In yet another solid weekend performance at the box office, the new sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary passed two massive milestones. In doing so, the film overtook a host of past hits, including one of the most well-liked sci-fi blockbusters of the last couple of decades. Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling in the lead role of a schoolteacher who awakens on a spacecraft with no memory of how he got there. Based on a book by Andy Weir, whose previous bestseller served as the inspiration for Ridley Scott‘s The Martian, the movie was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It opened to excellent reviews and has been exceeding box-office expectations with stunning consistency over the last few weeks.
Project Hail Mary is being distributed domestically by Amazon MGM Studios, and, unlike many of the studio’s earlier titles, has been given a wide theatrical footprint. It was marketed as an event designed for large-format screens, and has done particularly well on IMAX. The movie holds a “Certified Fresh” 95% critics’ score and a “Verified Hot” 96% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “A visually dazzling space odyssey that’s carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart.”
Here’s the Epic Sci-Fi Hit That ‘Project Hail Mary’ Has Now Overtaken
With approximately $217 million domestically and another $203 million from overseas markets, the film’s cumulative global haul currently stands at $420 million against a reported budget of $200 million. With this, Project Hail Mary has passed the lifetime worldwide gross of Scott’s Prometheus and the $203 million domestic haul of Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, among others, Interstellar remains one of the most beloved sci-fi movies of the last few decades. It celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024, adding approximately $100 million to its worldwide haul during a re-release that spanned a few months. The movie opened to mostly positive reviews and is now sitting at a 73% critics’ score and an 87% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Nolan is now putting together his new film, the epic adventure The Odyssey, due out this summer. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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March 15, 2026
- Runtime
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157 minutes
- Director
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Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
- Writers
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Drew Goddard, Andy Weir
- Producers
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Aditya Sood, Amy Pascal, Andy Weir, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Rachel O’Connor, Ryan Gosling

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