Prime Video Lands Mckenna Grace’s $90M Movie Based on a Popular Book
Mckenna Grace headlines a $90 million adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller Regretting You, a 2025 romantic drama from The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone and writer Susan McMartin, arriving on Prime Video.
Alright, here comes another book-to-movie adaptation landing on Prime Video soon. If you’ve read Colleen Hoover—yeah, the same author behind It Ends With Us—you’ll recognize this one: Regretting You. Paramount’s turning it into a romantic drama, and it actually managed to rack up some decent box office before critics took their shots.
The Basics: Release Dates, Where to Watch, Who’s Behind It
- Streaming on Prime Video starting April 24, 2026
- Directed by Josh Boone (he did The Fault in Our Stars, so the melodrama experience is, shall we say, well-honed)
- Screenplay by Susan McMartin (Mr. Church)
- Premiered in Berlin on October 12, 2025, before hitting US theaters October 24, 2025
Cast: The Players You’ll See in Regretting You
- Mckenna Grace as Clara Grant
- Allison Williams as Morgan Grant (yep, the mom)
- Mason Thames as Miller Adams
- Dave Franco as Jonah Sullivan
- Scott Eastwood as Chris Grant
- Willa Fitzgerald as Jenny Davidson
- Sam Morelos as Lexie
- Clancy Brown as Hank Adams
So What’s This About?
The basic plot: Clara (Grace) and her mom Morgan (Williams) are forced to pick up the pieces after a brutal accident—think secrets, betrayals, and some inevitable family drama bubbling up. It’s based on the book, so if you’re already familiar with Hoover’s whole vibe, you can guess what you’re walking into: emotional messes, complicated relationships, and a healthy dose of regret (hey, it’s right there in the title).
How’d It Do?
Financially, not bad at all. The film pulled in just over $90 million globally—not blockbuster numbers, but nobody in the movie business is crying about it. Not everything’s about box office glory, though. Critics were far less impressed: we’re talking a 29% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (as of this writing), with 89 critics weighing in and most not exactly handing out gold stars.
A Few Bright Spots (Even in a Sea of Shrugs)
Most critics were pretty underwhelmed, but Jonathan Sim over at ComingSoon.net tossed the movie a bone. Here’s how he put it:
'Messy, melodramatic, and occasionally moving, Regretting You is a story about the unsteady bridges we build between generations and the love that keeps us trying. It does not always find the right words, but sometimes, the attempt is enough.'
In other words: it’s a bit all over the place, but sort of watchable—especially for people who are into family dysfunction and mother-daughter tension with a soapy edge.
Final Thoughts
With Grace and Williams at the center, a popular author’s material, and a director who’s already played in this emotional sandbox, Regretting You is primed for Prime Video viewers with a taste for meltdowns and messy hearts. If you’re looking for something critics didn’t love, but audiences found decent enough to boost past $90 million, maybe queue it up in April—at least to see what all the fuss (and the fussiness) is about.