{"id":505353,"date":"2026-03-31T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505353\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:11","slug":"project-hail-mary-holds-no-1-at-u-k-ireland-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505353\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Project Hail Mary’ Holds No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cProject Hail Mary<\/a>,\u201d distributed by Sony, held the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office in its second weekend, taking \u00a34.7 million ($6.3 million) and lifting its total to \u00a315.1 million ($19.9 million), according to Comscore.<\/p>\n

\n\tEntertainment Film Distributors\u2019 \u201cThe Magic Faraway Tree<\/a>\u201d was the top new entry, debuting in second place with \u00a32.8 million ($3.7 million).<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s \u201cHoppers<\/a>\u201d continued its steady run in third, adding $1.4 million in its fourth weekend for a cumulative $14.4 million. Moviegoers Entertainment\u2019s \u201cDhurandhar: The Revenge<\/a>\u201d followed in fourth with $885,000, reaching $4.4 million overall.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s \u201cReminders of Him\u201d placed fifth in its third frame with $686,000, bringing its total to $4.4 million. Disney\u2019s \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u201d ranked sixth with $530,000, pushing its cumulative to $1.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros.\u2019 new release \u201cThey Will Kill You\u201d opened in seventh place with $434,000, while family event title \u201cBluey at the Cinema: Playdates With Friends\u201d debuted in eighth with $247,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther down the chart, Entertainment Film Distributors\u2019 \u201cMother\u2019s Pride\u201d added $199,000 in ninth place for a total of $4.3 million, while Studiocanal\u2019s \u201cHow to Make a Killing\u201d rounded out the top 10 with $189,000, bringing its cumulative to $2.5 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking ahead, Universal is set to dominate the upcoming Easter holiday frame with \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d launching wide across more than 300 locations. Entertainment Film Distributors counters with \u201cThe Drama,\u201d starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, also opening wide.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvent cinema continues to play a prominent role, with Trafalgar Releasing presenting \u201cSiegfried \u2013 ROH, London 2026,\u201d while Dartmouth Films releases the music documentary \u201cMcCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe specialty and repertory market remains active. Curzon marks the 25th anniversary re-release of \u201cAmelie,\u201d while Park Circus brings \u201cMerrily We Roll Along\u201d back to cinemas. Studiocanal adds thriller \u201cFuze,\u201d and BFI Distribution releases \u201cD Is for Distance.\u201d Further independent titles include Icon\u2019s \u201cTwo Women,\u201d Tull Stories\u2019 \u201cBeing Ola\u201d and Peccadillo Pictures\u2019 \u201cNight Stage,\u201d alongside Dogwoof\u2019s \u201cKim Novak\u2019s Vertigo.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d distributed by Sony, held the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[171254,96,164838,2839,111196,176625,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-505353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dhurandhar-the-revenge","tag-entertainment","tag-hoppers","tag-movies","tag-project-hail-mary","tag-the-magic-faraway-tree","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}