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Julie Taymor’s 2007 jukebox musical romantic drama Across the Universe started streaming on Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, beginning August 1, 2025. In part based on the song of the same name by Lennon–McCartney, the film stars Jim Sturgess as Jude and Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy, star-crossed lovers who meet and fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of the 1960s that accompanies the Vietnam War. The Beatles’ songs, including “With a Little Help From My Friends,” “All My Loving,” and “Dear Prudence,” serve as a sonic framework for the narrative. Joe Anderson, T. V. Carpio, Dana Fuchs, and Martin Luther McCoy also star, with Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, and Salma Hayek making cameos.
Why You Should Watch Across the Universe
Across the Universe was released in theaters in October 2007 following its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival the previous month. The film was far from a commercial success and only managed to gross about $29 million globally (including $24 million at the domestic box office) against a reported budget of approximately $45 million to $70 million, making it a box office bomb. It didn’t fare much better with critics, who only gave it a 53% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.
