Ryan Gosling’s space extravaganza Project Hail Mary has crossed $300 million at the box office worldwide.
The science fiction adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel is dominating cinemas everywhere and setting some impressive markers along the way.
So, let’s break down the numbers.
The biggest film of 2026 so far, bar one exception
The $300 million marker has been crossed thanks to an exceptionally strong second weekend for Project Hail Mary, with the work of directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller adding $54.5 million in the U.S. domestic market.
Internationally, Project Hail Mary added $54.1 million, an impressive -5% hold that, per Deadline, impressively outweighs the likes of Interstellar (-21%), Dune (-48%), and another adaptation of Weir’s work, The Martian (-41%).
The $300.8 million total means that Project Hail Mary has earned the accolade of the biggest MPA hit of 2026 to date, with only China’s Pegasus 3 grossing more ($630.4 million).
Moreover, Project Haul Mary is officially the biggest box office earner in Amazon MGM’s post-merger history, beating Creed III ($276 million).
What is ‘Project Hail Mary’ about?
Project Hail Mary follows Gosling’s character Ryland Grace, a science teacher who wakes up in space with no recollection of how he got there, or why.
Slowly, his past reveals itself, and he finds himself on a mission to save the world, with the help of a sentient alien rock.
Critics and audiences alike have been raving about it, with scores of 95% and 96%, respectively, on Rotten Tomatoes.
Central to the film is Gosling, who holds the majority of the story on his shoulders and has received heavy praise from Weir.
Speaking to Space, Weir was pleasantly surprised at the depth Gosling added to his original novel.
“I didn’t realise how much a part of the creative process that the actors are,” Weir said.
“I naively thought that actors are just there to read the words and put the correct emotion behind them. But they do so much more. They help create the character and add depth and complexity. There’s a lot of going off script in order to make the character better.”
“Ryan added so much depth and layers to Ryland that I never had in the book. And I was so happy about that because I consider character depth to be one of my biggest weaknesses as an author. I’m a plot-driven author.
“Seeing Ryan add all these layers, I’m like, ‘Oh, good, he’s covering the things that I didn’t do.’ Then later I’ll get credit for that character.”
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