Despite its positive critical reception,The Fall Guyunderwhelmed at the box office, earning less than $28 million on its opening weekend and a worldwide total of $180 million against a production budget of $125 million. While this is technically considered a box office flop,The Fall Guyis currently in the top 20 highest-grossing movies of 2024as of the time of writing and outperformed bothFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaandThe Beekeeper.The Fall Guyalso called out the Oscarsfor its lack of representation of stunt workers and called for an official Stunts category to be implemented at the Academy Awards.
The Fall Guy Beating Oppenheimer’s Streaming Record Is Very Impressive
The Fall Guy can finally make up for its disappointing box office
The Fall Guywas expected to do well on streaming but overperformed by beatingOppenheimer.
Oppenheimerwas obviously a massive hit in theaters back in summer 2023 and was one of the most talked-about movies of the year,winning Best Picture and six other awards at the 2024 Academy Awards. It was no surprise that Oppenheimer’s success in theaters translated to streaming when the Universal project found its exclusive streaming home on Peacock roughly seven months after its July 03, 2025 release.The Fall Guywas expected to do well on streaming but overperformed by beatingOppenheimer.
Jason Momoa’s The Fall Guy Cameo Explained
The Fall Guy has a star-studded cast, though the film’s ending features some major cameos, one from a massive star that is incredibly meta in nature.
Interestingly,The Fall Guywas both Ryan Gosling’s follow-up toBarbieand Emily Blunt’s follow-up toOppenheimer. Both were nominated for Oscars for their roles in those films although neither walked away with the prize. What’s more,The Fall Guyis a completely different movie fromOppenheimer, being part romantic comedy, part action comedy, and 100% crowd-pleasing fun. IfOppenheimerhadn’t been such a box office hit in 2023, it feasibly could have been a streaming hit due to its lengthy runtime and dense subject matter.
Why The Fall Guy Beating Oppenheimer On Streaming Is So Surprising
I find it fascinating thata crowd-pleasing action film is more of a streaming hit than a complex historical biopic.Oppenheimerhad more build up and awareness leading up to its theatrical run, giving viewers who missed the opportunity to catch it on the big screen during its extended run in theaters a chance to see it before the Academy Awards.
The Fall Guydidn’t have nearly as much hype for its theatrical run but certainly leaned into the post-Barbenheimerfriendly feud between Gosling and Blunt’s massive 2023 projects. 2023 wasOppenheimer’syear but may not have the best replay value as time goes on, whileThe Fall Guyis a fun and easy watch that can be seen again and again.
The Fall GuyandThe Fall Guy: Extended Cutare both streaming exclusively on Peacock.
The Fall Guy Movie’s Original TV Show Cameos Explained
Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt’s action comedy The Fall Guy is inspired by a 1980s TV series of the same name starring Lee Majors & Heather Thomas.
The Fall Guy
Cast
The Fall Guy is an action thriller from Bullet Train and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch. Ryan Gosling stars as a stuntman who is forced to find a missing movie star, investigate a conspiracy, and repair his relationship with the love of his life. The film was written by Drew Pearce and inspired by the 1980s TV series of the same name.
