The Invite starts streaming on HBO Max in the United States on October 23. Warner Bros. Discovery also scheduled the A24 film for HBO on October 24 at 8 p.m. ET. If you missed Olivia Wilde's movie in theaters, you now have a confirmed date to watch it at home.
What is The Invite about?
Joe and Angela are having problems in their marriage. Then they invite their upstairs neighbors, Piña and Hawk, over for dinner. What starts as an ordinary evening turns into a conversation that makes both couples look closely at their relationships. The film keeps most of its attention on the four people and what happens as the night goes on.
Seth Rogen plays Joe, Olivia Wilde plays Angela, Penélope Cruz plays Piña, and Edward Norton plays Hawk. Wilde also directed the movie, with a screenplay by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. The four leads are the reason to watch: their dinner shifts between funny, uncomfortable and surprisingly personal moments.
When can you watch it?
For US viewers, the two dates are simple: HBO Max on Friday, October 23, and HBO on Saturday, October 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The HBO Max date is a future streaming debut, not a claim that the film is available on the service today. Warner Bros. Discovery's announcement specifies the United States; it does not give a release date for every other country.
The Invite is rated R in the United States. If you are deciding whether it suits a family movie night, this is an adult relationship comedy rather than a family-friendly dinner-party film. The story also leaves room for spoilers, so it is worth starting with the film rather than reading a plot recap first.
Is this the movie you saw at Sundance?
Yes. The Invite first played at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release. The streaming announcement is about the same A24 film starring Rogen, Wilde, Cruz and Norton. It is not the 2015 horror film The Invitation or the 2022 film with a similar name.
October 23 is the US HBO Max date, and the HBO television airing follows one day later.
