Project Hail Mary Soars at Box Office

0:00It's March 22nd, from red carpets to breaking stories. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, powered by AI. Ryan Gosling's new space adventure, Project Hail Mary, rocketed to the top of the box office with an $80 million domestic opening weekend. That pushes worldwide debut to nearly $141 million, smashing projections and marking the biggest start of 20. 26 so far for Amazon MGM Studios. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film adepts Andy Wears novel with a script from Drew Goddard. Made on a $200 million budget, it flew past the expected $100 million global premiere and now ranks as the 7th highest. Grocer of the year, after just 3 days, fans turned out in huge numbers, giving it a clear edge over holdovers like Pixar's Hoppers, which added $18 million domestically too. Reach $120 million overall. Scream 7 and Steph Curry's goat film Trail Behind, while a Hindi thriller, letter broad

1:02but couldn't touch the total. Not every release shown though. Ready or not, two disappointed with just $9.1 million at home, despite adding stars like Sarah Michelle Geller. Low budget 824 thriller Undertone kept chugging along, pulling $3 million in its second week. With no major challenges next week, Project Hail Mary holds a strong lead and looks set to dominate theaters for a while longer.