Worldwide Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary debuted to an awesome $140.9M. That’s the biggest global debut so far in 2026 for an MPA title, head of Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream 7 global launch of $97M+
The overall international weekend estimate is $60.4M from 82 markets, which reps 90% of the offshore footprint.
On a like-for-like basis excluding China, the opening weekend is on par with Interstellar and Dune. This marks only the fourth non-sequel/non-franchise film to open above $50M abroad post-COVID alongside Oppenheimer, F, and Superman.
The Ryan Gosling starring and produced, Lord & Miller directed production opened at No. 1 in 60+ markets including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and Japan.
Imax alone delivered $30.3M worldwide, which is the biggest non-franchise opening weekend in Imax history since last summer’s F1 (which went on to earn $100M WW in the large format alone). Overall, the biggest global opening weekend for an MGM movie in Imax (Sorry, Mr. Bond). North America Imax was $16.4M, making is the third movie in the exhib’s history to index over 20% with an overall opening north of $80M. Fifteen locations stateside as well as London’s BFI exhibited the film in Imax 70MM format earned $2M for a $122K per screen.
Imax’s foreign B.O. on the Gosling movie was $11.2M. In China, the Imax network was a staggering 34% of the total bow and set the record for the biggest debut of an original sci-fi title in the large format. Other notable indexing markets include UK (16.4%), Japan (29%), Hong Kong (33%), South Korea (25%), Mexico (16%), and Brazil (12%).
“Project Hail Mary is an excellent film for which Amazon/MGM ran a brilliant campaign, leaning heavily on the power of IMAX as a global launch platform across production, marketing, and distribution,” said Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX. “Going back decades to some of our earliest documentaries, there is an enduring connection between IMAX and space, and this film’s stunning depiction of the cosmos stands among the best — it truly demands to be experienced in IMAX.”
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