Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway in “The End of Oak Street.”
Warner Bros. Pictures
The past year has kept Anne Hathaway busy at the box office, though not every outing has delivered commercially.
Following a year-long hiatus from film in 2025, Hathaway made a forceful return in 2026. Regrettably, her starring turn in the psychological thriller Mother Mary failed to connect with audiences. The film opened in limited release on April 17 before expanding to roughly 1,100 screens a week later, ultimately concluding its theatrical run on May 21 with a global gross of just $3 million against a reported $20 million production budget before prints and advertising.
Hathaway wasted little time rebounding, reuniting with Meryl Streep for the premiere of their fashion comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2 just one week after Mother Mary‘s wide release. The sequel launched the summer movie season on May 1 with a strong $76.7 million domestic opening weekend. By the time its theatrical run concluded, The Devil Wears Prada 2 had accumulated $229.5 million domestically and $472.5 million internationally, culminating in a blockbuster worldwide tally of $693 million against a $100 million production budget before P&A.
She next took on the pivotal role of Queen Penelope opposite Matt Damon’s Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. To date, the film has grossed $593.1 million in North America and $1.061 billion internationally, bringing its global total to $1.654 billion against a $250 million production budget before P&A.
However, another box office disappointment arrived on Aug. 14, when Hathaway and Ewan McGregor headlined the sci-fi action thriller The End of Oak Street. The film has since earned $52.3 million domestically and $63.8 million internationally for a global take of $116.1 million against an $80 million net production budget before P&A.
While $80 million is modest compared to Hathaway’s previous two summer releases, The End of Oak Street still has yet to justify its costs. With theater owners typically retaining roughly half of ticket revenue, Warner Bros. faces a significant challenge in recouping its production and marketing expenditures by the time the film’s theatrical run ends.
Unlike Mother Mary, there remains some hope for The End of Oak Street. It is still playing in more than 2,200 North American theaters and additional venues internationally, and a new revenue stream is on the horizon.
‘The End of Oak Street’ Sets PVOD Release
Produced by J.J. Abrams and written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind It Follows, The End of Oak Street is set in the early 1980s in the fictional Detroit suburb of Flowervale. The story centers on the Platts — Denise (Anne Hathaway) and Greg (Ewan McGregor) — whose marriage is under strain and threatens to unravel their family life.
Despite their differences, the couple must join forces with their teenage daughter and preteen son, played by Maisy Stell and Christian Convery, in a fight for survival. A cosmic anomaly has apparently opened a time portal, plunging their entire neighborhood into prehistoric times, and the family’s prospects of returning to the 1980s appear slim.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment announced that The End of Oak Street will arrive on premium video on demand on Tuesday, Sept. 15, across a range of digital platforms including Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube Movies & TV. Rated PG-13, the film will be available for purchase at $24.99, with rentals priced at $19.99 for a 48-hour viewing window, consistent with standard PVOD pricing.
The End of Oak Street has been well received on Rotten Tomatoes, earning an 86% critics’ score — a “fresh” rating based on 325 reviews. Audiences have awarded it a 76% score on the site’s Popcornmeter, based on more than 2,500 verified user ratings.
Beyond the upcoming PVOD release, larger questions linger for Hathaway given the film’s lukewarm theatrical reception. After Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and now The End of Oak Street, the question arises: with four film releases this year, is Hathaway simply overextended?
An answer may come on Oct. 2, when Hathaway stars alongside Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in Verity, a psychological thriller that will mark her fifth release of 2026.
