edgar-wright-interview-action-film-1201848230/ |website=IndieWire |date=June 29, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190101030911/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/baby-driver-edgar-wright-interview-action-film-1201848230/ |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2018 }} The London-based studio DNEG, under the supervision of Stuart Lashley and Shailendra Swarnkar, created most of the visual effects that were needed. Their work for the film comprised 430 shots created with a workforce of 120 specialized artists. The team's work began while viewing early animatics of Baby Driver, which they used as a reference to help conceive the film's audiovisual repertoire. DNEG used Nuke to animate car chase scenes that could not be rendered with in-camera effects. As these scenes were routinely updated with reshoots, the team was tasked with maintaining the software's control tools so artists would be readily equipped to work with the latest audio. Molinare also produced effects shots for Baby Driver.

According to Lashley, key scenes that highlight the film's audiovisual repertoire were "Harlem Shuffle", the single tracking shot of Baby's coffee run through town, and "Tequila", the sequence of a deadly shootout between Doc's syndicate and undercover police. "Harlem Shuffle" was one of Baby Driver{{'s}} most elaborate sequences; filmmakers cached excess footage so the shot could be manageable. The set design of "Tequila" involved precise coordination of the in-camera effects. Once filmed, DNEG supplemented the live-action shots with bullets, sparks, and gunfire flashes, while bearing in mind the imposing drum riffs of the soundtrack. The team found that compositing shots to audio, although suitable for live-action projects, presented unique challenges, such as how to convey emotional cues to the viewer.

For "Brighton Rock", the climactic sequence of Baby Driver, DNEG enhanced footage with computer-generated shots for safety and damage control. First, to portray characters being pummeled by cars, the team filmed the accidents in stages. The footage was then composited into complete shots, lending a sense of realism and control. The shot of Buddy's stolen police car falling in the parking garage atrium from the top level required setting up a shorter, safer drop at another side of the garage with a crane to comply with the owner's demands. DNEG created a set extension from a lidar scan of the atrium, with superimposed special effects to extend the fall.

Second-unit director Darrin Prescott coordinated the vehicular stunts for Baby Driver with Jeremy Fry, the project's stunt driver, and a team of other professionals.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/02/baby-driver-cars-stunts/ |title=Quite a few cars were broken in the making of Baby Driver |first=Clark |last=Collis |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 3, 2018 |date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102940/https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/02/baby-driver-cars-stunts/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/33512-how-baby-driver-did-car-stunts-edgar-wright-george-miller-ansel-elgort |title='Mad Max' and Matchbox Cars Helped 'Baby Driver' Nail Its Crazy Stunts |first=Jordan |last=Zakarin |date=June 28, 2017 |work=Inverse|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202634/https://www.inverse.com/article/33512-how-baby-driver-did-car-stunts-edgar-wright-george-miller-ansel-elgort |archive-date=December 3, 2018}} They rehearsed at the Atlanta Motor Speedway before receiving clearance to shoot in the city. At the rehearsals, filmmakers captured the stunts with specialized pursuit cranes, small cars with an installed camera crane. Machliss would then edit the footage into updated animatics, fleshing out the precision of the stunts in time for shooting. Fry performed many of the vehicular stunts; the actors were allowed to perform less demanding stunts with the proper training.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-345-north-korea-s-top-anchor-returns-baby-driver-s-best-stunts-finding-amelia-earhart-and-more-1.4192751/meet-the-stunt-driver-behind-baby-driver-s-crazy-car-chases-1.4192792 |title=Meet the stunt driver behind Baby Driver's crazy car chases |author=Staff |website=CBC Radio |access-date=December 3, 2018 |date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312111740/http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-345-north-korea-s-top-anchor-returns-baby-driver-s-best-stunts-finding-amelia-earhart-and-more-1.4192751/meet-the-stunt-driver-behind-baby-driver-s-crazy-car-chases-1.4192792|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}

Prescott saw Baby Driver as his biggest undertaking because of the complicated stunt work involved. One such scene features a "180 in and 180 out" maneuver, in which Fry makes 180-degree turns forward and backward in a narrow alley with several other vehicles in the way. This was shot in five or six takes. "There's a lot going through your head. You don't want Jeremy to get hurt. Also, there's a lot of money being spent to get this on camera. The cameras needed to be out of the way so nobody would get hurt", Prescott recalled. Another example is the freeway car chase scene midway in Baby Driver{{'s}} opening sequence.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/movies/baby-driver-stunts.html |title=How They Pulled Off the Perfectly Timed Stunts in 'Baby Driver' |first=Mekado |last=Murphy |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707140357/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/movies/baby-driver-stunts.html |archive-date=July 7, 2017}} The production had only an eight-hour window to shoot because they did not have clearance to shut down I-85. With the limited time frame, the filmmakers rehearsed for only an hour before they began filming in early morning. This scene involved a number of high-speed jumps, and barrier jumps, among other stunts, that Prescott and his team carefully coordinated bearing traffic flow in mind. There were also 50 production vehicles encircled by a sprawling police motorcade, occupying all lanes of I-85. The choice of the getaway cars corresponded to specifications in the screenplay that they be nondescript and blend in with the surrounding traffic. Though Wright sought a Toyota Corolla based on data about frequently stolen cars, the production used a red Subaru WRX instead after the studio requested a vehicle that "could be a little sexier".

Ryan Heffington oversaw the choreography. He was responsible for synchronizing the movement of the actors and stunt performers in the film's choreographic sequences.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-baby-driver-music-edgar-wright-danger-mouse-heffington-dance-moves-20170701-story.html |title=How Edgar Wright, Danger Mouse and choreographer Ryan Heffington gave 'Baby Driver' its perfect groove |first=Randall |last=Roberts |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181204030951/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-baby-driver-music-edgar-wright-danger-mouse-heffington-dance-moves-20170701-story.html |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 |url-status=live }} Baby Driver was Heffington's first foray into film; he is best known in the music industry for his work with Sia and Arcade Fire, among other artists. Though compelled by the script, the choreographer was unfamiliar with Wright's prior work, which he researched after his initial interview for the job.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/08/baby-driver-choreographer-ryan-heffington-ansel-elgort/ |title=How the choreographer of Baby Driver got Ansel Elgort to 'dance his ass off' |first=Clark |last=Collis |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 3, 2018 |date=July 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103020/https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/08/baby-driver-choreographer-ryan-heffington-ansel-elgort/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}} The two detailed their artistic vision in early conversations, using songs with dramatic tempo changes or structure as templates. By the first day of shooting, Heffington was already supervising the "Harlem Shuffle" sequence, employing 50–60 extras. Choreographing other sequences was sometimes less taxing because Elgort and Foxx had prior dance experience. The production played the music as the cast rehearsed each sequence, shot by shot.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalmediaworld.tv/in-depth/1643-double-negative-puts-pedal-to-the-metal-for-baby-driver |title=Double Negative Puts Pedal to the Metal for 'Baby Driver' |first=Adriene |last=Hurst |publisher=Digital Media World |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181204215014/https://www.digitalmediaworld.tv/in-depth/1643-double-negative-puts-pedal-to-the-metal-for-baby-driver |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}

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When sound editing supervisor Julian Slater was first approached for Baby Driver, he was sent a copy of the script and a PDF file containing the curated selection of music, along with a rough audio mix. Working closely with music editor Bradley Farmer, he dissected each musical cue into a unique tempo map, thereby allowing for synchronization at any given time. Their work required frequent pitch scaling of sounds so they would not be off-pitch with the music. They experimented with different sounds for Baby's tinnitus, which is sometimes subtle, and sometimes more noticeable. Its intensity in the audio mix depended on Baby's mood; for example, the more anxious he is, the louder the ringing. Managing tempo changes with the sound effects proved troublesome. Slater said Farmer showed him that, "For every layer that happens musically, [you should] have another layer that happens non-musically so that you perceive it only some of the time." The "Harlem Shuffle" sequence contains the audio team's most complex sound effects work. Completed in 25 takes, it features an assortment of subtle sound effects from engines, dialogue with changing nuance, and so forth. "Brighton Rock" posed another challenge for the filmmakers because the sequence required a new set of frequencies, altered voices, and other sounds to emphasize Baby's disoriented state.{{cite news |last1=Desowitz |first1=Bill |title='Baby Driver': How Edgar Wright's Sound Team Choreographed Squealing Brakes Against Pop Classics |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/baby-driver-edgar-wright-sound-design-music-1201895451/ |website=IndieWire |date=November 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181204230803/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/baby-driver-edgar-wright-sound-design-music-1201895451/ |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}

The audio department spent eight days recording car sound effects at Atlanta Motor Speedway. For onboard recordings (the sounds heard from the perspective of the driver and passengers), sound effects recordist Watson Wu installed about six microphones per vehicle; one in the airbox, another on the radio dashboard, two near the exhausts, and two in the engine compartment. Boom operator James Peterson followed each car with a shotgun mic for the external recordings, while using XY stereo equipment to capture the noise of passing vehicles.{{cite news |last1=Stout |first1=Andy |title=Under the bonnet of Baby Driver's sound design |url=https://www.ibc.org/trends/sculpting-the-sound-mix-of-edgar-wrights-baby-driver-/2166.article |website=IBC |date=August 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181205060628/https://www.ibc.org/production/sculpting-the-sound-mix-of-edgar-wrights-baby-driver-/2166.article |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2022 }} The crew premixed their audio at the Twickenham Studios in London, and the final mixing took place at Goldcrest Films' Soho post-production facility.

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Wright and Price compiled a shortlist of ten songs to shape Baby Driver{{'s}} musical direction. In total, up to 36 tracks were licensed with Right Music.{{cite web |title='Baby Driver' Director, Crew Prepped to the 'Millisecond' Before Production Began |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/baby-driver-steered-by-choreography-1202707188/ |first=Jon |last=Burlingame |work=Variety |date=February 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206164137/https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/baby-driver-steered-by-choreography-1202707188/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }}{{cite web |title=The Soundtrack to 'Baby Driver' Is a Music Nerd's Dream – and Director Edgar Wright's |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/baby-driver-movie-music-1202482594/ |first=Chris |last=Willman |work=Variety |date=June 29, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206223739/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/baby-driver-movie-music-1202482594/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} Wright was unable to use certain hip hop and electronic songs written in the script because they contained samples not cleared for copyright.{{cite web |title=Edgar Wright Explains How Kid Koala and Danger Mouse Shaped the 'Baby Driver' Soundtrack |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/edgar_wright_explains_how_kid_koala_and_danger_mouse_shaped_the_baby_driver_soundtrack |first=Matthew |last=Ritchie |work=Exclaim! |date=June 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206171418/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/edgar_wright_explains_how_kid_koala_and_danger_mouse_shaped_the_baby_driver_soundtrack |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 }} At that point, he pursued licensing of the sampled songs to use for the film's soundtrack. Danger Mouse and Kid Koala composed the album's only original tracks, "Chase Me" and "Was He Slow?". "Chase Me" features contributions from Run the Jewels and Big Boi. For "Was He Slow?", which samples some of Spacey and Bernthal's dialogue, Kid Koala produced the song using analog equipment.{{cite web |title=Kid Koala talks working on 'Baby Driver' and how he identified with the title character (Interview) |url=https://glidemagazine.com/188069/kid-koala-baby-driver/ |first=Christian |last=Long |work=Glide |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328220258/https://glidemagazine.com/188069/kid-koala-baby-driver/ |url-status=live }}

Columbia imprint 30th Century Records released the Baby Driver soundtrack on June 23, 2017, on vinyl and CD.{{cite web|title=Soundtrack to Baby Driver spans 30 tracks and multiple decades|url=https://consequence.net/2017/06/soundtrack-to-baby-driver-spans-30-tracks-and-multiple-decades/|first=Michael|last=Roffman|work=Consequence|date=June 2, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206235642/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/soundtrack-to-baby-driver-spans-30-tracks-and-multiple-decades/|archive-date=December 6, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2022}} Baby Driver Volume 2: The Score For a Score, a follow-up album containing previously unreleased content, was issued on April 13, 2018.{{cite web|title=Baby Driver soundtrack gets a sequel featuring new tracks, remixes, and its previously unreleased score|url=https://consequence.net/2018/03/baby-driver-soundtrack-gets-a-sequel/|first=Randall|last=Colburn|work=Consequence|date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181207000440/https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/03/baby-driver-soundtrack-gets-a-sequel/|archive-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

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Wright views Baby's moral shift as the thematic crux of the film. According to David Sims at The Atlantic, Baby's initial moral detachment manifests through his use of music as escapism from conflict and his tinnitus. It is only his obligation to protect Debora and Joseph and the increasing mayhem around him that force Baby to confront reality. Baby Driver employs some of the conventions of gangster film, chiefly heroic fatalism and uncompromising villainy.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/movies/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort.html |title=Review: In 'Baby Driver,' It's Kiss Kiss, Zoom Zoom |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207153110/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/movies/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort.html |archive-date=December 7, 2018}}

Characteristic of Wright's films, Baby Driver is driven by strong color cues. Colors are used symbolically to represent the personas of the core characters. At the beginning, whereas Baby dresses in drab colors that reflect his black-and-white perspective of the universe, his peers are associated with bright, vibrant colors that clash with this sensibility: red for Bats, purple and pink for Darling, and blue for Buddy. As the story progresses and the pressures of organized crime become overwhelming, Baby's wardrobe evolves, and he is seen in faint grays and bloodstained white shirts. Costume designer Courtney Hoffman said she incorporated light gray colors into Baby's wardrobe to illustrate his struggle for freedom from the criminal world.{{cite web |url=https://nerdist.com/baby-driver-costumes-color-jon-hamm-jaime-foxx-ansel-elgort/ |title=How Baby Driver Reveals Characters Through Colors |first=Kyle |last=Anderson |website=Nerdist |date=June 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208001047/https://nerdist.com/baby-driver-costumes-color-jon-hamm-jaime-foxx-ansel-elgort/ |archive-date=December 8, 2018}} The significance of red also transforms in tandem with the story, from a motif symbolizing the bloodthirsty Bats to one denoting Buddy's rage after the death of his lover.{{cite web |url=https://theplaylist.net/color-coding-baby-driver-20171023/ |title=How Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' Color Codes Its Characters |first=Julia |last=Teti |website=The Playlist |date=October 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225154248/https://theplaylist.net/color-coding-baby-driver-20171023/ |archive-date=February 25, 2020}} Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times argues that Baby Driver is an exploration of identity and personal style, and how said expression dictates one's status in society.

In their piece for the Los Angeles Review of Books, David Hollingshead and Jane Hu examine race as an important thematic element in Baby Driver. They contend that certain aspects of the film, such as the casting choices and the appeal to a "white innocence" narrative for Baby's redemption arc, underscore a race consciousness and subtext about the ethics of cultural appropriation.{{cite web |url=https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2017/07/26/oh-hell-yeah-baby-le-chauffeur/ |title=Oh Hell Yeah Baby, Le Chauffeur |first1=David |last1=Hollingshead |first2=Jane |last2=Hu |work=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=July 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207205247/https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2017/07/26/oh-hell-yeah-baby-le-chauffeur/ |archive-date=December 7, 2018}}

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TriStar spearheaded the marketing campaign.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/baby-driver-domestic-box-office-100-million-edgar-wright-1202147572/ |title='Baby Driver' Zooms Past $100M At Domestic B.O. As Originality Prevails At Listless Summer B.O. – Update |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230857/https://deadline.com/2017/08/baby-driver-domestic-box-office-100-million-edgar-wright-1202147572/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} Their strategy entailed aggressive social media engagement,{{cite web |url=https://www.waytoblue.com/casestudy/baby-driver/ |title=Baby Driver |website=Way to Blue |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181221204307/https://www.waytoblue.com/casestudy/baby-driver/ |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |access-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }} a worldwide publicity tour, and the creation of a number of colorful, vintage-style character posters.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/movies/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-posters/ |title=Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey Go Criminal in New Baby Driver Character Posters |first=Liam |last=Barry |work=People |date=June 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181230054611/https://people.com/movies/ansel-elgort-baby-driver-posters/ |archive-date=December 30, 2018 |access-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }} Baby Driver premiered at the South by Southwest festival on March 11, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/sxsw-2017-film-festival-slate-1201898244/ |title=SXSW 2017 Lineup: 'Baby Driver', 'Free Fire', 'Muppet Guys Talking' & Docus That Matter In Trump Era |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005084752/http://deadline.com/2017/01/sxsw-2017-film-festival-slate-1201898244/|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}} TriStar and Sony initially scheduled a mid-August release for the film in North America and the United Kingdom,{{cite news |last1=Stedman |first1=Alex |title=Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' Moves Up Nearly Two Months to June |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/baby-driver-release-date-moved-up-edgar-wright-1202017531/ |access-date=December 20, 2018 |work=Variety |date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221075207/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/baby-driver-release-date-moved-up-edgar-wright-1202017531/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} but, in an unusual move, the studios expedited the release by six weeks to June 28{{cite magazine |last1=Gettell |first1=Oliver |title=Baby Driver release date moves up to June |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/03/27/baby-driver-release-date-moves-up/ |date=March 27, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328094500/http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/27/baby-driver-release-date-moves-up/ |archive-date=March 28, 2017}} as a result of the enthusiastic response from the film festival circuit.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tristar-chief-hannah-minghella-wonder-woman-envy-baby-driver-buzz-her-late-fathers-legacy-1014814/ |title=TriStar Chief Hannah Minghella on 'Wonder Woman' Envy, 'Baby Driver' Buzz and Her Late Father's Legacy |first=Tatiana |last=Siegel |date=June 26, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121104/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tristar-chief-hannah-minghella-wonder-woman-envy-baby-driver-buzz-her-late-fathers-legacy-1014814|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}} This was considered unusual because box office competition is traditionally less intense during late summer, and hence a more favorable market for lower-budget films.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Baby Driver for video on demand on September 12, 2017,{{cite web |last1=Strowbridge |first1=C.S. |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/224920830-Home-Market-Releases-for-September-12th-2017 |title=Home Market Releases for September 12th, 2017 |website=The Numbers |date=September 13, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134700/https://www.the-numbers.com/news/224920830-Home-Market-Releases-for-September-12th-2017|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} and on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray combo formats on October 10.{{cite web |last1=Strowbridge |first1=C.S. |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/225620830-Home-Market-Releases-for-October-10th-2017 |title=Home Market Releases for October 10th, 2017 |website=The Numbers |date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134652/https://www.the-numbers.com/news/225620830-Home-Market-Releases-for-October-10th-2017|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} Physical copies contain two hours of bonus content, including behind-the-scenes footage, production rehearsals, a storyboard gallery, audio commentaries, and the music video for "Blue Song".{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Spencer |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/883159-baby-driver-blu-ray-and-dvd-set-for-october-release#/slide/1 |title=Baby Driver Blu-ray and DVD Set for October Release |website=ComingSoon.net |date=August 28, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022044907/http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/883159-baby-driver-blu-ray-and-dvd-set-for-october-release#/slide/1|archive-date=October 22, 2017|url-status=live}} During its first week on sale in the United States, Baby Driver was the number two selling film on DVD and Blu-ray, with 226,657 units sold for $5.6 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2017/10/15 |title=United States Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending October 15, 2017 |website=The Numbers |date=October 15, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134647/https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2017/10/15|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} Baby Driver sold 595,111 copies by January 2018.{{Cite The Numbers |id=Baby-Driver |title=Baby Driver |access-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134654/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Baby-Driver|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} The premium cable networks Showtime and FX have US broadcast syndication rights for Baby Driver.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/fx-acquires-spider-man-homecoming-logan-girls-trip-despicable-me-3-movies-1202152235/ |title=FX Acquires 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', 'Logan', 'Girls Trip', 'Despicable Me 3', 'War For The Planet of the Apes' & More Movies |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827233836/https://deadline.com/2017/08/fx-acquires-spider-man-homecoming-logan-girls-trip-despicable-me-3-movies-1202152235/|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}} It is also available to authenticated Showtime subscribers via the network's streaming services.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/baby-driver-showtime-premiere-tv-rights-2018-1202126267/ |title=Showtime On Board For 'Baby Driver' TV Rights |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 10, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182703/https://deadline.com/2017/07/baby-driver-showtime-premiere-tv-rights-2018-1202126267/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}}

Baby Driver was a financial success. Although the film's performance faltered in China, it performed strongly in key North American and European markets until the end of its theatrical run.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/baby-driver-box-office-success/2/ |title=Is Edgar Wright's Baby Driver A Box Office Hit? |first=Zak |last=Wojnar |website=Screen Rant |date=July 20, 2017 |access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065859/https://screenrant.com/baby-driver-box-office-success/2/|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-valerian-notches-modest-29m-win-cars-3-baby-driver-sputter-1033286/ |title=China Box Office: 'Valerian' Notches Modest $29M Win, While 'Cars 3' and 'Baby Driver' Sputter |first=Patrick |last=Brzeski |date=August 28, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190905174214/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-valerian-notches-modest-29m-win-cars-3-baby-driver-sputter-1033286 |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/04/uk-box-office-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-transformers-the-last-knight |title=Despicable Me 3 overtakes Transformers and Baby Driver at UK box office |first=Charles |last=Grant |work=The Guardian |date=July 4, 2017 |access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065816/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/04/uk-box-office-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-transformers-the-last-knight|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}} Baby Driver earned $107.8 million in the United States and Canada and $119.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $227{{nbsp}}million. It was the 42nd-highest-grossing film of 2017,{{Cite web |title=2017 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2017/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211165008/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2017/ |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}} and Wright's highest-grossing film to date. The TriStar–Media Rights Capital partnership recouped their budget with a $51.5 million net profit, factoring in marketing costs and other expenses.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/movie-profit-2017-baby-driver-wonder-split-annabelle-creation-girls-trip-1202354131/ |title=Small Movies, Big Profits: 2017 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329203418/http://deadline.com/2018/03/movie-profit-2017-baby-driver-wonder-split-annabelle-creation-girls-trip-1202354131/|archive-date=March 29, 2018|url-status=live}} Good word-of-mouth support, as well as fatiguing interest in blockbuster franchises, were considered critical to Baby Driver{{'s}} box office success.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-hollywoods-franchise-crisis-worsens-july-fourth-1018493/ |title=Box Office: Hollywood's Franchise Crisis Worsens Over July Fourth |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |date=July 3, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125420/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-hollywoods-franchise-crisis-worsens-july-fourth-1018493|archive-date=December 22, 2018|url-status=live}}

In the United States, exit polling showed strong commercial potential across a variety of audiences.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/baby-driver-opening-day-box-office-1202121299/ |title='Baby Driver' Dings 'Transformers' For Thursday Top Spot With $3.3M; 'Wonder Woman' Whips 'Batman V. Superman' |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116161359/https://deadline.com/2017/06/baby-driver-opening-day-box-office-1202121299/|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}} CinemaScore polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade filmgoers gave Baby Driver was "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Audiences were mostly younger; 52% were under 25 and 57% were men. The main reasons given for seeing the film were its action (44%), the actors (26%), and Wright (16%). Hourly advanced ticket sales eclipsed that of Transformers: The Last Knight. Predictions, while acknowledging the positive media response and word-of-mouth support for Baby Driver, were conflicted about the long-term commercial viability of an economical film in a fiercely competitive market.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-weekend-box-office-preview-1202120784/ |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |title='Despicable Me 3' To Own Crowded Independence Day Weekend Stretch – Box Office Preview |website=Deadline |date=June 27, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629223910/http://deadline.com/2017/06/despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-weekend-box-office-preview-1202120784/ |archive-date=June 29, 2017}} The film earned $5.7 million on its first day, including $2.1 million from Tuesday night previews, and followed by another $3.3 million on Thursday.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/baby-driver-opening-day-box-office-1202121299/ |title='Baby Driver' Dings 'Transformers' For Thursday Top Spot With $3.3M; 'Wonder Woman' Whips 'Batman V. Superman' |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 30, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704235517/http://deadline.com/2017/06/baby-driver-opening-day-box-office-1202121299/ |archive-date=July 4, 2017}} It debuted at second earning $30 million from 3,226 theaters, trailing Despicable Me 3.{{cite news |last1=Kelley |first1=Seth |title=Box Office: 'Despicable Me 3' Rules, 'Baby Driver' Shows Strong, Will Ferrell's 'House' Collapses |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-4-1202486134/ |access-date=December 15, 2018 |work=Variety|date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074456/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-4-1202486134/|archive-date=December 16, 2018|url-status=live}} This return surpassed Sony's expectations for the weekend, and marked the best opening of any Wright-directed film in the United States to date.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-july-4th-weekend-box-office-independence-day-1202122599/ |title='Baby Driver' Speeds To $27M+; Ferrell & Poehler's 'House' Burns Down As 'Despicable Me 3' Dominates |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630173918/http://deadline.com/2017/06/despicable-me-3-baby-driver-the-house-july-4th-weekend-box-office-independence-day-1202122599/ |archive-date=June 30, 2017}} Its second weekend earnings dropped by 36.7 percent to $13 million,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/spider-man-homecoming-box-office-opening-1202124834/ |title='Spider-Man: Homecoming' Still Swinging In As Sony's Second Best Domestic Opening Ever With $116M–$118M |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 10, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707041218/http://deadline.com/2017/07/spider-man-homecoming-box-office-opening-1202124834/ |archive-date=July 7, 2017}} and followed by another $8.8 million the third weekend.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-spiderman-homecoming-box-office-weekend-1202128838/ |title='War For The Planet Of The Apes' Loots $56.5M In Box Office Spoils |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 16, 2017 |access-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716060727/http://deadline.com/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-spiderman-homecoming-box-office-weekend-1202128838/ |archive-date=July 16, 2017}} By August 14, the film's domestic earnings topped $100 million.{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |title='Baby Driver' Crosses $100 Million Milestone at Domestic Box Office |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/baby-driver-domestic-box-office-1202526701/ |access-date=December 20, 2018 |work=Variety|date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221090601/https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/baby-driver-domestic-box-office-1202526701/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} TriStar re-expanded the film's theater presence for the week of August 25, earning $1.2 million from 1,074 theaters, a 34% increase from the prior week.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-birth-of-the-dragon-leap-all-saints-low-summer-box-office-weekend-mayweather-mcgregor-fight-1202156230/ |title=Don't Blame Hurricane Harvey & Showtime Fight For Weekend's Lousy Box Office: Distribs Served Up Lackluster Titles |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 28, 2017 |access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825165757/http://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-birth-of-the-dragon-leap-all-saints-low-summer-box-office-weekend-mayweather-mcgregor-fight-1202156230/|archive-date=August 25, 2017|url-status=live}} Baby Driver completed its theatrical run in North America on October 19, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1165854209/|title=Baby Driver - Domestic Release|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803221728/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1165854209/|archive-date=August 3, 2021|url-status=live}}

Baby Driver was released in 16 further markets between June 28 and July 2, 2017—its overall rank for the weekend was second to Despicable Me 3.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed694158340/ |title='Despicable Me 3' #1; 'Baby Driver' Outperforms and 'Wonder Woman' Tops $700M Worldwide |first=Brad |last=Brevet |website=Box Office Mojo |date=July 2, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134554/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4302&p=.htm|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} The United Kingdom represented the film's largest taking with £3.6 million from 680 cinemas.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-transformers-last-knight-wonder-woman-pirates-dead-men-tell-no-tales-baby-driver-overseas-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202123244/ |title='Despicable Me 3' Gru-vier With $99M Weekend; $160M Overseas Through Wednesday – International Box Office |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 17, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182627/https://deadline.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-transformers-last-knight-wonder-woman-pirates-dead-men-tell-no-tales-baby-driver-overseas-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202123244/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} It took $1.8 million in the second week,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/spider-man-homecoming-opening-despicable-me-3-overseas-china-weekend-international-box-office-1202125675/ |title='Spider-Man: Homecoming' Suits Up With $140M+ Overseas; 'Despicable 3' Nabs China Records – International Box Office |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182536/https://deadline.com/2017/07/spider-man-homecoming-opening-despicable-me-3-overseas-china-weekend-international-box-office-1202125675/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} and the third week in the United Kingdom saw the box office drop by just 26%. As of the latest figures, Baby Driver earned $16.6 million in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2790674949/ |title=Baby Driver (Foreign) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411172149/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=babydriver.htm|archive-date=April 11, 2018|url-status=live}} On its opening weekend elsewhere, it earned $3.7 million in Australia,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-spider-man-homecoming-despicable-me-3-international-box-office-weekend-results-1202129684/ |title='War For The Planet Of The Apes' Marshals $44.2M In Bow; 'Spider-Man' Rises To $260M Overseas – International Box Office Final |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 6, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213100218/https://deadline.com/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-spider-man-homecoming-despicable-me-3-international-box-office-weekend-results-1202129684/|archive-date=December 13, 2018|url-status=live}} $1.7 million in Mexico,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/wolf-warrior-2-annabelle-creation-dunkirk-spider-man-homecoming-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202147805/ |title='Wolf' Whistles To $685M; 'Annabelle' Conjures $35M+; 'Spider-Man' Leaps Past $700M WW – International Box Office |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 15, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725120840/https://deadline.com/2017/08/wolf-warrior-2-annabelle-creation-dunkirk-spider-man-homecoming-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202147805/|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}} $1.7 million in France, $1.2 million in Germany,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/dunkirk-valerian-despicable-me-3-wolf-warriors-china-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202138825/ |title='Dunkirk' Charts $131.5M Offshore; 'Wolf' Devours China; 'Despicable 3' Tops $822M WW + 'Valerian's French Bread – Intl BO |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 1, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215102638/https://deadline.com/2017/08/dunkirk-valerian-despicable-me-3-wolf-warriors-china-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202138825/|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}} $1.2 million in Brazil, $843,000 in Spain, and $620,000 in Malaysia.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/dunkirk-movie-christopher-nolan-international-box-office-results-opening-weekend-global-1202134249/ |title='Dunkirk' Takes Box Office By Storm With $55.4M No. 1 Spot For $105M+ Global Opening; 'Valerian' $23.5M Start – Int'l Box Office |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 23, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613111846/https://deadline.com/2017/07/dunkirk-movie-christopher-nolan-international-box-office-results-opening-weekend-global-1202134249/|archive-date=June 13, 2018|url-status=live}} During its mid-September opening in South Korea, Baby Driver grossed $3.12 million.{{cite news |last1=Kil |first1=Sonia |title=Korea Box Office: 'Murderer' Stays on Top, 'Baby Driver' Debuts in Second |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/korea-box-office-murderer-stays-on-top-1202562416/ |access-date=December 20, 2018 |work=Variety |date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182453/https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/korea-box-office-murderer-stays-on-top-1202562416/|archive-date=December 21, 2018|url-status=live}} By September 3, the film's offshore gross had exceeded $102.2 million.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/dunkirk-china-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-annabelle-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202160309/ |title='Dunkirk' Bows To $30M In China; 'Baby Driver' Tops $100M Offshore; 'Despicable 3' At $995M WW – International Box Office |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 3, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116072101/https://deadline.com/2017/09/dunkirk-china-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-annabelle-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202160309/|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}}

{{Quote box|width=195px|align=right|quote="Baby Driver, a new vehicular-action-thriller-jukebox-musical-romance from the British writer-director Edgar Wright, is almost as entertaining as it is hyphen-depleting. This is movie craftsmanship and showmanship of a very high order."|source=—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-baby-driver-review-20170627-story.html |title=Edgar Wright's exuberant 'Baby Driver' is an automotive musical like no other |first=Justin |last=Chang |author-link=Justin Chang |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181221224752/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-baby-driver-review-20170627-story.html |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |access-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}}}

The American press considered Baby Driver among the strongest films of 2017.{{cite news |title=Best of 2017: Film Critic Top Ten Lists |website=Metacritic |first=Jason |last=Dietz |date=December 5, 2017 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-of-2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180208135023/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2017 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 21, 2018 }} The film was selected by the National Board of Review as one of their top choices for the organization's annual top ten films list.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 28, 2017 |title=National Board Of Review Winners: 'The Post' Comes Up Strong With Best Pic, Best Actress Meryl Streep, Best Actor Tom Hanks |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-get-out-national-board-of-review-2017-winners-1202215818/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128215157/http://deadline.com/2017/11/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-get-out-national-board-of-review-2017-winners-1202215818/ |archive-date=November 28, 2017 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Several journalists praised the film for its craftsmanship, which they saw as an exercise of Wright's expertise.{{cite web|title=Film Review: Baby Driver|url=https://consequence.net/2017/06/film-review-baby-driver/|first=Michael|last=Roffman|work=Consequence|date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181225221249/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/film-review-baby-driver/|archive-date=December 25, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2022}}{{cite web |title=In 'Baby Driver,' The Action, The Script And The Music Go Full Throttle |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/533965743/in-baby-driver-the-action-the-script-and-the-music-go-full-throttle |first=Chris |last=Klimek |website=NPR |date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628170609/http://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/533965743/in-baby-driver-the-action-the-script-and-the-music-go-full-throttle|archive-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 9, 2019}} Empire{{'s}} Terri White called Baby Driver "one of the most utterly original films in years" that comes "as close to a car-chase opera as you'll ever see on screen". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian felt the film was stylish and engaging, "packed with sheer brio and good nature", despite sticking with romantic notions of car chasing being a victimless crime,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/27/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort-kevin-spacey-jon-hamm-jamie-foxx |title=Baby Driver review – Edgar Wright puts pedal to the metal for wildly enjoyable heist caper |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=June 27, 2017 |work=The Guardian |location=London, England|access-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630231156/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/27/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort-kevin-spacey-jon-hamm-jamie-foxx |archive-date=June 30, 2017}} and Variety{{'s}} Peter Debruge said Baby Driver becomes a genre standout through "a mostly clever collection of jokes, sudden narrative U-turns, [...] aptly picked songs", and a strong emphasis on car chases.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-1202006730/ |title=SXSW Film Review: 'Baby Driver' |first=Peter |last=Debruge |date=March 12, 2017 |work=Variety |access-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704200003/http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-1202006730/ |archive-date=July 4, 2017}}

Reviews for the actors' performances were very positive in the media,{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/6/27/18373077/baby-driver-a-high-speed-vehicle-for-the-fast-and-the-hilarious |title='Baby Driver' a high speed vehicle for the fast and the hilarious |first=Richard |last=Roeper |author-link=Richard Roeper |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181222002922/https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/baby-driver-a-high-speed-vehicle-for-the-fast-and-the-hilarious/ |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }} often singling out Elgort and James for further praise,{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/edgar-wright-drifts-out-of-comedy-and-into-the-crime-mu-1798191825 |title=Edgar Wright drifts out of comedy and into the crime-musical bliss of Baby Driver |first=A.A. |last=Dowd |work=The A.V. Club |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224002903/https://film.avclub.com/edgar-wright-drifts-out-of-comedy-and-into-the-crime-mu-1798191825 |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/27/15874888/baby-driver-review |title=Edgar Wright's wildly entertaining Baby Driver is a lean, mean, genre-smashing machine |first=Genevieve |last=Koski |work=Vox |date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224001014/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/27/15874888/baby-driver-review |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |url-status=live }} with their work described as "star-making" and "radiant".{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/baby-driver/ |title=Baby Driver |first=Jake |last=Cole |work=Slant Magazine |date=June 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224010511/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/baby-driver |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4835390/review-baby-driver-ansel-elgort/ |title=Baby Driver Is Fast, Furious and Full of Heart |first=Stephanie |last=Zacharek |magazine=Time |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181222000108/http://time.com/4835390/review-baby-driver-ansel-elgort/ |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |access-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }} The characterization divided journalists, with several criticizing the depiction of some characters, often the women, in their reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/baby-driver/baby-driver/ |title=Baby Driver |first=Will |last=Leitch |work=Paste |date=June 25, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226073543/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/baby-driver/baby-driver/ |url-status=live }} Debora was viewed as a somewhat underdeveloped character by Eric Kohn of IndieWire,{{cite news |last1=Kohn |first1=Eric |title='Baby Driver' Review: Edgar Wright's Brilliant Car Chase Musical Casts Ansel Elgort As an Outlaw Fred Astaire – SXSW 2017 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort-jon-hamm-sxsw-2017-1201792735/ |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |location=Los Angeles, California |date=March 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181225032104/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort-jon-hamm-sxsw-2017-1201792735/ |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |access-date=December 25, 2018 }} whereas White felt that, because of the sparse details of her backstory, she lacked depth and too often has little agency of her own.{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/baby-driver/review/ |title=Baby Driver Review |first=Terri |last=White |date=June 19, 2017 |work=Empire |access-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701110714/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/baby-driver/review/ |archive-date=July 1, 2017}} Richard Brody of The New Yorker considered Baby Driver{{'s}} dialogue "almost entirely functional", devoid of nuance, resulting in characters who are largely interchangeable despite the best efforts of a diverse cast.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/baby-driver-an-artificially-sweetened-hollywood-heist-film |title='Baby Driver,' an Artificially Sweetened Hollywood Heist Film |first=Richard |last=Brody |author-link=Richard Brody |date=July 3, 2017 |magazine=The New Yorker |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827093607/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/baby-driver-an-artificially-sweetened-hollywood-heist-film|archive-date=August 27, 2017}} Others, such as David Edelstein of Vulture magazine and the Observer{{'s}} Thelma Adams, cited character development as one of the film's strengths.{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/baby-driver-movie-review.html |title=Edgar Wright's Baby Driver Is a Cinematic Joyride |first=David |last=Edelstein |author-link=David Edelstein |website=Vulture |date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224041657/https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/baby-driver-movie-review.html |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://observer.com/2017/06/heist-movie-baby-driver-steals-summer/ |title=Heist Movie 'Baby Driver' Steals Summer |first=Thelma |last=Adams |work=The New York Observer |date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181225034735/https://observer.com/2017/06/heist-movie-baby-driver-steals-summer/ |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |access-date=December 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}

The scriptwriting and plot development in the film's climactic scenes were sources of criticism.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/entertainment/baby-driver-review/index.html |title='Baby Driver' clicks on all cylinders |first=Brian |last=Lowry |date=June 28, 2017 |website=CNN |publisher=Turner Broadcasting Systems|location=Atlanta, Georgia|access-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630183331/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/entertainment/baby-driver-review/index.html |archive-date=June 30, 2017}} Some reviewers cited the scriptwriting as Baby Driver{{'s}} biggest flaw, where rapid tonal shifts undermined the viewing experience.{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/06/27/movie-review-baby-driver-spins-circles/103230460/ |title=Review: High-style 'Baby Driver' spins in circles |first=Adam |last=Graham |date=June 27, 2017 |work=The Detroit News |publisher=Gary Miles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190108040825/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/06/27/movie-review-baby-driver-spins-circles/103230460/ |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2019 }} Cineaste{{'s}} Adam Nayman, for example, attributed the mistakes in the script to Wright's inexperience as a solo writer,{{cite web |url=https://www.cineaste.com/fall2017/baby-driver/ |title=Baby Driver (Web Exclusive) |first=Adam |last=Nayman |work=Cineaste |date=Fall 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224012045/https://www.cineaste.com/fall2017/baby-driver/ |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |url-status=live }} and TheWrap saw the lost momentum as "jarring and uncommon" saying, "rarely do we see a filmmaker start so strong only to end with a whimper".{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort/ |title='Baby Driver' Review: Edgar Wright Floors It Before Driving Off a Cliff |first=Sam |last=Frogoso |date=June 27, 2017 |work=TheWrap |access-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303035031/https://www.thewrap.com/baby-driver-review-edgar-wright-ansel-elgort/ |url-status=live }} Anthony Lane, writing for The New Yorker, felt the film takes itself too seriously and lacks the self-awareness of Wright's other action comedies, such as Hot Fuzz (2007).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/baby-driver-and-my-journey-through-french-cinema |title='Baby Driver' and 'My Journey Through French Cinema' |first=Anthony |last=Lane |date=July 3, 2017 |magazine=The New Yorker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190108041333/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/baby-driver-and-my-journey-through-french-cinema |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2019 }}

Baby Driver has an approval rating of 92% based on 394 professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. Its critical consensus reads, "Stylish, exciting, and fueled by a killer soundtrack, Baby Driver hits the road and it's gone—proving fast-paced action movies can be smartly written without sacrificing thrills".{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}} |title=Baby Driver |type=movie |access-date=April 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617143954/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_driver|archive-date=June 17, 2017|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}} Metacritic gave it a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 based on reviews from 53 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{Cite Metacritic |id=baby-driver |type=movie |title=Baby Driver |access-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216051953/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/baby-driver|archive-date=December 16, 2018|url-status=live}}

{{Main|List of accolades received by Baby Driver}}

Baby Driver was nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 90th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2018 |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2018-winners-list-updating-live-1089542/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305034813/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2018-winners-list-updating-live-1089542/ |archive-date=March 5, 2018 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} It received two nominations for Best Editing and Best Sound, at the 71st British Academy Film Awards, winning the former,{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=January 8, 2018 |title=BAFTA Awards: 'Shape of Water,' 'Three Billboards,' 'Darkest Hour' Lead Pack of Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-2018-complete-list-nominations-1067881 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109235303/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-2018-complete-list-nominations-1067881 |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} and two nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Editing.{{cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=December 6, 2017 |title=Best Picture – Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-critics-choice-awards-nominations-list-full-1062824/item/best-picture-critics-choice-nominations-2018-1062858 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207045604/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-critics-choice-awards-nominations-list-full-1062824/item/best-picture-critics-choice-nominations-2018-1062858 |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=August 12, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Ansel Elgort was nominated at the Best Actor – Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy).{{Cite web |last=Berg |first=Madeline |date=January 7, 2018 |title=Golden Globes 2018: The Full List Of Winners |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2018/01/07/golden-globes-2018-the-full-list-of-winners/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210826232601/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanwolk/2021/08/24/madhive-and-talon-show-the-benefits-of-cross-channel-ad-buying/?sh=2849e0771666 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |website=Forbes }} Other nominations for the film included five Empire Awards (winning two){{cite news |last=Ruby |first=Jennifer |date=January 19, 2018 |title=Empire Film Awards 2018: The Last Jedi leads the pack with nine nominations including Best Actress for Daisy Ridley |work=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/empire-film-awards-2018-the-last-jedi-leads-the-pack-with-nine-nominations-including-best-film-a3744171.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130152451/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/empire-film-awards-2018-the-last-jedi-leads-the-pack-with-nine-nominations-including-best-film-a3744171.html |archive-date=January 30, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=January 22, 2018 |title='Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Leads Nominations for U.K.'s Empire Awards |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/star-wars-last-jedi-leads-nominations-uks-empire-awards-1076867/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125022201/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-last-jedi-leads-nominations-uks-empire-awards-1076867 |archive-date=January 25, 2018}} and one nomination each at the Satellite,{{cite web |last=Pond |first=Steven |date=November 29, 2017 |title='Dunkirk,' 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations |url=https://www.thewrap.com/dunkirk-the-shape-of-water-lead-satellite-award-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213092546/https://www.thewrap.com/dunkirk-the-shape-of-water-lead-satellite-award-nominations/ |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=November 29, 2017 |work=TheWrap}} Saturn,{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=March 15, 2018 |title='Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/saturn-awards-nominations-2018-black-panther-walking-dead-1202727752/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023438/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/saturn-awards-nominations-2018-black-panther-walking-dead-1202727752/ |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |access-date=March 15, 2018 |work=Variety}}{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=June 27, 2018 |title='Black Panther' Tops 44th Saturn Awards With Five; 'Blade Runner 2049', 'Shape Of Water', 'Get Out' Also Score |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/saturn-awards-winners-black-panther-blade-runner-2049-shape-of-water-get-out-1202418606/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628130417/https://deadline.com/2018/06/saturn-awards-winners-black-panther-blade-runner-2049-shape-of-water-get-out-1202418606/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |access-date=August 18, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Screen Actors Guild,{{cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |date=December 13, 2017 |title=SAG Award Nominations: Complete List |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/2018-sag-award-nominations-list-nominees-1202638033/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124041133/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/2018-sag-award-nominations-list-nominees-1202638033/ |archive-date=January 24, 2018}} NME (won),{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=February 14, 2018 |title=Here are all the winners from the VO5 NME Awards 2018 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/winners-vo5-nme-awards-2018-2241619 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509174638/http://www.nme.com/news/music/winners-vo5-nme-awards-2018-2241619 |archive-date=May 9, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2018 |work=NME}} Grammy,{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2017 |title=60th GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128121536/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list |archive-date=January 28, 2018 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |website=The Recording Academy}}{{Cite news |date=2017-11-28 |title=The Full List Of 60th GRAMMY Nominees |work=GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128172753/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards |archive-date=November 28, 2017}} MTV{{cite magazine |title=MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Nominations: See the Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8452060/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-full-list |access-date=17 May 2018 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504064250/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8452060/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-full-list |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=May 3, 2018 |title=MTV Movie & TV Awards: 'Black Panther,' 'Stranger Things' Top Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-complete-list-1108100 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503235147/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-nominations-complete-list-1108100 |archive-date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=May 3, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} and Teen Choice awards.{{cite web |last=Ceron |first=Ella |date=June 19, 2017 |title=Teen Choice Awards 2017: See the First Wave of Nominations |url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominees |work=Teen Vogue |accessdate=June 19, 2017 |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620033702/http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-choice-awards-2017-nominees |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Vulpo |first=Mike |date=July 12, 2017 |title=Teen Choice Awards 2017 Reveal "Second Wave" of Nominations |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/866031/teen-choice-awards-2017-reveal-second-wave-of-nominations |website=E! Online |accessdate=July 12, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712220210/http://www.eonline.com/news/866031/teen-choice-awards-2017-reveal-second-wave-of-nominations |archivedate=July 12, 2017 |url-status=live}} Wright won the Audience Award for Best Director at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2017, when the film was screened first for public viewing.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-31 |title=Edgar Wright's Baby Driver Heads to SXSW 2017 |url=https://screenrant.com/baby-driver-edgar-wright-sxsw-2017/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517170927/https://screenrant.com/baby-driver-edgar-wright-sxsw-2017/ |url-status=live }}

The success of Baby Driver has increased studio interest in producing a sequel. Discussions of a sequel began in December 2017, as Wright announced his intent to develop the script to the media.{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/554870/baby-driver-sequel-2/ |title='Baby Driver' Sequel "Being Hammered Out," Edgar Wright Plans to Write the Screenplay |author=Hall, Jacob |website=/Film |date=December 5, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190905175057/https://www.slashfilm.com/baby-driver-sequel-2/ |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |url-status=live }} The writer-director began drafting the screenplay in January 2019, introducing an ensemble of new characters to advance the story.{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/edgar-wright-next-film-psychological-horror-plus-baby-driver-2-update-exclusive/ |title=Edgar Wright's Next Film Is A Psychological Horror, Plus Baby Driver 2 Update – Exclusive |first1=Ben |last1=Travis |first2=John |last2=Nugent |work=Empire |date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190121154352/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/edgar-wright-next-film-psychological-horror-plus-baby-driver-2-update-exclusive/ |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |url-status=live }} By July, Wright had shown Elgort a copy of the completed script under a tentative working title.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/baby-driver-2-update/ |title=Ansel Elgort and Edgar Wright Tease 'Baby Driver 2' Likely Happening Soon |first=Adam |last=Chitwood |website=Collider |date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190801162429/http://collider.com/baby-driver-2-update/ |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=July 30, 2019 }} In January 2021, Wright confirmed that he had finished writing the sequel's script.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/video/edgar-wright-sparks-documentary-2/|title=Edgar Wright and Sparks on 'Serendipitous Inception' of Their Musical Documentary|date=January 28, 2021|first=Haley|last=Bosselman|website=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829223759/https://variety.com/video/edgar-wright-sparks-documentary-2/|archive-date=August 29, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2021}}

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