Kirsten Dunst in "Civil War."
A24’s new dystopian war film Civil War is now in theaters and IMAX everywhere. Wondering when you can watch the movie from home? Find out when Civil War will likely be streaming on Max and digital below.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, Civil War is set in a dystopian future in the U.S. “where a team of military-embedded journalists races against time to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White House,” the synopsis reads. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman make up the star-studded cast.
In Civil War’s first trailer, a news broadcast announces that 19 states have seceded and uprisings are occurring across the nation. Lee, a veteran war photographer, and her team attempt to document it all on video. “The whole movie is open to interpretation,” Dunst, who plays Lee, told Variety ahead of the film premiere. “For me, there were things I just accepted that were unexplained. It allows the audience to fill in their own feelings about what they’re watching.”
Civil War’s director and writer told IndieWire he was “selective to what was presented according to what the journalists were moving through.” He explained, “If you unpack some of the moments or some of the statements within the moments, [the political world-building is] probably less ambiguous than it might appear at first blush.”
Garland continued, “But I think that’s probably actually something to do with the grammar of the way film often functions, which is to be very, very clear about everything at every moment. And because this is doing that less so, it feels like there’s an absence of something, but I’m not sure there really is an absence.”
Civil War marks A24’s widest release ever. The film boasts a $55 million budget, making it the Indie studio’s most expensive feature to date. Civil War is predicted to make between $20 and $30 million domestically during its opening weekend, Box Office Pro reports.
“A lot of the boldness is not actually mine,” Garland said to ABC News. “I think it belongs to A24. You would find there are always people attempting to make these films. The question is whether they’ve been given the support to make them.”
When Is Civil War Coming To Streaming?
Kirsten Dunst in "Civil War."
Civil War will eventually be available to stream Max, but the release date has not yet been announced. The film’s production company, A24, signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery in December to bring its theatrical films to the streaming site in 2024.
For reference, A24’s film Priscilla started streaming on Max in February 2024 — almost four months after its theatrical release in October 2023. If you apply a similar timeline to Civil War, the movie could land on Max as early as August 2024.
You don’t have to wait for Civil War to arrive on Max to watch the movie at home. Civil War will be available to purchase and rent sooner on digital VOD sites like Amazon Prime Video and YouTube TV, usually around 45 days after its theatrical release. With this in mind, the earliest Civil War could arrive on digital is around May 27, 2024.
Stay tuned to learn exactly when Civil War will be available on Max and digital VOD sites. Watch the trailer for Civil War below.
