Box Office: 'Project Hail Mary' Eyes $46M 2nd Weekend; 'They Will Kill You' $5M+
Project Hail Mary is cruising to a second Friday of $12.9 million on its way to a $46.8 million second weekend, topping They Will Kill You.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Orbiting $46M+ 2nd Weekend; ‘They Will Kill You’ $5M-$6M – Box Office Update
FRIDAY PM: There is a path to a bigger universe this weekend for Amazon MGM Studio’s Lord & Miller directed and produced Project Hail Mary which is cruising to a second Friday of $12.9M at 4,077 theaters on its way to a $46.8M second weekend, -42%. That’s better than the second frame of Dune: Part Two and it gets the Ryan Gosling movie to a ten-day of $156.5M. Dune: Part Two‘s 10-day was $157.2M, and that was franchise IP. Remember, Project Hail Mary keeps all the PLFs and Imax screens. Don’t be surprised if the Amy Pascal and Gosling produced movie hits $50M in weekend two.
Second goes to Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers at 3,650 is seeing a $2.6M fourth Friday for a $10M fourth weekend, -44% and a running cume of $136.3M.
Third is the Bollywood hit, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge at 987 sites with a second Friday of $1.4M and a second weekend around $5M, -50% for a running ten-day of $23M.
Fourth goes to New Line’s Zazie Beetz genre movie They Will Kill You at 2,778 with a $2.4M Friday and a $5M-$6M opening. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score is pretty good at 83% currently, though not as high as Ready or Not 2‘s 90%.
Fifth goes to Universal’s Reminders of Him at 3,174 locations with a third Friday of $1.4M and third weekend of $4.2M, -48% and a running cume of $40.5M.
Searchlight’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come at 3,010 theaters is looking at a second Friday of $1.2M and second weekend around $4M, -56%, with a ten-day of $16.2M. The first chapter in pre-Covid August 2019 had a better hold in its second frame (granted, it was August) with $5.9M, -26%.
‘Project Hail Mary’s $53M+ 2nd Weekend Burns ‘Oppenheimer’ & ‘Dune 2’; ‘They Will Kill You’ Isn’t Swinging A Punch With $5M+ – Box Office UpdateBox Office: 'Project Hail Mary' Eyes $46M 2nd Weekend; 'They Will Kill You' $5M+
Project Hail Mary is cruising to a second Friday of $12.9 million on its way to a $46.8 million second weekend, topping They Will Kill You.
‘Project Hail Mary’ Orbiting $46M+ 2nd Weekend; ‘They Will Kill You’ $5M-$6M – Box Office Update
FRIDAY PM: There is a path to a bigger universe this weekend for Amazon MGM Studio’s Lord & Miller directed and produced Project Hail Mary which is cruising to a second Friday of $12.9M at 4,077 theaters on its way to a $46.8M second weekend, -42%. That’s better than the second frame of Dune: Part Two and it gets the Ryan Gosling movie to a ten-day of $156.5M. Dune: Part Two‘s 10-day was $157.2M, and that was franchise IP. Remember, Project Hail Mary keeps all the PLFs and Imax screens. Don’t be surprised if the Amy Pascal and Gosling produced movie hits $50M in weekend two.
Second goes to Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers at 3,650 is seeing a $2.6M fourth Friday for a $10M fourth weekend, -44% and a running cume of $136.3M.
Third is the Bollywood hit, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge at 987 sites with a second Friday of $1.4M and a second weekend around $5M, -50% for a running ten-day of $23M.
Fourth goes to New Line’s Zazie Beetz genre movie They Will Kill You at 2,778 with a $2.4M Friday and a $5M-$6M opening. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score is pretty good at 83% currently, though not as high as Ready or Not 2‘s 90%.
Fifth goes to Universal’s Reminders of Him at 3,174 locations with a third Friday of $1.4M and third weekend of $4.2M, -48% and a running cume of $40.5M.
Searchlight’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come at 3,010 theaters is looking at a second Friday of $1.2M and second weekend around $4M, -56%, with a ten-day of $16.2M. The first chapter in pre-Covid August 2019 had a better hold in its second frame (granted, it was August) with $5.9M, -26%.
UPDATED, Saturday PM: Amazon MGM Studio’s Project Hail Mary continues to shine at the box office brighter than a sun now with an updated second weekend of $53.1M, after a better-than-expected Friday of $14.6M. That’s a phenomenal second frame for a non-franchise film, some may argue the highest. 1997’s Avatar (which wasn’t a franchise when it opened, it was deemed an original; only history has made it a franchise) posted a second weekend of $75.6M. But more pom poms for Project Hail Mary: The pic’s second weekend is higher than multi-Oscar winner Oppenheimer ($46.7M, -43%) and the 2024 March sci-fi movie Dune Part Two ($46.2M, -44%). That’s a big deal.
There’s a lot of positive here at the box office: The spring has proven prime for studios post Sinners and now Project Hail Mary to roll the dice on original event movies. All titles this weekend at $96.8M are 25% ahead of weekend 13 a year ago which was a hodge podge of Jason Statham’s A Working Man ($15.5M), Chosen: Last Supper ($11.8M), Woman in the Yard ($9.3M) and the Jenna Ortega misfire Death of a Unicorn ($5.7M). People are going to the movies, Project Hail Mary pulling in 54% men, 36% women in weekend two. Broken out that’s women over 25 at 37%, men over 25 at 36%, and men under 25 at 19%. Family audiences are flocking to movies with Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers at an estimated fourth weekend of $11.3M, running cume of $137.3M (it has already surpassed Elio‘s domestic take of $72.9M; and it’s 25% ahead of Elemental‘s fourth weekend ending cume at same point in time).
However, not to necessarily quote the Harry Styles song in Project Hail Mary, the lingering impact of Covid remains a sign of the times at the B.O.: Not everybody is back, evident in how hard it is for counterprogramming to bust out during a non-holiday, though semi-spring break period: Read, New Line/Nocturna’s They Will Kill You –technically the first big collaboration in the road to merger between David Ellison’s Skydance (they have a stake in Nocturna) and WarnerBros– isn’t wowing with a $5M to $5.5M opening after a $2.2M Friday/previews. International in 66 territories is also weak so far with $1.4M. Back in 2019, weekend 13 minted $137.3M per Box Office Mojo comprised of an underperforming Disney Dumbo at No. 1 with $45.9M, the second weekend of Jordan Peele’s Us ($33M) and the fourth weekend of Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel with $20.6M — a very robust frame in the tail end of spring break.
How can two really fun, female leading genre movies in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come ($4M second weekend, -56%, cume of $16.2M) and They Will Kill You fall short at the box office? Why aren’t they finding an expanded audience? For one, both are similar in being body count slay flicks, and they’re far too close to each other on the calendar, that’s for sure. Warners will say (and they’re correct), they were on this release date first (dating the Zazie Beetz movie back in 2022) while Ready or Not 2 hopped around from April 10 to this weekend, to March 20. Others will say that there’s reason why two horror movies with should be in proximity to an event movie such as Project Hail Mary: Both horror movies have conflicting demos with the Ryan Gosling movie, that being largely men over 25, women over 25, and men under 25. The one stubborn demo, particularly for Project Hail Mary and They Will Kill You, is women under 25 at 8% and 10% respectively — that’s on the major studios to figure out how to dynamite that demo even more. In the case of Project Hail Mary, women under 25 are giving the film its best PostTrak exits at 100%. Why is there such a low turnout then?
The answer to the underperformance in Ready or Not 2 and They Will Kill You, aside from butting up against each other, also likely lies in how much both studios, Searchlight and New Line, committing to lower P&A spends particularly in relation to each pic’s production costs, and testing scores. As we always overwrite, both studios are playing for the margins on each genre pic in regards to its economics, they’re not looking to change moviegoing trends on either title. If Warner Bros knew they had a Weapons on their hands (A- CinemaScore, $38M production cost), they’d protect the film, and spend to expand the demos and rally on They Will Kill You. They kept their marketing budget very thrifty on Companion ($10M production cost, B+ CinemaScore, $29M global P&A). Essentially, on a movie where Warner Bros’ doesn’t have massive skin (in a cofinance scenario with Nocturna and Domain on a $20M net production), they’re not going to overspend on P&A ala Companion. How does 20th Century Studios’ Send Help get to a near $100M global box office and with a B+ CinemaScore? It had a bigger budget ($40M), and bigger top shelf talent that Disney didn’t want to upset in Sam Raimi and Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams. Gotta spend for the win in such cases.
Global Box Office: 'Project Hail Mary' Is Top Grossing Hollywood Movie YTD
With over $300M worldwide, 'Project Hail Mary' is the top grossing Hollywood movie year to date and best ever for Amazon MGM Studios.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Top Grossing Hollywood Pic YTD & Best Ever For Amazon MGM Studios With $300M+; ‘Hoppers’ Nears $300M – Global Box Office
In what is hopefully a sign of the times for the box office to quote the Harry Styles song in Project Hail Mary, non-franchise IP is excelling around the world with Amazon MGM Studios’ posting an amazing $108.6M second frame for a running total of $300.8M. Not only is that the top grossing Amazon MGM Studios post merger, besting the $276M haul of 2023’s Creed III, but it’s also currently the top grossing MPA title of 2026 year-to-date. Remember, China’s racing car movie, Pegasus 3 is the highest grossing movie year to date with $630.4M.
Broken out the Ryan Gosling movie did $54.1M in 86 markets, a -5% hold, and another $54.5M domestic for weekend two. Running totals stateside is $164.3M domestic and $136.5M offshore. Project Hail Mary was No. 1 in 60+ markets including China, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. Openings this weekend, which were all the best in each market for an MPA title included Spain with $2.3M at 648 screens (No. 1 remained Sony local comedy Torrente Presidente with $3.2M and a $24.5M running cume in weekend 3), India with $1.8M on 650 screens and Malaysia with $825K on 180 screens.
Imax contributed $20.3M WW to the Lord and Miller movie this weekend. Imax 70MM locations (15 in North America, 1 UK’s BFI) have minted $4.3M alone. Broken out domestic was $10.1M stateside and $10.2M abroad for Imax. Global running cume in Imax is $59.6M ($33M North America, $26.5M offshore).
Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers isn’t far behind Project Hail Mary with a running worldwide cume of $297.6M, after a $37M global weekend ($12.2M domestic, $24.8M overseas). Broken out that’s $138.6M stateside and $159M abroad.
Hoppers foreign weekend reps a -33% hold. Pic remains the No. 1 and or No. 2 non-local title in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan, China, Korea, Brazil and Mexico. Pic bowed to No. 2 in Australia to $1.3M ($2M with previews), making it the highest grossing new IP animated opening for Disney/Pixar since Zootopia (2016). Pic was also opened at #2 in New Zealand, posting the 2nd highest grossing new IP animated opening for Disney/Pixar since Zootopia (2016). Australia and NZ were the only news territories. Hoppers is the highest grossing movie YTD across Latin America as well as France ($9.5M), Mexico ($13M), Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The pic is the top grossing Hollywood movie in Japan ($9M), Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam YTD. China alone has minted $16.8M.
Other stuff:
Reminders of Him (Uni) 67 markets, $9.6M WW ($4.7M U.S, $4.9M Int’l), $69.4M WW ($41M U.S., $28.3M Int’l)/Wk 3
Pic opened in Portugal to No. 2 with $127K boosted by first spring sunshine after three months of harsh stormy weather. Lithuania bowed to $70K, No. 2 in the market on 16 screens, ahead of Colleen Hoover’s Regretting You. Notable holdovers included Germany with $1.3M weekend, -20% and a $6.7M cume surpassing Regretting You, and already ahead of Materialists. The UK & Ireland enjoyed a strong hold in weekend 3 of $700K, -27% at No.5 in the market, with one of the best holds across all titles. Pic’s $4.5M is in sync with Materialists at the same point.
They Will Kill You (WB) 66 markets, $9M WW ($5M U.S., $4M Int’l)/Wk 1
No, the opening for the $20M Nocturna-New Line co-financed movie wasn’t $20M global. Paltry results in France ($598K), UK ($418K), Germany ($270K), Mexico ($218K), Italy ($215K), Spain ($198K), Brazil ($149K), Australia ($135K), Holland ($110K), Colombia ($92K), Poland ($91K), and Switzerland ($65K).
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Dis), 30 markets, $6.9M WW ($4M U.S, Int’l $2.9M, -40%), Global Cume $23.5M ($16.3M domestic, $7.2M Int’l)/Wk 2
Mexico was $400K, No. 4 opening, 1% ahead of Searchlight’s The Menu. Pic bowed No. 3 non-local in Hong Kong and Singapore. Top territories are UK ($1.8M cume, -36% hold), Australia ($700K cume, Samara Weaving native land, -50% hold). Philippines with $500K was No. 2 opening and the best non-local opening year-to-date. Brazil’s running cume is $400K, Malaysia is $400K, Colombia is $300K and Netherland is $300K. The movie hasn’t released yet in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Korea and Japan.
Scream 7 (Par), 57 markets, $6.3M WW ($2.6M U.S., $3.7M Int’l, -42% hold), $204M WW cume ($118.6M U.S., $85.4M)/Wk 5
Top grossing territory was France with a weekend 5 of $509K at 441 sites, No. 10 in the market and -32% from last weekend. Runing total there is $10.1M.
GOAT (Sony) 52 markets, 6,346 global screens, $4.4M WW ($2.2M U.S./$2.2M Int’l), $181M WW cume ($80M int’l, $101M domestic)/Wk 7
We’ll have more updates soon on the global front….
Hmm only 10 years between Incredibles II and III instead of the 15 years between I and II...
In case anyone is interested, We have the entries listed for the TrekBBS 2026 Box Office Predictor Game up. It will be a while to see results, but interesting to see what we guessed
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