Published Jul 1, 2026, 11:56 AM EDT
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It’s often sci-fi and fantasy movies that dominate the box office each year, but 2026 can safely be labeled the year of sci-fi both in theaters and with the most popular TV shows. It hasn’t been all perfect for sci-fi this year, especially starting in January with the releases of Mercy (starring Rebecca Ferguson) and Greenland 2: Migration (starring Gerard Butler). Both films bombed at the box office under the weight of expensive budgets, but they later found redemption on streaming platforms such as Prime Video and HBO Max. Prime Video, in particular, has become one of the world’s premiere streaming homes for all the best sci-fi content. The streamer has released a pair of sci-fi TV shows in The Boys and Invincible, but only the latter will be back in 2027 with a new season.
Amazon MGM is also behind the biggest live-action sci-fi movie of the year, Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller. After grossing over $630 million at the box office during a lengthy theatrical run and earning some of the best reviews of any sci-fi movie ever, Project Hail Mary was added to MGM+ a few weeks ago, where it’s become one of the most-watched movies in the world. Amazon finally made the announcement this afternoon that fans around the world have been waiting for, which is that Project Hail Mary will officially begin streaming on Prime Video on July 3, in just 48 hours. The film is expected to be a massive streaming juggernaut immediately upon its debut after smashing expectations on VOD and later on MGM+. Prime Video is the second-biggest streaming service in the world behind Netflix, so a lot of eyes are going to be on the sci-fi thriller starting this Friday.
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.
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.
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’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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.
Project Hail Mary is often compared to The Martian, because both films are inspired by sci-fi novels written by Andy Weir. While there are plenty of similarities between the two, including the trope of a lost explorer stuck alone in space, there are also plenty of differences. Project Hail Mary is much more of a hard sci-fi film in that it features an actual alien, Rocky. While much of The Martian shows a man living on the surface of Mars, the film is still based more on real science than fiction.
Check out Project Hail Mary on Prime Video starting July 3 and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of all the biggest sci-fi movies of 2026.
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Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Based on the novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), Project Hail Mary is an action-adventure sci-fi film that stars Ryan Gosling as an astronaut who must save Earth from an oncoming ice age by heading to a faraway galaxy.