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Project Hail Mary

2026 • PG-13 • 2h 36m • Sci-Fi / Thriller • Amazon MGM Studios

A lone astronaut must save Earth from an extinction-level threat, with only a surprising alien companion to help solve the impossible.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$80.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$344.1M

Week 13

Worldwide Total

$684.5M

$340.4M international

Budget$200M

Domestic Legs4.3x

2026 Rank#6

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Cast & Crew

Full Lord filmography

Phil Lord Director

Christopher Miller

Christopher Miller Director

Ryan Gosling Starring

Sandra Hüller Starring

Ken Leung Starring

ScreenplayDrew Goddard · based on the novel by Andy Weir Produced byPhil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Ryan Gosling CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicDaniel Pemberton Prod. DesignFrançois Audouy

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$348M–$362M

↑ $75M

$316M $355M $393M

$344.1M so far

The prediction model now reflects -33% / -41% holds in week 2 and 3, which tightened the range. The wider range of $316M–$393M accounts for 90% of outcomes after the 3rd weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$234M

Baseline

Average legs — 2.90 opening

+4%

CinemaScore

A: Sci-Fi avg is A−

+9%

Audience

Exceptional — RT 96%, LB 4.4, IMDB 8.5

−2%

Seasonality

Spring

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+31%

2nd Weekend

-33% / -41% drops

−4%

Genre

Sci-Fi legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 20–22 (opening) #1 $80.5M — 4,007 $20,091 $80.5M

2 Mar 27–29 #1 $54.1M −33% 4,077 $13,260 $163.8M

3 Apr 3–5 2 $31.7M −41% 3,907 $8,124 $218.3M

4 Apr 10-12 2 $24.1M −24.0% 3,817 $6,324 $256.2M

5 Apr 17–19 2 $20.5M −15% 3,820 $5,370 $285.2M

6 Apr 24-26 3 $12.8M −37% 3,510 $3,659 $305.1M

7 May 1-3 4 $8.5M −34% 3,017 $2,822 $318.3M

8 May 8-10 7 $6.6M −23% 2,417 $2,729 $328.3M

9 May 15-17 7 $4.0M −39% 2,177 $1,859 $335.0M

10 May 22-24 10 $2.7M −33% 1,321 $2,042 $339.6M

11 May 29-31 14 $1.0M −62% 777 $1,335 $342.3M

12 June 5-7 18 $424.1K −59% 291 $1,457 $343.3M

13 June 12-14 21 $190.7K −55% 207 $921 $343.8M

14 June 19-21 22 $80.3K −58% 75 $1,071 $344.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 19 (p) #1 $12.0M — $12.0M 4,007 $2,994 0

Fri Mar 20 #1 $33.1M +176% $33.1M 4,007 $8,265 1

Sat Mar 21 #1 $27.0M −19% $60.1M 4,007 $6,731 2

Sun Mar 22 #1 $20.4M −24% $80.5M 4,007 $5,095 3

Mon Mar 23 #1 $7.0M −66% $87.5M 4,007 $1,737 4

Tue Mar 24 #1 $9.5M +36.5% $97.0M 4,007 $2,371 5

Wed Mar 25 #1 $8.5M −10.5% $105.5M 4,007 $2,122 6

Thu Mar 26 #1 $4.3M −49% −64% $109.8M 4,007 $1,074 7

Fri Mar 27 #1 $14.7M +241% −56% $124.4M 4,077 $3,598 8

Sat Mar 28 #1 $22.8M +55.3% −16% $147.2M 4,077 $5,587 9

Sun Mar 29 #1 $17.1M −25.0% −16% $164.3M 4,077 $4,190 10

Mon Mar 30 #1 $4.9M −71% −29% $169.2M 4,077 $1,210 11

Tue Mar 31 #1 $8.0M +62% −15% $177.2M 4,077 $1,956 12

Wed Apr 1 #2 $4.4M −45% −35% $181.6M 4,077 $1,069 13

Thu Apr 2 #2 $5.0M +14% +15% $186.5M 4,077 $1,215 14

Fri Apr 3 #2 $10.4M +109.2% −29.3% $196.9M 3,907 $2,653 15

Sat Apr 4 #2 $12.3M +18.6% −46% $209.2M 3,907 $3,147 16

Sun Apr 5 #2 $9.1M −26% −47% $218.3M 3,907 $2,319 17

Mon Apr 6 #2 $3.7M −59% −24% $222.0M 3,907 $954 18

Tue Apr 7 #2 $4.0M +8% −50% $226.0M 3,907 $1,031 19

Wed Apr 8 #2 $3.1M −24% −30% $229.1M 3,907 $785 20

Thu Apr 9 #2 $3.0M −2% −39% $232.1M 3,907 $769 21

Fri Apr 10 #2 $6.8M +127.0% −34.0% $238.9M 3,817 $1,790 22

Sat Apr 11 #2 $10.4M +53.0% −15.0% $249.4M 3,817 $2,736 23

Sun Apr 12 #2 $6.9M −34.0% −24% $256.2M 3,817 $1,798 24

Mon Apr 13 #2 $1.9M −73.0% −49.0% $258.1M 3,817 $494 25

Tue Apr 14 #2 $2.6M +40.0% −34.0% $260.8M 3,817 $692 26

Wed Apr 15 #2 $2.0M −26.0% −36.0% $262.7M 3,817 $511 27

Thu Apr 16 #2 $1.9M 0% −35.0% $264.6M 3,817 $509 28

Fri Apr 17 #3 $5.2M +169.0% −24.0% $269.9M 3,820 $1,368 29

Sat Apr 18 #2 $9.0M +72.0% −14.0% $278.8M 3,820 $2,347 30

Sun Apr 19 #2 $6.3M −29.0% −8.0% $285.2M 3,820 $1,655 31

Mon Apr 20 #2 $1.7M −73.0% −9.0% $286.9M 3,820 $450 32

Tue Apr 21 #2 $2.4M +37.0% −11.0% $289.2M 3,820 $616 33

Wed Apr 22 #2 $1.7M −29.0% −14.0% $290.9M 3,820 $437 34

Thu Apr 23 #2 $1.3M −20.0% −31.0% $292.2M 3,820 $349 35

Fri Apr 24 #3 $3.3M +145% −37% $295.5M 3,510 $931 36

Sat Apr 25 #3 $5.8M +79% −35% $301.3M 3,510 $1,666 37

Sun Apr 26 #3 $3.7M −36% −41% $305.1M 3,510 $1,061 38

Mon Apr 27 #2 $1.1M −71% −37% $306.1M 3,510 $306 39

Tue Apr 28 #3 $1.5M +38% −37% $307.6M 3,510 $423 40

Wed Apr 29 #2 $1.1M −23% −31% $308.8M 3,510 $326 41

Thu Apr 30 #3 $1.0M −11% −24% $309.8M 3,510 $289 42

Fri May 1 #4 $2.2M +121% −31% $312.0M 3,017 $744 43

Sat May 2 #4 $3.8M +71% −34% $315.9M 3,017 $1,272 44

Sun May 3 #4 $2.4M −37% −35% $318.3M 3,017 $806 45

Mon May 4 #3 $731.9K −70% −32% $319.0M 3,017 $243 46

Tue May 5 #3 $1.0M +39% −32% $320.1M 3,017 $336 47

Wed May 6 #3 $899.8K −11% −21% $321.0M 3,017 $298 48

Thu May 7 #3 $759.2K −16% −25% $321.7M 3,017 $252 49

Fri May 8 #6 $1.6M +106% −30% $323.3M 2,417 $646 50

Sat May 9 #6 $2.7M +72% −30% $326.0M 2,417 $1,109 51

Sun May 10 #5 $2.4M −12% −3% $328.3M 2,417 $974 52

Mon May 11 #5 $657.4K −72% −10% $329.0M 2,417 $272 53

Tue May 12 #5 $805.1K +22% −21% $329.8M 2,417 $333 54

Wed May 13 #6 $651.4K −19% −28% $330.4M 2,417 $269 55

Thu May 14 #5 $539.7K −17% −29% $331.0M 2,417 $223 56

Fri May 15 #7 $1.1M +103% −30% $332.1M 2,177 $504 57

Sat May 16 #7 $1.7M +56% −36% $333.8M 2,177 $788 58

Sun May 17 #7 $1.2M −28% −48% $335.0M 2,177 $566 59

Mon May 18 #7 $514.5K −58% −22% $335.5M 2,177 $236 60

Tue May 19 #5 $564.8K +10% −30% $336.1M 2,177 $259 61

Wed May 20 #5 $463.8K −18% −29% $336.6M 2,177 $213 62

Thu May 21 #7 $347.2K −25% −36% $336.9M 2,177 $160 63

Fri May 22 #10 $617.2K +78% −44% $337.5M 1,321 $467 64

Sat May 23 #10 $1.1M +74% −37% $338.6M 1,321 $814 65

Sun May 24 #10 $1.0M −7% −18% $339.6M 1,321 $760 66

Mon May 25 #10 $880.6K −12% +71% $340.5M 1,321 $666 67

Tue May 26 #10 $344.6K −61% −39% $340.8M 1,321 $261 68

Wed May 27 #10 $305.9K −11% −34% $341.1M 1,321 $232 69

Thu May 28 #10 $185.4K −39% −47% $341.3M 1,321 $140 70

Fri May 29 #14 $279.5K +51% −55% $341.6M 777 $360 71

Sat May 30 #14 $441.6K +58% −59% $342.0M 777 $568 72

Sun May 31 #14 $316.0K −28% −69% $342.4M 777 $407 73

Mon Jun 1 #14 $139.4K −56% −84% $342.5M 777 $179 74

Tue Jun 2 #13 $192.2K +38% −44% $342.7M 777 $247 75

Wed Jun 3 #13 $163.3K −15% −47% $342.8M 777 $210 76

Thu Jun 4 #13 $80.5K −51% −57% $342.9M 777 $104 77

Fri Jun 5 #18 $109.9K +36% −61% $343.0M 291 $377 78

Sat Jun 6 #18 $180.8K +65% −59% $343.2M 291 $621 79

Sun Jun 7 #18 $133.4K −26% −58% $343.4M 291 $458 80

Mon Jun 8 #15 $59.9K −55% −57% $343.4M 291 $206 81

Tue Jun 9 #15 $76.3K +27% −60% $343.5M 291 $262 82

Wed Jun 10 #15 $63.4K −17% −61% $343.5M 291 $218 83

Thu Jun 11 #15 $47.7K −25% −41% $343.6M 291 $164 84

Fri Jun 12 #20 $55.2K +16% −50% $343.7M 207 $267 85

Sat Jun 13 #20 $72.9K +32% −60% $343.7M 207 $352 86

Sun Jun 14 #19 $62.6K −14% −53% $343.8M 207 $302 87

Mon Jun 15 #- $29.1K −53% −51% $343.8M 207 $141 88

Tue Jun 16 #13 $40.3K +38% −47% $343.9M 207 $195 89

Wed Jun 17 #14 $39.0K −3% −39% $343.9M 207 $188 90

Thu Jun 18 #15 $32.8K −16% −31% $343.9M 207 $158 91

Fri Jun 19 #21 $21.6K −34% −61% $344.0M 75 $288 92

Sat Jun 20 #21 $28.2K +31% −61% $344.0M 75 $376 93

Sun Jun 21 #19 $30.5K +8% −51% $344.0M 75 $407 94

Mon Jun 22 #16 $14.3K −53% −51% $344.0M 75 $190 95

Tue Jun 23 #17 $14.9K +5% −63% $344.0M 75 $199 96

Wed Jun 24 #17 $11.7K −22% −70% $344.1M 75 $155 97

Thu Jun 25 #22 $5.8K −50% −82% $344.1M 75 $77 98

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$341.3M

Mar 19Apr 6Apr 23May 11May 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.7M

$80.5M

$54.1M

$31.7M

$24.1M

$20.5M

$12.8M

$8.5M

$6.6M

$4.0M

$2.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,077 → 1,321 −67.6%

4,007 open1,321 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33%

−33%

W1→2

−41%

W2→3

−24.0%

W3→4

−15%

W4→5

−37%

W5→6

−34%

W6→7

−23%

W7→8

−39%

W8→9

−33%

W9→10

Steepest −41%Best hold −15%

Run milestones

$300M in 37 days

$100M

Day 6

Mar 25

$200M

Day 16

Apr 4

$300M

Day 37

Apr 25

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

Mentioned Week 14: Mario Galaxy aims for $170MWeek 14 · Preview · Apr 1, 2026 → Mentioned Week 15: Mario and Project Hail Mary set to repeat on topWeek 15 · Preview · Apr 9, 2026 → Mentioned Week 16: The Mummy looking soft as Mario and Hail Mary cruiseWeek 16 · Preview · Apr 16, 2026 → Mentioned Week 17: Michael swings for the music-biopic record as Mario falls to #2Week 17 · Preview · Apr 22, 2026 → Mentioned Week 18: The Devil Wears Prada 2 locks #1 as Michael faces its first hold testWeek 18 · Preview · Apr 29, 2026 →

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