The End Of Oak Street Box Office Set To Earn One Of Anne Hathaway's Lowest Debuts Ever

Published Aug 15, 2026, 1:06 PM EDT Brennan Klein (he/him) is a senior news writer at Screen Rant, host of the Attack of the Queerwolf podcast, and contributor at Alternate Ending and Horror Press. He has been writing and podcasting about pop culture (especially horror movies) for over a decade at platforms including Blumhouse, Fangoria, Dread Central, The Backlot, and Arrow in the Head. The End of Oak Street is having an inauspicious beginning. The new sci-fi adventure movie was written and directed by David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) and tells the story of a bickering married couple (Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor) fighting to protect their children (Maisy Stella and Christian Convery) when their suburban neighborhood is mysteriously transported back in time and beset by dinosaurs. 2026's The End of Oak Street has earned positive reviews overall, nabbing a Certified Fresh score of 85% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The End of Oak Street also features supporting performances from Jordan Alexa Davis (Defending Jacob), P. J. Byrne (The Boys), Emily Kuroda (Gilmore Girls), Anne Gee Byrd (Lucky Hank), and Hudson Meek (Baby Driver). Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, The End of Oak Street is projected to fall short of its initial expectations with a 3-day debut haul of $20 million at the domestic box office. If that number holds, it will earn the eighth-worst wide release domestic debut in history for a movie starring Anne Hathaway in a lead role. Roughly 25 such movies exist, placing Oak Street at the upper bound of the bottom third of her filmography. This also marks Anne Hathaway's lowest wide release domestic debut in seven years, since 2019's gender-swapped Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake The Hustle, which earned $13 million during its opening weekend. However, the star appeared in a relatively small number of titles between The Hustle and The End of Oak Street, having appeared exclusively in streaming or limited release titles between 2019's Dark Waters and 2026's The Devil Wears Prada 2. Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance of the seven Anne Hathaway movies that have had wide release domestic debuts below $20 million. Title Domestic Debut Global Box Office The Intern (2016) $17.7 million $194.8 million The Hustle (2019) $13 million $97.4 million Hoodwinked (2005) $12.4 million $110 million Love & Other Drugs (2010) $9.7 million $102.8 million Ella Enchanted (2004) $6.1 million $27.4 million One Day (2011) $5.1 million $59.4 million Serenity (2019) $4.4 million $14.4 million If The End of Oak Street surges toward the end of the weekend and climbs another million or so, it could ultimately become her ninth-worth wide release domestic debut, conquering the $21 million debut of her 2009 comedy Bride Wars. Regardless, it is still set to land firmly on the Bottom 10 chart. However, in spite of this stumble, Anne Hathaway is having a banner year in 2026. After spending half a decade away from major wide releases, she has come rushing back to the big screen with the enormous hits The Devil Wears Prada 2 (which earned the biggest opening weekend in history for Meryl Streep and climbed to nearly $700 million worldwide) and The Odyssey (a billion-dollar smash that is now Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing movie worldwide). Hathaway is also set to close out 2026 with a starring role opposite Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in the upcoming Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity. However, tidings look somewhat grim for the dinosaur movie. The movie reportedly cost $80 million or more, which likely makes its estimated break-even point at least $200 million. Only one of the titles on the Bottom 10 earned that much worldwide, namely the Disney live-action sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (which opened with $26.8 million and earned $299.4 million). Regardless, if those strong The End of Oak Street reviews help it show solid retention, it has a chance of turning a profit by the end of its run. Enjoy ScreenRant's box office coverage? Click below to sign up for my weekly box office newsletter (make sure to check "Box Office" in your preferences) and get exclusive analysis, predictions, and more: Sign Up Release Date August 14, 2026 Runtime 100 minutes Director David Robert Mitchell Writers David Robert Mitchell Producers Chris Bender, J.J. Abrams, Tommy Harper, David Robert Mitchell, Jake Weiner, Matt Jackson, Joanne Lee A family is transported to an unfamiliar realm after a cosmic event dislocates their suburban neighborhood. Main Genre Thriller Executive Producer(s) Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Joanne Lee, Leeann Stonebreaker, Pete Chiappetta Studio(s) Bad Robot Distributor(s) Warner Bros.