Project Hail Mary Crushes It, They Will Kill You Bombs

0:00It's March 29th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Global News Today World News powered by AI. Project Hail Mary crushed it again this weekend, pulling in $54,500,000 domestically in its second frame. That's the biggest hold for a non-franchise opener since Oppenheimer back in 2023. Worldwide, the Ryan Gosling sci-fi flick has already banked $300,800,000. It dropped just 32% from its massive debut, thanks to no real challengers and those premium screens all to itself. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller delivered a winner here, with a nearly $200,000,000 budget looking smart now. Meanwhile, the new horror, they will kill you, bombed with only $5,000,000 on opening. Starring Zazie Beats, it hit theaters amid a flood of scary movies, 14 straight weekends of fresh blood on screens. Experts say the genres oversaturated, cooling off demand. Family flick stayed hot, though, while Pixar's hoppers grabbing second place at $12,000,200,000

1:03in week four. That's $297,600,000 globally for Disney. Looking ahead, hoppers faces a beast next weekend, with Universal's Super Mario Galaxy movie, poised for the year's top launch so far. Hail Mary keeps flying high, proving originals can still pack houses.