Project Hail Mary comes to streaming in days and we can't wait to see Rocky again

Project Hail Mary opened March 20 and recorded $80.5 million its first weekend, which was already Amazon MGM's biggest opening ever. The movie was just that good and people kept going back. Word of mouth did the rest and the film extended its theatrical run well past the original window.

By the time it landed on digital in mid-May, it had crossed $680 million globally on a $200 million budget. It dethroned Ridley Scott's The Martian as the highest-grossing Andy Weir adaptation. 

Now Amazon, rather than sending the film straight to Prime Video where most people would expect it, has opted to premiere it on MGM+ first. It's the same strategy they used with American Fiction in 2024, using a proven hit to pull subscribers toward a less-trafficked platform. MGM+ is available standalone or as a $7.99/month add-on through Prime Video. Prime Video access will almost certainly follow and  it's just a matter of when.

For now, the date for Project Hail Mary's release on MGM+  is June 18, 2026. If you've been holding off for a proper rewatch with the ability to pause and rewind and sit with the moments that hit hardest, the wait is nearly over.

And there are a lot of moments worth sitting with. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, Project Hail Mary adapts Andy Weir's 2021 novel with genuine care and cinematic ambition. Cinematography by Greig Fraser. Score by Daniel Pemberton. The craft is exceptional throughout but the film lives or dies on one thing, the friendship between Ryland Grace and Rocky.

We absolutely can't stop thinking about this film about two people, one human, one decidedly not, who find each other across an impossible distance and decide, against all logic, to trust. It slots neatly into the "benevolent alien communication" tradition alongside Arrival, The Abyss, and Close Encounters, the latter of which the film cheekily nods to. But it earns its own place in that canon.

The film is also genuinely funny, scientifically engaged without being alienating, and rare for a big-budget blockbuster, confident enough to go quiet when the emotional beats hit hardest.

For everyone who saw it in theaters and left wanting to go back, the rewinds are coming. For anyone who missed it, this is a good entry point into what might be one of the better sci-fi films of the decade.

Project Hail Mary lands June 18 on MGM+, June 21 on Philo, and is already on digital via Vudu and Prime Video rental if you can't wait.

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