Movie Monday: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Shines Bright atop the Box Office

Where in the world is Project Hail Mary? Well, if you mean the ship, it’s somewhere many light-years away. As for the movie? It’s at the top of the box office.

And just like last week, none of the competition even came close. Project Hail Mary brought in another $54.5 million, rocketing its domestic gains to $164.3 million. And its performance around the world brings the movie’s global take to $300 million.

Speaking of movies with futuristic technology, Hoppers transfused itself into another second-place finish. The movie made another $12.2 million, which raises its domestic total to $138.6 million. Throughout the whole of the animal kingdom, Hoppers has chomped down on $297.6 million throughout its fourth weekend.

Third place goes to the only new movie to make the top five: They Will Kill You. It debuted at $5 million with domestic audiences, and it generated an additional $4 million overseas, giving it a $9 million cume. That’s not a killing in box office terms, but it’s alright.

Falling one spot into fourth was Dhurandhar The Revenge, an Indian movie that surprised the box office with its third-place debut last week. This time, it made $4.7 million, raising its domestic (domestic meaning United States and Canada, to be clear) gains to $22.8 million. Combining its overseas earnings, the movie has grossed $89.8 million.

Rounding out the top five is Reminders of Him, which beat out Ready or Not 2: Here I Come to maintain its fifth-place position. This time, it reminded itself to earn another $4.7 million from American audiences (and allow me to remind you that this number brings its domestic cume to $41 million). Worldwide, Reminders of Him has earned $69.5 million.

As for other new releases, Forbidden Fruits, not to be confused as a Christian movie, landed in 10^th place. It made $914,000.

Just below it in 11^th, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, gained $650,000. And while we don’t have a specific content review for the documentary, you can read our blog on it here.

Rounding out 12^th and 13^th placements were a couple movies raised from the dead—one near literally. The Mummy Returns returned for a 25^th-anniversary screening, earning $600,000. And Stand by Me showed up on screens for its 40^th-anniversary and enjoyed another $450,000.