When will Oppenheimer come to streaming?

When will Oppenheimer come to streaming?

Time Stamp: January 12, 2024 11:47 AM

Christopher Nolan’s latest (and most grounded) blockbuster has arrived in theaters, and it’s staying there for quite a while. Oppenheimer has a long window of theatrical exclusivity, but it will make its way to streaming services eventually, even if you should probably try to see it on a big screen if you can.

Oppenheimer didn’t have an official streaming date until about six months after its release, but we finally know when Nolan’s masterpiece will end up on streaming.

When and where will Oppenheimer be streaming?

Oppenheimer getting a 100-day theatrical window was reportedly something director Christopher Nolan made an agreement with Universal about, which meant that it wouldn’t arrive on streaming until at least November. Of course, with Oppenheimer’s massive box office success, and the fact that it’s still showing in some theaters in January 2024, it’s no surprise that it stayed off streaming for way longer than that.

Thankfully, we finally know that Oppenheimer will arrive on Peacock on Feb. 16. It’s going to Peacock because it’s a Universal movie and Peacock is the studio’s streaming service.

Universal also has an agreement that sends most Peacock movies to Amazon Prime Video a few months later, but we don’t know for sure if Oppenheimer will follow that particular path, particularly since we don’t know if the deal is in place for 2024 yet. We’ll keep this post updated as more news about Oppenheimer’s streaming destination emerges.

Is Oppenheimer accurate to real life?

For the most part, it’s extremely accurate. Plenty of real life conversations made their way directly to the screen, including the choice to remove Kyoto from the list of possible targets for the atom bomb, and Oppenheimer’s already oft-memed conversation with president Truman — although Truman’s pettiest and meanest comments didn’t make it into the movie since Oppenheimer wasn’t in the room to hear them.

Of course, Nolan did take some liberties, and there are quite a few facts we don’t know enough to talk about one way or the other. Like, did Jean Tatlock really make him read Sanskrit when they were having sex, and is that really how his famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita popped in his head during the test? Who knows, but it makes for a great scene, at least.

We can all rest easy knowing one piece of historical accuracy: Richard Feynman (played by Jack Quaid in the movie) did indeed play the hell out of the bongos.

When will Oppenheimer be available to rent?

Oppenheimer’s extra-long theatrical agreement might extend all the way to the VOD release of the movie, so it’s possible this one could be limited to a November release too. Either way, expect the movie to be rentable for at least a few weeks ahead of its Peacock release date.

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