The film was first released in Austria on January 6, 2026, and then in the United States on January 9, 2026, by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot
Five years after the Clarke interstellarcomet destroyed most of Earth,[a] the planet remains in periodic violent tectonic and volcanic chaos, as sudden electromagnetic storms can unpredictably form, along with lingering radioactive fallout. The Garrity family survived since the initial chaos, with Allison now a leader, John a scout and engineer maintaining the bunker facility, and their now 15-year-old son Nathan a student who wants to become a scout. Rising earthquakes collapse the bunker and force an emergency evacuation. Most survivors are killed by a subsequent tsunami and the facility is lost.
The Garritys and Dr. Amina escape on a small ship with a handful of survivors, barely making it to Liverpool in England, out of fuel, water and food. In Liverpool, the remaining Greenland survivors are separated when a gun battle among survivors trying to enter another rescue bunker breaks out. The family and Amina reach London, recuperate, and continue onward toward France, believing that the Clarke crater south of France in what used to be the Gulf of Lion and the Mediterranean Sea is where humanity has begun to rebuild. Rumors on survivor networks have said the area is heavily defended by military, and that something about the crater's properties have settled the tectonic and radiation danger locally.
The family learns that John has begun dying from radiation exposure due to his scouting work, and Amina is shot and killed by bandits en route to Dover. The family crosses the English Channel, now a windswept dry wasteland, and meet a French family in Calais that shelters them. At the French family's request, the Garritys take their daughter Camille with them to Clarke. They reach the front lines of a raging military battle defending the crater region, and are escorted behind the lines. On the way to the crater, Eastern Europeaninsurgents ambush their transport, and John is shot defending the group.
The family and Camille reach the Clarke crater at last. They find fertile farmland, blue lakes, and clearing skies free of ash and energy storms, confirming the worldwide rumors that the Clarke site had healed. The survivors rest before entering the first safe valley, and John succumbs to his wound in sight of their destination, satisfied he protected Allison, Nathan and Camille so they could reach a safe new life.
Cast
Gerard Butler as John Garrity, a structural engineer and survivor of the Clarke impact
In June 2021, it was announced a sequel titled Greenland: Migration was in development. The following month, STX acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the film for $75 million at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[5] It was put into bankruptcy protection,[6] most of the cast returned, and while Morena Baccarin was initially reluctant, she eventually agreed to return for the sequel.[7]Roman Griffin Davis replaced Roger Dale Floyd in playing Nathan Garrity.[citation needed] In May 2024, Lionsgate acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[8]
Greenland 2: Migration was first released in Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia on January 8, 2026, and was released in the United States on January 9, 2026.[14] It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on March 28, 2025.[15]
Reception
Box office
The film made $900,000 in box office previews.[16] In its opening weekend, the film would make $8.5 million.[17]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 58% of 52 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "The world ends more with a whimper in Greenland 2: Migration compared to its predecessor's big bang thrills, but Gerard Butler's sturdy star power keeps this continuation reasonably compelling."[18]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.[20]
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