“Project Hail Mary” is officially Amazon MGM’s highest-grossing film of all time.
This Space Odyssey has grossed $300 million worldwide after earning an additional $54.1 million in 86 markets this weekend. This easily exceeds the $276 million worldwide box office gross of Creed III, which was the company’s previous top grosser in 2023 (Amazon acquired MGM in 2022 for $8.5 billion).
“Project Hail Mary” stars Ryan Gosling as a high school teacher who enlists to save the world. This weekend was particularly strong in the UK ($6.3 million), China ($7.7 million), Australia ($3.8 million), South Korea ($3.3 million) and Germany ($3.4 million). The film, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is based on the novel by Andy Weir. The production cost is $200 million.
Disney and Pixar’s “Hoppers” also did well internationally. The family film increased its box office total this weekend by $37 million worldwide, with $24.8 million of that coming from international markets. The film currently has a worldwide box office gross of $297.6 million and will cross the $300 million mark early next week. Pixar spent $150 million on this movie.
Elsewhere, Paramount’s “Scream 7” grossed $6.3 million worldwide this weekend, topping the $200 million mark. The company’s global revenue was $204 million, a good result considering its $45 million budget.
Universal’s Reminders of Him added $9.6 million to its worldwide gross of $69.4 million. The film, directed by Colleen Hoover, is shaping up to be a moderate hit for the studio, which spent $25 million on the romantic drama. The novelist also wrote “Regretting You” and “It Ends With Us,” which inspired the hit movies.
And poor Warner Bros. and poor New Line, whose worldwide box office debut with They Will Kill You was a meager $9 million, with $4 million of that coming from 66 foreign markets. This horror movie stars Zazie Beetz as a housekeeper working in a sinister high-rise apartment building. It cost $20 million to make, so the loss shouldn’t be too devastating. “They Will Kill You” was co-financed by David Ellison’s genre label Nocturna, a collaboration that occurred long before the mogul recently agreed to buy Warner Bros. and merge it with Paramount.
