Alessandro Nivola and Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist.”
Brady Corbet’s Oscar-nominated historical epic The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, is apparently coming to digital streaming in February.
The Brutalist recently earned 10 Oscar nominations. In addition to Best Picture, Corbet is in the running for Best Directing while Brody is nominated for Best Actor. Additionally, Felicity Jones is a nominee in the Best Supporting Actress category and Guy Pearce is nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Rated R, The Brutalist runs 3 hours and 35 minutes in theaters with a 15-minute intermission. The official summary for the movie reads, “Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes.
“On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost …”
Brody stars as László in The Brutalist, while Felicity Jones plays his wife, Erzsébet, and Guy Pearce plays Harrison. The cast of The Brutalist also includes Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Jonathan Hyde and Alessandro Nivola.
According to When to Stream, The Brutalist is expected to arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, Feb. 25. While When to Stream is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, the site noted that The Brutalist’s studio A24 has not announced or confirmed the film’s digital streaming release date and that it is subject to change.
The Brutalist opened for an awards-qualify theatrical run in limited release on Dec. 20, 2024, and expanded to theaters nationwide on Jan. 24. Since A24 typically has a one-month window between the time it opens its films wide and the time they arrive on PVOD, When to Stream’s Feb. 25 release date falls in line with distributor’s general release pattern.
The Brutalist is expected to be available for either purchase or rent on various digital platforms, including Prime Video, AppleTV and Fandango at Home. The purchase prices for new films on PVOD generally run anywhere from $19.99 to $29.99.
Since digital rental prices are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers should expect to rent The Brutalist for a 48-hour period somewhere in the range of $14.99 to $24.99.
How Have Audiences And Critics Received ‘The Brutalist’?
Per The Numbers, The Brutalist has made $9.3 million in North American theaters and nearly $2.3 million in international ticket sales for a worldwide box office tally of $11.7 million to date.
According too Slate, The production budget for The Brutalist was $10 million before prints and advertising costs.
Rotten Tomatoes critics have largely embraced The Brutalist with a 93% “fresh” rating based on 263 reviews to date. The RT Critics Consensus for the movie reads, “Structurally beautiful and suffused with Adrien Brody’s soulful performance, writer-director Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is a towering tribute to the immigrant experience.”
Meanwhile, RT users who have seen The Brutalist give the film an 81% “fresh” rating on the site’s Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified ratings.
The Brutalist is playing in theaters nationwide.
