The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich's 2004 disaster epic starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid, has re-emerged as a streaming success 22 years after its cinema release, now ranking among the ten most-streamed films on AMC+ in the US. The renewed interest highlights the enduring appeal of the disaster movie genre, which remains one of Hollywood's most reliably popular categories even decades after a film's original release.

The film opened on Memorial Day weekend in 2004 with $68.7 million in its first three days and went on to earn $555 million worldwide against a $125 million budget, making it the eighth highest-grossing film in US cinemas that year. It remains the second-highest-grossing disaster film of the 21st century, behind only Emmerich's own 2012, which took $757 million globally. Of its total haul, $369 million came from overseas markets, underlining the film's broad international appeal alongside its current streaming resurgence.