“Project Hail Mary” stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, based on studio estimates Sunday, and including to the long-term prospects of the 12 months’s greatest hit to this point.
The Phil Lord and Chris Miller sci-fi journey, starring Ryan Gosling, dipped solely 32% after notching the perfect non-franchise opening weekend since 2023’s “Oppenheimer.” Amazon MGM’s but, “Project Hail Mary” has grossed $300.8 million worldwide in two weeks.
“Project Hail Mary,” which price almost $200 million to supply, didn’t face any important new competitors and saved premium format screens largely to itself. Potentially the weekend’s most watched film, the KPop documentary “BTS: The Return,” went straight to streaming on Netflix.
But “Project Hail Mary” is on an enviable trajectory. Its second weekend maintain was even higher than that of “Oppenheimer,” which collected $46.7 million in its follow-up body.
Meanwhile, the weekend’s high new launch, “They Will Kill You,” debuted with a disappointing $5 million for Warner Bros. The gory R-rated horror movie stars Zazie Beetz as a lady who applies to be a maid at an condominium advanced the place she’s to grow to be a sacrificial providing.
While the outcome was removed from catastrophic for a film with a modest $20 million price range, it did recommend that theaters could have grow to be oversaturated in horror. David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting agency FranchiseRe, famous that there was a brand new horror movie launched each weekend for the final 14 weekends.
That included final week’s “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” ($16.3 million domestically to this point) and a second horror-comedy that additionally debuted this weekend. IFC’s “Forbidden Fruits,” a few coven of witches who work at a Texas mall, debuted with $1.2 million in gross sales.
Despite the glut, Gross is forecasting horror movies will account for about $2.1 billion in North American ticket income in 2026, down from $2.75 million final 12 months. While horror stays common with audiences and comparatively low-cost to supply, the style could also be approaching overkill.
Meanwhile, household motion pictures proceed to thrive. The Pixar authentic “Hoppers” remained in second place with $12.2 million in its fourth weekend. The Walt Disney Co. launch has amassed $297.6 million globally.
Next weekend, although, it is going to face stiff competitors in Universal Pictures’ “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” It’s anticipated to have the largest opening of 2026.
With last home figures being launched Monday, this checklist components within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, based on Comscore:
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“Project Hail Mary,” $54.5 million.
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“Hoppers,” $12.2 million.
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“They Will Kill You,” $5 million.
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“Dhurandhar The Revenge,” $4.8 million.
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“Reminders of Him,” $4.7 million.
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“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” $4 million.
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“Scream 7,” $2.6 million.
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“GOAT,” $2.2 million.
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“Undertone,” $1.7 million.
- “Forbidden Fruits,” $1.2 million.
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