{"id":2350573,"date":"2026-03-29T20:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2350573"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:52:32","slug":"project-hail-mary-flies-to-54-5-million-second-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/project-hail-mary-flies-to-54-5-million-second-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Project Hail Mary&#8217; flies to $54.5 million second weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/entertainment\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEntertainment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">The Phil Lord and Chris Miller sci-fi adventure, starring Ryan Gosling, dipped only 32% after notching the best non-franchise opening weekend since 2023\u2019s \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo \">\n<figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\tRyan Gosling poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of the film &#8216;Project Hail Mary&#8217; on Monday, March 9, 2026, in London.<em>  Photo by Scott A Garfitt\/Invision\/AP<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"m-article-header__meta\">\n<div class=\"m-article-header__byline\">\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy JAKE COYLE, Associated Press\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"m-article-header__date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 29, 2026 | 4:04 PM\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><\/p>\n<p><span>2 minutes to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, and adding to the long-term prospects of the year\u2019s biggest hit thus far.<\/p>\n<p>The Phil Lord and Chris Miller sci-fi adventure, starring Ryan Gosling, dipped only 32% after notching the best non-franchise opening weekend since 2023\u2019s \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d has grossed $300.8 million worldwide in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d which cost nearly $200 million to produce, didn\u2019t face any significant new competition and kept premium format screens largely to itself. Potentially the weekend\u2019s most watched movie, the KPop documentary \u201cBTS: The Return,\u201d went straight to streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d is on an enviable trajectory. Its second weekend hold was even better than that of \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d which collected $46.7 million in its follow-up frame.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the weekend\u2019s top new release, \u201cThey Will Kill You,\u201d debuted with a disappointing $5 million for Warner Bros. The gory R-rated horror film stars Zazie Beetz as a woman who applies to be a maid at an apartment complex where she\u2019s to become a sacrificial offering.<\/p>\n<p>While the result was far from catastrophic for a movie with a modest $20 million budget, it did suggest that theaters may have become oversaturated in horror. David A. Gross, who runs the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/boston.com\/tag\/movies\/\">movie<\/a> consulting firm FranchiseRe, noted that there has been a new horror film released every weekend for the last 14 weekends.<\/p>\n<p>That included last week\u2019s \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u201d ($16.3 million domestically so far) and a second horror-comedy that also debuted this weekend. IFC\u2019s \u201cForbidden Fruits,\u201d about a coven of witches who work at a Texas mall, debuted with $1.2 million in sales.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the glut, Gross is forecasting horror films will account for about $2.1 billion in North American ticket revenue in 2026, down from $2.75 million last year. While horror remains popular with audiences and relatively cheap to produce, the genre may be approaching overkill.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, family movies continue to thrive. The Pixar original \u201cHoppers\u201d remained in second place with $12.2 million in its fourth weekend. The Walt Disney Co. release has accumulated $297.6 million globally.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, though, it will face stiff competition in Universal Pictures\u2019 \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie.\u201d It\u2019s expected to have the biggest opening of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d $54.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cHoppers,\u201d $12.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cThey Will Kill You,\u201d $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cDhurandhar The Revenge,\u201d $4.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cReminders of Him,\u201d $4.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come,\u201d $4 million.<\/p>\n<p>7. \u201cScream 7,\u201d $2.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>8. \u201cGOAT,\u201d $2.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>9. \u201cUndertone,\u201d $1.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>10. \u201cForbidden Fruits,\u201d $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-block m-generic-cta&#10;&#9; m-generic-cta--post-content&#9; m-generic-cta--dark&#9; m-generic-cta--homepage&#9; m-generic-cta--generic-link&#9;&#9; m-generic-cta-block-style--default &#10;&#9;t-amp__generic-cta\">\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__wrap\">\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__content\">\n<h3 class=\"m-generic-cta__title\">Sign up for The Queue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Discover the best movies and TV shows streaming now, with handpicked recommendations from Boston.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"bdc-outbrain-35106552\" class=\"bdc-outbrain-container\">\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\t\t\tconst onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );\n\t\t\tif ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable.\n\t\t\t\t * Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0004.\n\t\t\t\t * If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.\n\t\t\t\t * If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.\n\t\t\t\t * Documentation https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/meta-pixel\/implementation\/gdpr\n\t\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\tif ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0004 !== true ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfbq('consent', 'revoke');\n\t\t\t\t\tfbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);\n\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tfbq('consent', 'grant');\n\t\t\t\t\tfbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tfbq('init', '989222871864976');\n\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><script type=\"module\">\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n\t\t{n.callMethod? 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