Anne Hathaway as Denise Platt in a scene from The End of Oak Street (2026)Image via Warner Bros. Pictures
Despite the domination by Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey over the last month, the theatrical market finally welcomed another genre movie this past week. Directed by David Robert Mitchell and produced by J.J. Abrams, The End of Oak Street was a throwback not only to the films of Steven Spielberg, but also to the “mystery-box” movies that Abrams produced in the 2000s and 2010s. The film met box-office projections in its first weekend, and has already passed the $50 million mark worldwide. It’s still early days, but the movie seems to be on solid footing following its first frame. In three days flat, it managed to overtake the lifetime haul of one of the most well-regarded creature features ever made.
The End of Oak Street is a creature feature itself, revolving around a suburban family that finds itself transported back to prehistoric times. It’s headlined by Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, with Maisy Stella and Christian Convery playing siblings. The End of Oak Street is the most expensive movie of Mitchell’s career by a wide margin. The filmmaker remains best known for the horror hit It Follows, but he made his debut with the coming-of-age drama The Myth of the American Sleepover, and directed the cult hit neo-noir movie Under the Silver Lake in 2018. Produced on a reported budget of $80 million, The End of Oak Street is Hathaway’s third major movie of the last few months, after The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Odyssey, which have grossed a combined total of nearly $2 billion worldwide. Hathaway also starred in the psychological thriller Mother Mary, which underperformed commercially.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Here’s How Much ‘The End of Oak Street’ Has Grossed at the Box Office
With more than $21 million in the bank so far domestically, The End of Oak Street has overtaken the entire $20 million haul of John Carpenter‘s seminal 1982 movie The Thing. Starring Kurt Russell, The Thing underperformed in its original run, but emerged as a cult classic in the subsequent years. It now holds a “Certified Fresh” 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Grimmer and more terrifying than the 1950s take, John Carpenter’s The Thing is a tense sci-fi thriller rife with compelling tension and some remarkable make-up effects.” Incidentally, The End of Oak Street is sitting at a similar 86% score on the aggregator website.
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Release Date
August 14, 2026
Runtime
100 minutes
Director
David Robert Mitchell
Writers
David Robert Mitchell
Producers
Chris Bender, J.J. Abrams, Tommy Harper, David Robert Mitchell, Jake Weiner, Matt Jackson, Joanne Lee
