Send Help(2026)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

R
Rated R for strong/bloody violence and language
1h 53m

Release Date: Jan 30, 2026

92%
86%
6.7

An overworked analyst and her arrogant nepo-baby boss survive a plane crash near Thailand and must cooperate to survive on a remote jungle island while their workplace power dynamic collapses around them.

Release Details

Original Release | Jan 30, 2026 | Wide

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$19,102,299
Total US & Canada:
$64,734,795
Total International
$29,306,686
Total Worldwide:
$94,041,481

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Sam Raimi
Director

Rachel McAdams
Actor

Dylan O’Brien
Actor

Edyll Ismail
Actor

Dennis Haysbert
Actor

Xavier Samuel
Actor

Chris Pang

Actor

Thaneth Warakulnukroh

Actor

Emma Raimi

Actor

Kristy Best

Actor

Francesca Waters

Actor

Olivia Sawyer

Actor

Brad Flett

Actor

Nana Miya

Actor

Anuwat Pornladawong

Actor

Benjawan Teawsomboonkit

Actor

Aaron Shore

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: IMAX 6-Track,12-Track Digital Sound,Dolby Atmos,DTS:X,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

From Wikipedia:Socially awkward and downtrodden corporate strategist Linda Liddle anticipates a long-promised promotion from Bradley Preston, the son of her former boss, upon his appointment as CEO. Instead, Bradley awards the position to Donovan, a recent hire and former fraternity brother, and plans to sideline Linda in a dead-end role, citing her unattractiveness and lack of charisma.When Linda confronts him, Bradley, impressed by her boldness, invites her to accompany him, Donovan, and two other executives on a business trip to Bangkok to finalize a company merger. During the flight, Donovan humiliates Linda by playing an audition tape she made for Survivor, highlighting her survival skills. As the plane passes through a storm, it suffers engine failure and rapidly loses altitude. During explosive decompression, Donovan attempts to strangle Linda and take her seat, but she stabs him with a fork. Everyone except Linda and Bradley are sucked from the aircraft before it crashes into the sea.The next morning, Linda awakes washed up on a remote island in the Gulf of Thailand and finds Bradley alive but badly injured. With no other survivors, Linda builds shelter and secures food and water. Bradley relies on her, but continues to treat Linda as a subordinate. In response, Linda abandons him for two days. When she returns, Bradley is near collapse from dehydration. Though still resentful, he begins to accept her authority. Linda proves adept at survival, catching fish and killing a wild boar. While exploring the far side of the island, she spots a passing boat but deliberately avoids signalling it.As Bradley recovers, Linda teaches him survival skills but warns him to avoid the far side of the island, claiming that it is filled with poisonous plants. One night, while drinking homemade fruit wine, she confesses that she was once married to an abusive man and allowed him to drive drunk, leading to his death. Bradley appears sympathetic and offers to cook for Linda, but secretly poisons her meal with berries before attempting to escape on a makeshift raft. The raft is destroyed by the waves, and Linda, having survived due to his misjudgement of the dosage, rescues Bradley from drowning.In retaliation, Linda paralyzes Bradley using octopus toxin and pretends to castrate him, asserting control over him and their situation. While harvesting fruit, Linda encounters Bradley's fiancée, Zuri, who arrives by boat after the end of official rescue efforts. Fearing the loss of her new life and purpose, Linda leads Zuri and the boat captain to an unstable cliff, where they fall off. She returns to the camp alone, shaken and withdrawn, allowing Bradley to hunt by himself. While doing so, Bradley discovers Zuri's buried remains.Confronted, Linda claims that the deaths were accidental, but Bradley accuses her of murder and attacks her. In the ensuing fight, Bradley injures Linda's eye before she stabs him. Bradley escapes and discovers a luxurious beach house on the far side of the island. Linda follows, revealing that she had known about the house since seeing the first boat and confessing to causing Zuri and the captain's fatal fall. Linda threatens Bradley with a shotgun, and he pleads for his life, claiming he loves her and wishes to remain on the island. However, Linda notices he is concealing a weapon. Bradley seizes the shotgun, but discovers it is unloaded. Linda overpowers and kills him with a golf club.A year later, Linda has been rescued and reinvented herself as a wealthy and beloved celebrity, capitalizing on public interest in her ordeal as the apparent sole survivor of the crash. At a celebrity golf tournament, Linda promotes a film adaptation of her best-selling memoir and announces her intention to write a self-help book, saying, "No help is coming, so you'd better start saving yourself."

Storyline

Linda Liddle carries the weight of a firm while her ego-driven boss, Bradley Preston, coasts on a family name. When their aircraft plunges into the jungle, the corporate ladder disintegrates. Bradley clings to his entitlement as a shield against the heat. Linda realizes her meticulous planning is the only thing keeping them breathing. She watches him flounder, a pathetic shell stripped of his suit. The power dynamic curdles. Linda leans into her simmering resentment; she weaponizes her competence to dominate the man who once patronized her. She demands total submission for a sip of water. The price of his survival is the absolute destruction of his dignity. — Quill & Camera Linda Liddle, an unappreciated numbers expert from Strategy and Planning, is the driving force behind Preston Strategic Solutions. She is also at the end of her tether. Everything changes when her new boss, the arrogant nepo baby Bradley Preston, asks her to join him on a business trip to close a merger deal. And then, karma hits. Now stranded on a remote jungle island off the coast of Thailand, Linda and Bradley must work out their differences to survive in an unforgiving environment. After all, calamity has reversed the roles; Linda is not the same person who walked into Bradley's office the day before. Stuck with each other for God knows how long, will Bradley start to accept the harsh reality of their situation? With no help on the horizon, will those two hone their team-building skills, or will they die in the process? — Nick Riganas

Movie Review

Send Help

Sam Raimi’s gift for laughs and screams is on full display in this survival-of-the-fittest dark comedy.

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Fun Facts

Send Help (2026) follows corporate strategist Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) and new CEO Bradley Preston (Dylan O'Brien), sole survivors of a plane crash on a deserted island, forced to bury workplace grudges amid scarce resources.

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