Project Hail Mary Dominates Box Office

0:00It's March 22nd. Global News Today starts now. AI-powered and worldwide. I'm Cory with the story. Project Hail Mary dominated the box office this weekend with an $80,500,000 domestic opening across 4,000. Seven screens. That marks the year's biggest debut and sets a new record for Amazon MGM Studios, topping their previous high from Creed, 3 at $58,000. The sci-fi hit also grabs $60,400,000 internationally from 82 markets, pushing its worldwide total to $1,140,900,000. It outpaced openings for other non-franchised space adventures like the Martian, at $54,300,000 and Gravity at $55,600,000. Studio leaders hailed the successes putting the film in a leaked company with Oppenheimer. They pointed to Ryan Gosling's massive draw and surprising family appeal in cities like Salt Lake City, Denver, and Portland.

1:03Premium screens, especially iMacs, drove over half the earnings. Meanwhile, holdovers and new releases lagged way behind. Disney Pixar's Hoppers took second at $18,000,000, a Bollywood sequel, third around $10,000,000 in the horror follow-up Ready or. Not too forth with $9,100,000, an animated kids film, The Pout Pout Fish, rounded out the top 10 at $1,500,000. Year-to-date totals are up 21%, and with light competition until early April, Project Hail Mary has real potential to keep building. Momentum for theaters everywhere.