The Operating Man Remake Tops Paramount+ Streaming Charts

The Operating Man remake has grow to be an on the spot streaming sensation. Starring Glen Powell, the 2025 sci-fi motion movie serves because the second adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel of the identical title, following the 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The remake was launched in theaters in November 2025 and was simply was launched on Paramount+ on January 13.

Now, The Operating Man remake ranks No. 1 on the Prime 10 films on Paramount+ in america for at present, January 13, with the unique Operating Man film additionally ending in fourth. The remake additionally ranks above Roofman in second, Regretting You, Combating, Mission: Inconceivable — The Ultimate Reckoning, Barron’s Cove, PAW Patrol: The Film, PAW Patrol: Tremendous Charged, and 50 First Dates in tenth.

Directed by Edgar Wright, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Bacall, The Operating Man stars Glen Powell because the working-class Ben Richards who, determined to save lots of his sick daughter, enters the titular dystopian recreation present wherein contestants, often known as Runners, should survive 30 days whereas being hunted by skilled assassins, with every day bringing a larger money reward.

Aside from Glen Powell within the lead position, The Operating Man‘s solid additionally consists of Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Lee Tempo, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Katy O’Brian, Karl Glusman, Martin Herlihy, Sean Hayes, and David Zayas.

The Operating Man acquired combined evaluations, leading to a 63% Rotten Tomatoes rating, with critics claiming that it falls wanting director Edgar Wright’s standard creative motion heights, although it nonetheless delivers a classy and fast-paced trip by charging energetically by means of its darkish supply materials.

Audiences loved the film barely extra, indicated by its 78% rating from that group, who really feel the remake stays an exciting and high-energy expertise, fueled by Glen Powell’s magnetic display screen presence, although it does mood among the supply materials’s heavier themes.

Whereas the remake divided critics and wasn’t capable of break by means of on the field workplace, its on the spot streaming success on Paramount+ in america redeems it ever so barely. Sturdy streaming engagement means that audiences are discovering The Operating Man on their very own phrases, giving the remake a second life that, whereas unlikely to erase its losses, barely softens its industrial disappointment total.