Ryan Gosling Opens Oppenheimer-Style Home Release with $655.7 Million Haul
oppenheimer now has a clean home-viewing rival: Project Hail Mary arrived on premium video on demand at 12 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 12. Ryan Gosling’s space drama gives viewers a new way in after a theatrical run that reached $655.7 million worldwide.
Ryan Gosling at 12 a.m. ET
Project Hail Mary costs $24.99 to buy and $19.99 to rent for 48 hours on Prime Video and Fandango at Home. Apple TV and You Tube Movies & TV should add it later Tuesday, widening the film’s digital footprint within hours of the PVOD launch.
That release timing keeps the title in a strong commercial lane. The film opened in theaters on March 20 and has become the second-highest-grossing film of 2026, a result that gives Amazon MGM Studios leverage whether it sells the movie outright at home or waits for a wider streaming strategy later.
Amazon MGM’s PVOD move
Amazon MGM Studios delayed the film’s streaming release in mid-April and extended its theatrical run, including a one-week return to IMAX theaters. That is a notable pivot for a studio that generally skips PVOD and sends films straight to Prime Video streaming video on demand first.
The move turns Project Hail Mary into a test case for how much value a late premium window can squeeze out of a hit theatrical title. For viewers, the practical answer is simple: the movie is available now on two major services, and the buy-versus-rent decision hinges on whether two hours is enough time to sit with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s adaptation or if a 48-hour window is the better deal.
Ryland Grace and Rocky
Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher-turned-astronaut who wakes up light-years from home with no recollection of how he got aboard the spaceship. The film, adapted from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel and written for the screen by Drew Goddard, also pairs him with Rocky, a spider-shaped alien voiced by James Ortiz.
Ryland Grace is tasked with solving the mystery behind a substance causing the sun to die out, and Rocky’s planet faces the same crisis. Sandra Hüller, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung and Liz Kingsman round out the cast, but the home-release math is being driven less by names on the poster than by the $655.7 million already in the ledger.
For anyone who skipped the theater run, the best move is to rent before buying if the point is simply to catch up; the $19.99 option is the cheaper entry, and the film’s early home availability makes clear Amazon MGM intends to keep monetizing a title that has already outperformed most of the year’s field.
