When is The Running Man on streaming? Paramount Plus release date revealed

Glen Powell as Ben Richards in The Running Man — (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)

When is The Running Man on streaming? Edgar Wright's most recent movie may have under-performed at the box office, but there's still a lot of interest in the new film. It may well find its audience on streaming...

Based on Stephen King's classic tale (which was originally published under King's occasional pen name Richard Bachman), The Running Man stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a man who is forced to fight for his life in a bloodthirsty game show. The story has been filmed before, with Paul Michael Glaser directing a well-loved version in 1987, which famously starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The new Running Man is more faithful to the original text (despite a few notable differences) and dials up the satire. You can find out what we thought of it in our The Running Man review.

The Running Man: Paramount Plus release date

Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian, and Martin Herlihy in The Running Man — (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)

If you held out from seeing the film at the cinema then, reader, your time has come – at least if you're in the US and Canada.

For those that were willing to pay up, The Running Man was made available to rent and buy on December 16, 2025, with a physical release coming later this year.

But it's the streaming date you're here for. The Running Man is distributed by Paramount Pictures, which means that it will make its streaming debut on Paramount Plus.

We looked back at some other recent films from the studio and speculated that it would follow roughly two months or so after its theatrical debut. To be precise, we predicted that The Running Man will be streaming on Paramount Plus from January 13, 2026 – and we were bang on the money. That means, at the time of writing, we are just hours away from the film popping into your Paramount Plus account. Exciting times!

For more, check out our guide to the rest of this year's biggest movie release dates.

Will Salmon is the former Streaming Editor for GamesRadar+. He has been writing about film, TV, comics, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he launched the scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for well over a decade. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places too.