The Dog Stars is Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic thriller from Peter Heller's 2012 novel, and Google Search interest is at a series high one week before the August 28 2026 opening. The keyword the dog stars hit 72 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 38 on August 15, 33 on August 8, 22 on August 1, and 19 on July 25. Trends MCP records a series-derived +278.95% 30-day rise from 19 and a +554.55% 90-day rise from 11 on May 23. get_growth matches those weekly endpoints: +89.47% over 7 days (38 to 72) and +278.95% over 30 days (19 to 72). 20th Century Studios opens the film August 28 2026. IMDb MOVIEmeter ranked The Dog Stars (2026) at 16 on August 24 2026. Wikipedia lists a $110 million budget and a 118-minute runtime. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
The Dog Stars search interest right now
Google Search interest for the dog stars sits at 72 for the week of August 22 2026, the peak of a 261-week series that opened at 1 on August 28 2021, after climbing from 19 on July 25 through 38 on August 15.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 72 |
| 30-day change | +278.95% (19 on July 25 2026 to 72) |
| 90-day change | +554.55% (11 on May 23 2026 to 72) |
| Peak value and date | 72 on August 22 2026 |
| First seen date | August 28 2021 (value 1) |
get_growth on the same keyword prints recent value 72 on August 22 2026, matching the stored weekly series. The 7-day baseline on that call is 38 on August 15. The phrase is not in the August 24 2026 Google Trends top 40, Wikipedia Trending top 25, or YouTube Trending top 25. It does rank on IMDb MOVIEmeter at 16, behind Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma at 12 and ahead of Avengers: Doomsday at 13.
About The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars is a 118-minute 20th Century Studios release, scheduled for August 28 2026, directed by Ridley Scott from a Mark L. Smith screenplay of Peter Heller's 2012 novel. Wikipedia describes Hig, a civilian pilot, and Bangley, a former Marine, holding a homestead after a flu pandemic, then chasing a radio signal. The cast includes Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, and Allison Janney. Wikipedia lists a $110 million budget and Scott Free as co-producer. The United States date was previously March 27 2026. IndieWire dated the first trailer to Disney's April 16 2026 CinemaCon slot. ComicBookMovie logged a June 8 2026 20th Century Studios trailer post. Deadline posted the final trailer on July 14 2026. Rotten Tomatoes showed 0 critic reviews on August 24 2026, with an R rating for language and strong violence and a 1 hour 58 minute runtime.
What the time series shows
The stored weekly series sat at 1 or 2 for four years, then printed three 2026 trailer peaks before the opening-week high. April 18 hit 38 after the April 16 CinemaCon trailer and cooled to 12 by May 2. June 13 hit 37 after the June 8 trailer, then fell to 13 by June 27. July 18 printed 21 after Deadline's July 14 final trailer, and the curve has only risen since: 19, 22, 33, 38, then 72. Derived labels from this series: growth exploding, speed exponential, seasonality medium, volatility average. The recent 30-day absolute change is 53 points (19 to 72) against a prior 30-day change of 6 points (13 on June 27 to 19), which is why speed reads exponential. Week-over-week percent-change standard deviation over the last 52 prints is 55.87, inside the average band.
Related topics
Same-day IMDb MOVIEmeter neighbors, with get_growth prints pulled August 24 2026 from google search, show other 2026 theatrical titles still moving on the board while The Dog Stars sits at rank 16 with a 72 search print and a 278.95% 30-day rise.
- teenage sex and death at camp miasma: +1128.57% over 30 days (7 to 86) and +11.69% over 7 days (77 to 86). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 12.
- spa weekend: +388.89% over 30 days (18 to 88) and +151.43% over 7 days (35 to 88). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 25.
- insidious: +916.67% over 30 days (6 to 61) and +238.89% over 7 days (18 to 61). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 5. Topic page: Insidious.
- the end of oak street: +669.23% over 30 days (13 to 100) and 0.0% over 7 days (100 to 100). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 3. Topic page: The End of Oak Street.
- mutiny: +583.33% over 30 days (12 to 82) and +310.0% over 7 days (20 to 82). IMDb MOVIEmeter rank 4. Topic page: Mutiny.
- ridley scott: +10.53% over 30 days (19 to 21) and +40.0% over 7 days (15 to 21). The director query is at 21 while the title query is at 72.
- Source context: Google Trends, IMDb MOVIEmeter API.