Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles.

The novel's film rights were sold to Warner Bros. and RatPac Entertainment in July 2014, with ICM Partners brokering the deal.

Two years later, Crowley was hired to direct the film adaptation, and Elgort was selected to portray the lead role.

Filming began in New York City in January 2018 and moved to Albuquerque in April 2018 for the rest of the production.

The Goldfinch premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 23, 2016, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Donna Tartt reportedly hated the adaptation to the point of firing her longtime agent over it, and making it clear she would not sell the rights to any of her work for films again.

Thirteen-year-old Theodore Decker's mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Larry ends up in gambling debt and tries to have Theo transfer his education fund to a banking account but ultimately fails.

Theo becomes engaged to Andy's younger sister Kitsey, but harbors a secret love for Pippa, who now lives in London with her boyfriend Everett.

Pippa visits Theo and they confess their feelings for each other, but she tearfully rejects him, citing the instability caused by their shared childhood trauma.

In July 2014, film rights to the novel were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac Entertainment with ICM Partners brokering the deal.

[15][16] During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film's editor.

[28] About six months prior to its release, following test screenings, Warner Bros. knew the film would possibly perform poorly and in turn "dramatically" trimmed their prospective marketing plan.

[6] In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Hustlers and was originally projected to gross $5–8 million from 2,542 cinemas in its opening weekend.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment.

[38] While author Donna Tartt was paid $3 million for the rights to her novel, she disowned the film for not being given the chance to write the screenplay or be named as a producer.