Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Rocketing to Gravity-Defying $77 Million-Plus Opening

Filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s golden touch continues with space epic Hail Project Mary, starring Ryan Gosling.

Friday’s opening-day gross of $33.1 million, including $12 million in previews, puts the film on course for a better-than-expected domestic opening of $77 million-plus, according to Amazon MGM Studios.

Only three non-sequel, non-franchise films have opened above $50 million in the post-pandemic era: Oppenheimer, F1: The Movie and It Ends With Us. And only two, Oppenheimer and It, crossed $70 million. In terms of the genre itself, Project Hail Mary would share rarefied air with Interstellar’s opening in 2014.