Ella Rubin in “Until Dawn.”
“Until Dawn,” which is based on the hit PlayStations Studios video game, is new in theaters. How soon will it be before viewers can stream it at home?
The summary for Until Dawn reads, “One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover (Ella Rubin) and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one … only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
“Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the night again and again — only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.”
Rated R, Until Dawn also stars Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell and Peter Stormare.
Currently, the only way you can watch Until Dawn is in theaters, so check your local listings for showtimes. The movie plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
When Until Dawn debuts in the home entertainment marketplace, its first stop will be on digital streaming via premium video on demand.
Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is distributing Until Dawn through its subsidiary Screen Gems, tends to have a consistent window of time between their films’ premieres in theaters and the time they arrive on PVOD — which is anywhere between one month to six weeks.
For example, Sony’s horror thriller Heart Eyes opened in theaters on Feb. 7 and debuted on PVOD just under a month later, on March 4. Before that, the studio’s Marvel antihero movie Kraven the Hunter debuted in theaters on Dec. 13, 2024, and arrived on PVOD on Jan. 14.
However, it took a bit longer for two bigger Sony titles to reach PVOD. The romantic drama It Ends with Us opened in theaters on Aug. 9, 2024, and pivoted to PVOD about six weeks later, on Sept. 24, while the Marvel antihero adventure Venom: The Last Dance debuted on PVOD on Dec. 10, a bit over six weeks after its Oct. 25 release in theaters.
If Until Dawn follows the same one-month to six-week release pattern, viewers can expect it to arrive on PVOD sometime between May 27 and June 10, since new movies generally arrive on digital streaming on Tuesdays.
Which Streaming Service Will Get ‘Until Dawn’ First?
Since Netflix has a deal in place with Sony Pictures Entertainment to stream the studio’s films first, Until Dawn will make its streaming video on demand debut on Netflix.
Typically, it takes three to four months after a Sony film is released in theaters before it arrives on Netflix. For example, Heart Eyes will debut on SVOD on Netflix on May 8, just over three months after its Feb. 7 release.
It Ends with Us, however, debuted on Netflix on Dec. 9, 2024, four months after it opened in theaters on Aug. 9. Additionally, Venom: The Last Dance arrived on Netflix on Feb. 25, four months after its Oct. 25, 2024, premiere in theaters.
If Until Dawn follows the same release pattern, then viewers can expect the film to arrive on Netflix sometime between July 25 and Aug. 27.
Directed by David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation, Shazam!), Until Dawn plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
