Summary
A Quiet Place: Day One’s streaming release date is now confirmed. Directed by Michael Sarnoski, the third installment in the hitA Quiet Placefranchise serves as a prequel, chronicling the onset of the alien invasion in New York City. Starring Lupita Nyong’o as a terminally-ill cancer patient trying to make her way to a pizza place and Joseph Quinn as a timid English law student she meets along the way,A Quiet Place: Day Onehit VODon July 30 after finding success at the box office.
Deadlinenow reveals thatA Quiet Place: Day Onewill start streaming on Paramount Plus on Tuesday, August 27. The film’s availability in other international markets is set to be announced at some point in the future. There’s also no word yet on when the newAQuiet Placeprequel will be released on physical media.
How A Quiet Place: Day One Performed In Theaters
Michael Sarnoski’s Prequel Was A Hit
ThoughScreen Rant’s own review of the film from Mae Abdulbaki wasn’t particularly positive,A Quiet Place: Day Onereviewshave generally praised Sarnoski’s film as a successful new entry in the franchise. The film currently enjoys a strong 86% onRotten Tomatoes, with most critics celebrating the movie’s strong performances from Nyong’o and Quinn, as well as its surprisingly emotional story amid the alien terror. The film seems to have been mostly well-received by audiences, too, judging from its 73% audience score.
Sarnoski was previously best known for directing the critically-acclaimedPig(2021), which starred Nicolas Cage.
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This positive reception has been reflected inA Quiet Place: Day One’s box officeperformance. Made on an estimated budget of $67 million,the prequel has grossed $261.1 million worldwide. As seen in the chart above, this makesA Quiet Place: Day Onethe lowest grossing installment in the franchise, but it has still undoubtedly been a commercial success overall.
AfterA Quiet Place: Day Onetopped VOD chartsearlier this month, the Sarnoski film is poised to be a big performer on Paramount Plus. Nothing has been announced about the future of the franchise just yet, butthe prequel’s success means that another installment will probably be coming at some point in the future. WhileA Quiet Place: Day Oneseemingly tells its own relatively contained story with a clear ending, suggesting that neither Nyong’o nor Quinn’s characters will be returning, the franchise’s terrifying aliens do seem likely to return at some point.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Cast
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
