Ridley Scott’s 2015 sci-fi film *The Martian*, starring Matt Damon, has become one of Prime Video’s ten most-streamed films in the United States. The renewed interest appears linked to the success of *Project Hail Mary*, another adaptation of an Andy Weir novel, underlining continuing audience appetite for accessible space-based dramas.

*The Martian* runs for 142 minutes and adapts Weir’s 2011 novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars. It was both critically praised and commercially successful on release, earning $653 million worldwide, including $228 million in North America and $425 million internationally.