Guy Ritchie's New R-Rated Action Thriller With Henry Cavill Becomes A Global Prime Video Streaming Hit

Published Aug 25, 2026, 12:37 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Guy Ritchie's new action thriller shoots for the stars on streaming. Ritchie is behind several hits, both in terms of theatrical releases and streaming sensations. That said, in recent years, the list of successful Ritchie projects has mostly taken a turn to the small screen. Be it as a creator, a director, a writer, or an executive producer, Ritchie has had a hand in several movies and TV shows that have come to lead the streaming services they were released on. These releases include projects like Tom Hardy's MobLand, Netflix's crime thriller series The Gentlemen, Prime Video's Young Sherlock, Apple TV's Fountain of Youth, and so on. Now, Ritchie uses streaming for a second wind for his latest theatrical release. Guy Ritchie's New Action Thriller Fights Its Way Up Prime Video's Global Charts At the time of writing, In The Grey is the 5th most-watched movie on Prime Video worldwide, according to FlixPatrol. The action thriller starring Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza Gonzalez leaves behind movies like Gyllenhaal's own Road House, the Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, the Bob Odenkirk action movie Normal, and more on Prime Video's global streaming charts. While In The Grey recently arrived on Prime Video in several countries, Ritchie's latest movie is not streaming in the United States, though nationwide viewers can rent or buy the film on Prime Video or other VOD platforms. The only movies on Prime Video's global streaming charts to beat In The Grey at the moment are the new shark thriller The Devil's Mouth, a Prime Video original movie, Jason Statham's Shelter, a revenge thriller, Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary, a hard sci-fi masterpiece, and the 2026 version of Masters of the Universe, a fantasy epic. Currently, Ritchie's In The Grey is trending on Prime Video in 16 countries, ranking high as the most-watched movie on Prime Video in 14 of those. They include nations like Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and many more. In The Grey's streaming success on Prime Video continues a successful year for Ritchie on the platform, as he also served as a director and executive producer on the hit Sherlock Holmes prequel series, Young Sherlock, which has been renewed for season 2 on Prime Video after a successful debut. The streaming update is also perfect for the movie, as In The Grey has become a Prime Video global hit after bringing in only $27.2 million worldwide. Based on a reported budget of $70 million, the R-rated action thriller was a box office bomb. In The Grey Marks The Reunion Of Guy Ritchie And Multiple Collaborators Ritchie's R-rated action thriller with a solid 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes reunited the director with his star-studded trio. Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza Gonzalez are the main stars of In The Grey, and all three of them have worked with Ritchie in the past. Gyllenhaal returned for his second collaboration with Ritchie after Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. As for Cavill and Gonzalez, not only were they together in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, but the former Superman actor had also played a key role in the spy movie The Man from U.N.C.L.E., while Gonzalez was on Apple TV's Fountain of Youth. In The Grey's global hit status on Prime Video finally redeems this new partnership between Ritchie and his stars. Release Date May 13, 2026 Runtime 98 minutes Director Guy Ritchie