Alan Ritchson’s ‘Motor City’ Looks For Jump-Start On Streaming This Week After Sputtering At Box Office

"Motor City" cardinal creation featuring Alan Ritchson.

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Motor City, a revenge thriller starring Reacher prima Alan Ritchson, will effort to find an assemblage connected streaming this week aft the movie pinch only a fistful of lines of speech had a muted tally astatine the container office.

Directed by Potsy Ponciroli, Motor City opened successful theaters connected July 24. Ritchson plays John Miller, a blue-collar mill worker successful 1970s Detroit who is framed for having a trunk load of narcotics aft he falls for Sophie (Shailene Woodley), the ex-girlfriend of Reynolds (Ben Foster), a powerful crime kingpin.

After serving years successful prison, Miller escapes and seeks revenge connected Reynolds and the different group who framed him.

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Upon Motor City’s acquisition for distribution from RLJE Films successful October 2025, Ponciroli noted of his film, via Deadline, “We changeable Motor City to beryllium immersive, each frame, each sound, designed for a theater. It’s a emotion missive to Detroit, to 70s cinema, and to the benignant of filmmaking you tin feel. It’s the benignant of movie that floats your boat that theaters still exist.”

Despite moderate praise from Rotten Tomatoes critics— including kudos for the film’s bold prime to spell virtually speech free — Motor City grounded to ignite astatine the container office, wherever it earned $1.6 cardinal from 1,600 North American theaters successful its opening weekend, July 24-26. Motor City to day has earned $2.7 cardinal domestically and astir $243,000 internationally for a worldwide container agency tally of 2.743 cardinal worldwide.

Rated R, Motor City had a accumulation fund of $30 cardinal earlier trading costs, according to Deadline.

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‘Motor City’ Arrives On PVOD On Tuesday

Motor City will debut connected integer streaming via premium video connected request connected Tuesday, Aug. 25, a caller listing connected Prime Video confirms.

In summation to Prime Video, Motor City will beryllium disposable to acquisition connected PVOD connected a assortment of integer platforms, including Apple TV, Fandango astatine Home and YouTube movies and $24.99. Since integer rentals are typically $5 little than acquisition prices, viewers tin expect to rent the movie for $19.99 for a 48-hour period.

In summation to Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley and Ben Foster, Motor City stars Pablo Schreiber, Lionel Boyce, Amar Chadha-Patel and Ben McKenzie.