The year 2025 was packed with new movies and shows for fans of author Stephen King. It began with The Monkey, an adaptation of one of his short stories. Directed by Osgood Perkins, the movie grossed nearly $70 million against a reported budget of $10 million. Later in the year, director Francis Lawrence took a break from the big-budget Hunger Games franchise and released The Long Walk. It was based on the first book King ever wrote, published under his Richard Bachman pseudonym. The movie received tremendous reviews and grossed nearly $65 million worldwide against a reported budget of $20 million. The year’s final King adaptation concluded its box-office run in the same range as The Long Walk and The Monkey. However, it cost a reported $110 million to produce and emerged as a massive disappointment. That said, the movie is staging a much-needed comeback on home video.
The movie was based on a 1982 novel that King also wrote under the Bachman pseudonym. The novel had previously been adapted into a 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; the movie emerged as a rare box-office misfire for the star, who was unbeatable in that decade. The new film was directed by Edgar Wright and headlined by Glen Powell, one of his generation’s brightest prospects. Powell appeared in the blockbusters Top Gun: Maverick and Anyone But You, after which he landed the lead role in the King adaptation. The movie also featured Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, William H. Macy, and Emilia Jones.
Here’s the Stephen King Box-Office Bomb That’s Staging a Successful Streaming Comeback
We’re talking, of course, about The Running Man. Released in November, the movie grossed $69 million in its theatrical run, making it the second box-office disappointment in a row for Wright. The filmmaker was coming off the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho. The Running Man received mixed-to-positive reviews and is now sitting at a 61% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “Spiritedly sprinting through grim source material, Edgar Wright’s The Running Man doesn’t live up to the director’s high bar for inventive action extravaganzas but maintains a slick stride.” According to FlixPatrol, the movie recently debuted in Prime Video’s Top 10 list domestically, building on the positive momentum from its Paramount+ run, where it is currently the #1 most-watched movie on the streamer worldwide. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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November 11, 2025
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133 minutes
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Edgar Wright
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Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright
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Nira Park, Simon Kinberg, Edgar Wright














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