The upcoming Stranger Things 5 finale will be available to watch on the big screen. Screenings will take place in over 350 theaters in the U.S. and Canada starting on December 31, 2025 at 5 PT, the same time the series finale drops on Netflix globally, through Jan. 1, 2026.

While rare, stunt theatrical engagements for hit TV shows are not unprecedented. Netflix held screenings of Stranger Things 4: Volume 2 in various cities across North America on Stranger Things Day (Nov. 6) 2022, months after the installment’s streaming premiere. This means that the Season 4 and Season 5 finales of Stranger Things — both movie-length, spanning 2+ hours — will have had a short-window theatrical run. HBO released at least two episodes of Game of Thrones in theaters after their TV premieres, als

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