Okwui Okpokwasili in “The Woman in the Yard.”
Universal StudiosThe Woman in the Yard — a horror thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler— is new in theaters. When will viewers be able to watch the film at home?
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Carry-On) is rated PG-13. The official summary for The Woman in the Yard reads, “A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them, ‘Today’s the day.’ Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows.”
Starring alongside Deadwyler (Till, The Piano Lesson) in The Woman in the Yard are Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha and Peyton Jackson. Okwui Okpokwasili also stars in the title role In The Woman in the Yard.
Currently, the only way you can see The Woman in the Yard is in theaters, so check your local listings for showtimes.
When The Woman in the Yard comes to home video, the first place it will be available will be on digital streaming via premium video on demand.
The Woman in the Yard is a Universal Pictures release. Typically, there’s a one-month to six-week window between the release of the studio’s films in theaters and their arrival on PVOD.
For example, Universal’s blockbuster hit Wicked, arrived on PVOD on Dec. 31, 2024, just shy of six weeks after its Nov. 20 release date.
In addition, Nosferatu, released by Universal Pictures subsidiary Focus Features, debuted on PVOD on Jan. 21, just a few days shy of a month after the film’s Dec. 25, 2024, release in theaters.
There are instances when a Universal film debuts on PVOD much quicker. Universal’s horror thriller Wolf Man debuted on PVOD on Feb. 4, 18 days after its release in theaters on Jan. 17.
If The Woman in the Yard follows the same one-month-to-six-week release pattern as Wicked and Nosferatu, then viewers can expect the film to arrive on PVOD anytime between April 29 and May 13 since new movie releases on digital streaming tend to come out on Tuesdays.
However, if The Woman in the Yard takes the 18-day route to PVOD like Wolf Man, then viewers can expect to purchase or rent the film on digital streaming on April 15.
Typically, new film releases on PVOD run anywhere between $19.99 to $29.99 to purchase and $14.99 to $24.99 to rent for a 48-hour period. New PVOD releases are generally available on a variety of digital platforms including AppleTV, Fandango at Home and Prime Video.
What Streaming Service Will Get ‘The Woman In The Yard’ First?
Since The Woman in the Yard is a Universal Pictures release, the film will make its streaming video on demand on Peacock, which is NBC Universal’s streaming platform.
Peacock’s streaming packages range from $7.99 per month or $79 per year with ads and $13.99 per month or $139.99 yearly without ads.
Generally, it takes new Universal Pictures (and its subsidiaries) releases anywhere from two to four months to debut on Peacock after they premiere in theaters.
Nosferatu, for example, arrived on Peacock on Feb. 21, just shy of two months after its Dec. 25, 2024, release, while Wolf Man is set to arrive on the streaming service on April 18, just over two months after it debuted in theaters on Jan. 17.
Wicked, however, didn’t arrive on Peacock until March 21, just over four months after it opened in theaters.
Since the film was a blockbuster hit in theaters and a hot awards season film, Universal no doubt opted to push back its PVOD and SVOD releases since the film was such a big film in theaters.
As such, if The Woman in the Yard follows the same release pattern as Nosferatu and Wolf Man — two other horror films, coincidentally — then viewers can expect the film to arrive about two months from now. That would place the SVOD release date anywhere from May 23 to May 30, since new film releases on Peacock generally come out on Fridays.
The Woman of the Yard is new in theaters.
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