Overview
- Amazon MGM sets a new opening-weekend record as the film reaches about $80 million domestically and $140 million worldwide.
- Critics and audiences are overwhelmingly positive, with reported Rotten Tomatoes scores near 95%/97% and one of the decade’s few A CinemaScore grades for sci‑fi.
- Filmmakers highlight on-set craft, with puppeteer James Ortiz not only performing but also voicing the alien Rocky after his work convinced the team during production.
- Meryl Streep makes a brief unannounced vocal cameo during a playful sequence exploring potential synthesized voices.
- Industry outlets expect a Prime Video debut roughly five to six weeks after theatrical release, a window that could shift based on box-office strength, as early Best Actor buzz builds for Gosling.