Popular Action Movie Joining Streaming — Just Months After Box Office Disappointment

Edgar Wright's 2025 remake of The Running Man is finally coming to Amazon Prime Video on April 17, just five months after its underwhelming box office run.

Starring Glen Powell in the lead role, The Running Man is a remake of the 1987 action movie of the same name—which itself is adapted from Stephen King's popular novel. The story centers around a financially desperate man who applies for a reality television show where he has to evade deadly hunters for a month.

Despite the involvement of acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright and rising Hollywood star Glen Powell, The Running Man was a major box office flop. The film pulled in just $69.5 million worldwide against a reported budget of $110 million—marking a net loss for Paramount Pictures (via Box Office Mojo).

The blockbuster had all the ingredients to be a success: it was based on a popular '80s movie, it featured one of Hollywood's fastest-rising stars, and it offered an accessible story for all audiences.

Unfortunately, the film suffered from weak word-of-mouth and mixed reviews that clearly dissuaded many potential audiences from watching the film. It also faced tough competition from Now You See Me: Now You Don't, which ended up winning the box office battle last winter.

Thankfully, The Running Man will soon arrive on Amazon Prime Video, where anybody with a paying subscription can watch it for no extra cost. This will hopefully offer a massive boost to the movie's viewership, giving it the popularity that it failed to amass last November.

The film has previously been available to stream on Paramount+, but its arrival on Amazon Prime will open it up to a much larger audiences for the first time.

Prime Video reports upwards of 200 million paying subscribers worldwide, while Paramount+ reportedly has around 80 million (via Statista). This means Amazon has the second-most subscribers of any U.S-based service, with Netflix boasting 325 million.

The Running Man is already available on Amazon through its MGM channel, but this requires a separate subscription. Its arrival on April 17 will make it accessible for all paying Amazon Prime subscribers.