After a so-so performance in its opening weekend at the box office, the sci-fi film The End of Oak Streettook a mighty fall in its second frame. While it retained a spot in the top-five list domestically, it dropped by around 60%, which doesn’t bode well for its future at the box office. The movie opened to mostly positive reviews and grossed more than $20 million domestically and nearly $50 million worldwide in its first weekend. Directed by David Robert Mitchell and produced by J.J. Abrams, the film reportedly had a difficult production and was retooled into a 90-minute creature-feature that was a struggle to market to wider audiences. That said, it’s closing in on another prehistoric sci-fi movie featuring A-list talent in front of and behind the camera.
Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the lead roles, The End of Oak Street follows a suburban 1980s family whose neighborhood is zapped into a prehistoric past. Suddenly, the family has more to deal with than domestic issues, as their community finds itself in the middle of a dinosaur-infested tropical forest. The movie is now sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 86% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Tapping into the primal pleasures of the classic creature feature, The End of Oak Street is pulpy good fun carried off with a light touch and a sharp bite.”
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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
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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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.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here’s How Much ‘The End of Oak Street’ Has Grossed at the Box Office So Far
With nearly $40 million at the domestic box office in 10 days, the movie is gaining on After Earth‘s $60 million lifetime haul. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the 2013 film was also a family drama set against the backdrop of a dinosaur-dominated Earth. It also dealt a significant blow to Shyamalan’s status as a Hollywood A-lister, following the disappointing reception of a string of movies such as The Last Airbender, The Happening, and Lady in the Water. Starring Will Smithand Jaden Smith, After Earth holds a 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “After Earth is a dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi — and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan’s once-promising career.” Globally, The End of Oak Street has grossed $85 million, having recouped its reported $80 million budget. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Release Date
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August 14, 2026
Runtime
100 minutes
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Director
David Robert Mitchell
Writers
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David Robert Mitchell
Producers
Chris Bender, J.J. Abrams, Tommy Harper, David Robert Mitchell, Jake Weiner, Matt Jackson, Joanne Lee
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