ridley scott’s The Martian officially landed on Peacock on May 1, giving the 2015 film a new streaming home after stops on Netflix and AMC+. The move puts one of Scott’s biggest commercial wins back in rotation for viewers who want a title that paired scale with a $630 million box-office run.
Scott’s $630 Million Peak
The Martian grossed $630 million worldwide and became Scott’s highest-grossing movie to date. That haul came from a film that starred Matt Damon as Dr. Mark Watney and was released in 2015, turning a survival story into the director’s clearest mainstream box-office outlier.
The film also drew 91% on Rotten Tomatoes and earned six Academy Award nominations. For a streamer, that combination is the useful one: strong commercial history, a durable critical score, and a title that still carries enough recognition to justify fresh placement on a major platform.
From Netflix to Peacock
Peacock now gets the benefit of a film that has already proven it can move across services without losing relevance. The Martian previously streamed on Netflix and AMC+, and each move has shifted where viewers need to look for a title that remains one of Scott’s most accessible crowd-pleasers.
For viewers, the practical change is simple: Peacock is now the place to find it. For the platform, the value is less about novelty than about library strength, especially with a film tied to Matt Damon, Andy Weir’s source material, and Drew Goddard’s screenplay.
The Dog Stars on Aug. 28
Scott’s next sci-fi release arrives later this year, when The Dog Stars opens nationwide on Aug. 28 from 20th Century Studios. The film stars Josh Brolin and Jacon Elordi, which gives the director a fresh commercial test after The Martian’s long-running afterlife on streaming.
That makes the Peacock move more than a catalog shuffle. It keeps Scott’s biggest box-office title visible while he returns to the genre with a new studio release on the calendar, and it gives Peacock a prestige science-fiction film with a proven audience record already attached.
