Project Hail Mary Shoots Past $300 Million at the Global Box Office, With Imax a Big Part of Its Success

Project Hail Mary has hurtled past the $300 cardinal people astatine the planetary container office, with Imax proving to beryllium a immense gully with cinemagoers.

The Ryan Gosling-fronted movie remains the fig 1 movie successful the world, with a $108.6 cardinal planetary haul successful its 2nd weekend. That adds up to an awesome $300.8 cardinal astatine the planetary container bureau — capable to marque Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM’s highest-grossing movie of each time.

Domestically, Project Hail Mary brought successful different $54.5 million, representing a driblet of conscionable 32% connected opening weekend. It’s present made $164.3 cardinal successful North America. Internationally, the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed sci-fi epic had a likewise awesome 2nd play hold, bringing successful $54.1 million, for a $136.5 cardinal total.

Imax is simply a large portion of Project Hail Mary’s success, with $20.3 cardinal generated crossed the globe this weekend. That’s down conscionable 27% from play one, with the movie enjoying affirmative connection of mouth. The North American Imax full is present $33 million, which is 20% of Project Hail Mary’s home total. Globally, Project Hail Mary has made $59.6 cardinal astatine Imax.

Clearly, Project Hail Mary is simply a hit. It emerged this week that there’s already speech of turning it into a franchise with a sequel, though Andy Weir, who wrote the caller upon which the movie is based, is said to beryllium “in the driver’s seat” connected a imaginable Project Hail Mary 2. That suggests Weir would person to constitute a Project Hail Mary sequel earlier immoderate further adaptations instrumentality place.

Is this likely? In a caller interrogation with The New York Times, Weir was asked if helium would ever bash a sequel successful immoderate way. He replied: “Absolutely, I person ideas for sequels for Project Hail Mary, but I conscionable don’t person a bully capable 1 yet. My adjacent book, the 1 I’m moving connected now, is not a sequel to thing that I’ve written.”

IGN’s Project Hail Mary reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: “Project Hail Mary is simply a rollicking sci-fi blockbuster celebrating however overmuch we tin execute erstwhile we enactment together… and however overmuch meet-cute mileage you tin get retired of watching Ryan Gosling befriend a stone alien for 2 and a fractional hours.”

Meanwhile, Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers has present grossed $297.6 cardinal ($138.6 cardinal home and $159 cardinal international) aft 4 weekends. It’s the highest grossing animated merchandise globally of 2026 truthful far. Scream 7 made different another $6.3 cardinal this weekend, which means it’s present up to $204.071 cardinal worldwide.

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