After Flopping in Theaters, Glen Powell’s The Running Man Is Dominating Its New Streaming Home

It turns out that Glen Powell’s big-budget remake of 'The Running Man' is finally finding some love—just not in the way the studio probably imagined when they approved a nine-figure budget. After a pretty underwhelming run at the box office last year, the film is now suddenly a streaming darling. Sometimes an audience just needs the right couch and a remote, I guess.

Streaming Picks Up What Theaters Dropped

Edgar Wright took the helm for this new take on 'The Running Man,' which originally hit theaters across the US on November 14, 2025. Powell leads as Ben Richards—a very normal guy who gets thrown into a futuristic, televised death match because he’s desperate to help his sick kid. It's classic dystopia: survive on live TV while a bloodthirsty nation watches.

The cast goes way beyond Powell, though. You’ve got Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Michael Cera, and Lee Pace in the mix, which should make for a watchable ensemble no matter what you think of the script.

How the Movie Slipped From Theaters to Top 10 Streaming

The movie was more or less ignored at theaters, pulling in about $69 million worldwide—far from the $110 million reportedly poured into it (thanks for the numbers, Variety). Critics weren’t wild about it, either: right now, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 61% among critics, which is kind of that awkward not-great, not-horrible place. Audiences are a bit more forgiving, giving it a 77% score.

Months after barely making a dent in the box office, 'The Running Man' jumped over to streaming and that’s where things finally got interesting:

• On May 7, 2026, the remake climbed to #6 on Amazon Prime Video’s Top 10 movies in the US (according to FlixPatrol), topping titles like 'Bang', 'The Equalizer', 'Crime 101', and 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning'.
• It also held solid on MGM+—on May 6, it was #5 in that streamer’s Top 10 ranking in the US.
• Even before these platforms, it did well on Paramount+, where it originally started its post-theatrical life.

It says something about the state of streaming, nostalgia, or just how desperate audiences are for anything with Powell’s jawline. Either way, what didn’t work in theaters is working overtime in living rooms.

From Flop To Streaming Star

This isn’t the first time a film has flopped theatrically and then found a second life online, but with this much talent and a director as beloved as Edgar Wright, you kind of expected a little more from its first round. Maybe the box office was just the wrong arena.

In the words of basically everyone at Paramount right now: 'We’ll take it.'