{"id":2058,"date":"2026-03-22T22:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:35:20","slug":"project-hail-mary-becomes-amazons-highest-grossing-film-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2058","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Project Hail Mary\u2019 becomes Amazon\u2019s highest-grossing film debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Project Hail Mary, from Amazon.com Inc.\u2019s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, was the No. 1 film at the US and Canadian box office this weekend with $80.5 million worth of tickets, scoring the highest grossing debut of any movie this year.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s performance in its opening weekend surpassed\u00a0Creed III\u00a0as the best for an Amazon title since the company acquired MGM for $8.5 billion in 2022. Industry tracker Boxoffice Pro had\u00a0forecast\u00a0sales of at least $70 million. More than a fifth of\u00a0Project Hail Mary\u2018s box office came from Imax Corp. screens.<\/p>\n

Since closing the MGM deal, which handed Amazon control of film franchises including James Bond and\u00a0The Pink Panther, the e-commerce conglomerate has pledged to release more than a dozen pictures in cinemas annually before making them available on its Prime Video streaming service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is adapted from the novel of the same name by Andy Weir. It follows the adventure of biologist-turned-teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, who wakes up with amnesia aboard a spacecraft.<\/p>\n

The film achieved critical acclaim, and its commercial performance ends a string of low box-office hauls for Amazon this year on titles such as\u00a0Mercy\u00a0and\u00a0Crime 101.<\/p>\n

Amazon, which hired former Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. executives Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll to run its film studio and lead its marketing, is less dependent on the success of its theatrical releases than traditional Hollywood distributors. It uses cinemas primarily as a means to recoup some production and marketing costs before feeding the titles to its Prime user base, which is largely formed of online shoppers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s commitment to theaters helps support chains such as AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and Regal Cineworld Group that are seeking more films from Hollywood. Last year, Amazon announced that it would be working with Denis Villeneuve, the director of the\u00a0Dune\u00a0trilogy, on a new Bond film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The domestic box office is up 15.2% so far this year compared with the same period in 2025 thanks to releases including\u00a0Hoppers\u00a0from Walt Disney Co.\u2019s Pixar subsidiary and\u00a0Scream 7\u00a0from Paramount Skydance Corp.\u2019s film studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before\u00a0Project Hail Mary, the best debut of 2026 was\u00a0Scream 7. The movie, released in February, has since sold $193.8 million worth of cinema tickets, becoming the highest grossing picture in the horror franchise\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The debut of\u00a0Hoppers\u00a0earlier in March was also the best for an original Pixar film in a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s next big-budget release in theaters this year is\u00a0Masters of the Universe\u00a0in June, based on the franchise controlled by toymaker Mattel Inc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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