PROJECT HAIL MARY Hits $300 Million, SCREAM 7 Crosses $200 Million, and THEY WILL KILL YOU Bombs
Project Hail Mary has officially cleared $300 million at the global box office, landing at $300.8 million worldwide and cementing itself as the highest-grossing film in Amazon MGM's history.
That knocks Creed III off its throne, the 2023 boxing sequel had held the record at $276 million since Amazon completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM back in 2022.
This past weekend alone, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's sci-fi adaptation pulled in another $54.1 million worldwide.
In the film, Gosling plays a high school science teacher who wakes up alone in space with no memory of how he got there, and the fate of humanity riding on his shoulders.
Based on Andy Weir's novel of the same name, the film carried a $200 million production budget, and with numbers like these, that investment is looking like it’s going to pay off.
Not far behind Project Hail Mary in the global race is Disney and Pixar's Hoppers, which sits at $297.6 million worldwide after adding $37 million this weekend ($24.8 million of that from overseas). The family film is essentially a lock to cross $300 million early next week. Pixar spent $150 million making it, so I’m sure the studio is happy.
Over on the horror side of the ledger, Paramount's Scream 7 has quietly notched a milestone of its own, crossing the $200 million mark globally with $204 million in total earnings. It added $6.3 million internationally this weekend.
When you factor in the franchise's $45 million budget, that's a genuinely strong result. Those are the kind of numbers that keep legacy horror properties alive and well.
Universal's romantic drama Reminds of Him, which was adapted from the Colleen Hoover novel, is shaping up to be a modest success as well, bringing its worldwide total to $69.4 million after collecting another $9.6 million globally.
The week's clear disappointment belongs to Warner Bros. and New Line's They Will Kill You, which opened to just $9 million worldwide, $4 million of that from international markets. The horror film stars Zazie Beetz as a woman looking for her siters and has to navigate the dark secrets of a sinister high-rise apartment.
Its $20 million budget at least keeps the losses from being catastrophic, but a soft debut is a soft debut.