Project Hail Mary Reaches Impressive Box Office Milestone

Project Hail Mary has hurtled past the $300 million mark at the global box office, with Imax proving to be a huge draw with cinemagoers.

The Ryan Gosling-fronted film remains the number one movie in the world, with a $108.6 million global haul in its second weekend. That adds up to an impressive $300.8 million at the global box office — enough to make Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM’s highest-grossing movie of all time.

Domestically, Project Hail Mary brought in another $54.5 million, representing a drop of just 32% on opening weekend. It’s now made $164.3 million in North America. Internationally, the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed sci-fi epic had a similarly impressive second weekend hold, bringing in $54.1 million, for a $136.5 million total.

Imax is a big part of Project Hail Mary’s success, with $20.3 million generated across the globe this weekend. That’s down just 27% from weekend one, with the film enjoying positive word of mouth. The North American Imax total is now $33 million, which is 20% of Project Hail Mary’s domestic total. Globally, Project Hail Mary has made $59.6 million at Imax.

Clearly, Project Hail Mary is a hit. It emerged this week that there’s already talk of turning it into a franchise with a sequel, although Andy Weir, who wrote the novel upon which the movie is based, is said to be “in the driver’s seat” on a potential Project Hail Mary 2. That suggests Weir would have to write a Project Hail Mary sequel before any further adaptations take place.

Is this likely? In a recent interview with The New York Times, Weir was asked if he would ever do a sequel in some way. He replied: “Absolutely, I have ideas for sequels for Project Hail Mary, but I just don’t have a good enough one yet. My next book, the one I’m working on now, is not a sequel to anything that I’ve written.”