A Big Bold Beautiful Journey was first released in the Philippines on September 17, 2025, and was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on September 19, 2025. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Premise
The story is about a pair of strangers and the unimaginable journey that ties them together. David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) find themselves on a funny, fantastical adventure where they get to re-live important moments from the past and possibly alter their future.
In December 2020, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, written by Seth Reiss, was featured on the annual Black List.[5] In February 2024, it was announced that Kogonada would direct the film with Reiss producing. Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell were in conversation to star.[6] Later that month, Deadline reported that Sony Pictures had tied up at European Film Market a deal in the $50M range for the movie, described as "one of the market's hottest scripts".[7] In April 2024, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and newcomer Lucy Thomas joined the cast.[8]
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey was first released in the Philippines on September 17, 2025, and in Albania on September 18, 2025.[17] In the United States, the movie was released on September 19, 2025,[18] after being previously scheduled for release on May 9, 2025.[19]
Reception
Box office
As of September22,2025[update], A Big Bold Beautiful Journey has grossed $4 million in the United States and Canada,[20] and $5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $8 million.[3]
In the United States and Canada, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey was released alongside Him, and was projected to gross $8–10 million from 3,300 theaters in its opening weekend.[21] The film made $1.4 million on its first day, and went on to debut to just $3.5 million, finishing in sixth place.[20][22]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 36% of 148 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "Too solemn to have much fun with its high concept while also too saccharine for its wistful themes to resonate, this well-meaning odyssey never quite lives up to its title."[23]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[24] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it 2.5 out of five stars, with 44% saying they would definitely recommend the film.[22]
The film contains Burger Kingproduct placement,[25][26][27] that was characterized by critics as "cringe-in-your-seat", "rather disappointing", and "so blatant even the lead actors look like they're reconsidering their career choices".[28][29][30]
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