Disney Officially Pulls Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi Movie From Over 3K Theaters

Published Sep 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he’ll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

Legendary director Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre hasn’t gone according to plan, with his latest film, The Dog Stars, tanking at the box office and receiving mediocre reviews. Scott’s last sci-fi movie was Alien: Covenant, released in 2017. That movie underperformed at the box office and divided audiences, but compared to The Dog Stars, it was a home run. Scott’s new film, starring Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin, debuted in more than 3,000 theaters domestically, but has lost more than 90% of its theatrical footprint over the course of its month-long run. It also appears to have stalled short of the $15 million mark at the domestic box office, which is less than the lifetime hauls of much smaller titles such as Tony and Hokum.

The Dog Stars opened to mixed reviews and has now settled at a 40% critics’ score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “A derivative and drowsy tour through the post-apocalypse, The Dog Stars’ lush visuals can’t compensate for its listless narrative and underpowered pacing.” Scott has had a difficult run in the last few years, with major box-office underperformers such as Napoleon, The Last Duel, All the Money in the World, and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Gladiator II, which made more than $460 million worldwide, cost a reported $300 million to produce, which severely softens any profits that it could’ve made theatrically.

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