Sometimes, films that stumble at the box office can find a new audience. That seems to be the case with one of Amazon MGM Studios’ most prominent releases of the summer movie season, which had a long string of streaming success. However, it seems to now be faltering, nearly two months after it hit Prime Video.
Earlier this year, Masters of the Universe debuted in theaters to solid reviews, but disappointing box office. Based on the Mattel toy, cartoon, and comic book franchise of the 1980s, the film was directed by Travis Knight (Bumblebee) after a lengthy development process. The film failed to capture the zeitgeist the way previous toy-based blockbusters Barbie and Transformers did; unlike those toy lines, Masters of the Universe has struggled to maintain relevance with subsequent generations of kids after its Reagan-era heyday. However, the movie has garnered impressive streaming ratings on home video.
Now, Masters of the Universe has slipped from the lofty heights that it had previously occupied. It’s fallen off the streaming top ten on Prime Video, but remains at #7 on the service’s top ten movies. However, the film has had a successful run on streaming; it was released on the service on July 22, meaning that it has spent the better part of two months in the top ten. Will that be enough to secure the sequel that was teased in its closing credits? Only time will tell.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
What Is ‘Masters of the Universe’ About?
The film stars Nicholas Galitzine as Adam, the heir to the throne of the techno-magical planet of Eternia. Exiled to Earth as a child after the evil sorcerer Skeletor (Jared Leto) conquered the planet, he’s drawn back into the conflict years later by the warrior Teela (Camila Mendes) and her father, the stalwart Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba). Adam calls upon the power of Castle Grayskull to become the mighty He-Man, but will that be enough to stop Skeletor, his wicked witch Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie), and their evil warriors? The film also sets up a sequel via a credits stinger scene, teasing the existence of Adam’s secret twin sister Adora; she calls upon similar powers on the planet Etheria to become the stalwart She-Ra, Princess of Power.
Masters of the Universe is now streaming on Prime Video. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
