{"id":358194,"date":"2026-03-21T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358194\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:27:11","slug":"project-hail-mary-rockets-to-33-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358194\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Project Hail Mary’ Rockets to $33 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s up, up and away for Amazon MGM\u2019s \u201cProject Hail Mary<\/a>,\u201d which rocketed to the top of the box office charts on Friday en route to a stellar opening weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tPhil Lord and Christopher Miller\u2019s \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d earned $33 million domestically on Friday from 4,007 locations. The sci-fi drama is expected to blast off to $77 million by Sunday, which marks the best opening for Amazon MGM ever, legging out 2023\u2019s \u201cCreed III\u201d ($58 million). The film will need to hold strong for several weekends to justify its $200 million price tag, but the optics look good considering its 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and excellent word of mouth. <\/p>\n

\n\tBased on Any Weir\u2019s 2021 novel, \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d follows Ryan Gosling<\/a> as brainy school teacher Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spaceship light-years from Earth with no memory of how he got there. As the pieces fall back into place, he slowly remembers he is part of a plot to stop a mysterious substance from blacking out the Sun. Other cast members include Sandra H\u00fcller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung and Liz Kingsman.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers\u201d landed in second place on Friday with $5.4 million domestically. That marks yet another solid hold, declining just 26% from last week\u2019s numbers. The animated adventure\u2019s North American total should reach about $122 million by Sunday. After a string mistifires, Pixar can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the resounding critical and commerical success of \u201cHoppers.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tSearchlight Pictures\u2019 \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u201d came in third place on Friday, pulling in $3.8 million domestically from 3,010 locations. The bloody horror sequel is projected to earn $9 million by the end of the weekend. The first \u201cReady or Not\u201d opened similarly to $8 million domestically, but eventually powered to $28 million in the States and $57 million worldwide against a $6 million budget. <\/p>\n

\n\tSamara Weaving returns as Grace, who, after surviving the Le Domas family\u2019s lethal game, realizes she\u2019s only made it to level two with the Danforths. This time, she must fight for her life alongside her estranged sister Faith, played by Kathryn Newton. Other cast members include Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, David Cronenberg and Dan Beirne. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe No. 4 slot went to the Indian action epic \u201cDhurandhar The Revenge,\u201d which made an estimated $3 million on Friday from just 987 North American theaters. The film is projected to gross $10.9 million by Sunday. A follow-up to 2025\u2019s \u201cDhurandhar,\u201d \u201cThe Revenge\u201d continues the journey of Jaskirat Singh Rangi as he descends deeper into Karachi\u2019s criminal underground. Cast members include Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun and Gaurav Gera. <\/p>\n

\n\tFifth place went to Universal\u2019s \u201cReminders of Him,\u201d which added $2.7 million domestically on its second Friday in theaters. The teary romance is expected to gross $8.7 million by Sunday, pushing its North American total to a solid $33 million. \u201cReminders of Him\u201d holds a $25 million production budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s up, up and away for Amazon MGM\u2019s \u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d which rocketed to the top of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270,83643,22822],"class_list":["post-358194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-project-hail-mary","tag-ryan-gosling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}