In what you hope is a sign of the times the box office will quote a Harry Styles song The Hail Mary Project, The non-franchise IP is taking off all over the world thanks to Amazon MGM Studios’ incredible submission $108.6M the second frame of the active sum of $300.8M. It’s not just that the post merger of Amazon MGM Studios has the most money, exceeding $ 276M in 2023. Creed IIIbut it is also currently the top 2026 MPA title of the year so far. Remember, a Chinese racing car movie, Pegasus 3 the film’s highest-grossing year to date with $630.4M.
The release of the Ryan Gosling film made $54.1M in 86 markets, up 5%, and another $54.5M domestic in its second weekend. The running total is $164.3M domestic and $136.5M overseas. Project Hail Mary it was number 1 in 60+ markets including China, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. Opening this weekend, the top individual market for the MPA title included Spain with $2.3M on 648 screens (No. 1 remained Sony’s local comedy Torrente Presidente with $3.2M and a $24.5M run in its 3rd weekend), India with $1.8M from 650 screens and Malaysia with $825K from 180 screens.
Imax contributed $20.3M WW to the movie Lord and Miller this weekend. Imax 70MM locations (15 North America, 1 UK’s BFI) grossed just $4.3M. The domestic release was $10.1M regional and $10.2M overseas for Imax. Global running cume in Imax is $59.6M ($33M in North America, $26.5M overseas).
Local explosion of The Hail Mary Project:
China No. 1 $7.7M, +8% weekend 2, $19M cume
UK – No. 1 $6.3M, +3%, cume $20.1M
Australia No. 1 $3.8M, -11%, $10.2M cume
South Korea tops MPA title this weekend with $3.3M, -11%, $8.7M cume.
Germany No. 1 $3.4M, +4%, $8.7M cume .
Mexico No. 1 $2.7M, +1%. The cume is now $6.6M.
France No. 1 $2.1M, -16%. The cume is now $5.6M.
Brazil No. 1 $1.4M, + 12% from last weekend. The local cume is now $3.2M.
Japan No. 2 $1.3M -50%. The local cume is now $5.1M.
Italy No. 1 grossed $1.2M -17%. The cume is $3.2M.
The Netherlands No. 1 $960K in 2nd weekend, + 17%. The cume is $2.5M.
Saudi Arabia’s top MPA movie with $885K +29% from last weekend. The cume is now $2.3M.
Poland No. 1 grossed $875K +12% from last weekend. The cume is now $2.1M.
Taiwan $750K +7% from last weekend and the top MPA title in the market. The cume is $2.1M.
United Arab Emirates grossed $622K down -34% and the best MPA movie in the market. The cume is $1.7M.
Switzerland No. 1 grossed $595K up 12% from last weekend. The cume is $1.4M.
Sweden No. 1 grossed $567K down just -13%. The cume is now $1.5M.
Philippines No. 1 grossed $538K up 11% from last weekend. The cume is $1.2M.
Denmark No. 1 grossed $524K up 3% from last weekend. The cume is $1.3M.
Peru No. 1 $505K up 31% from last weekend. The cume is $1.1M.
New Zealand No. 1 $500K +9% from last weekend. The cume is $1.2M.
Hong Kong No. 1 made $493K in revenue down just -8%. The cume is $1.2M.
Colombia No. 1 made $470K in revenue just down -4%. The cume is $1.2MK.
Norway No. 1 grossed $440K down -18%. The cume is now $1.4M.
Czech Republic No. 1 $400K -8%. The cume is $1.1M.
Central America No. 1, $390K +19% from last weekend. Cume is $835K.
Belgium No. 1 made $373K in revenue just down -2%. The cume is $1.0M.
Argentina No. 1 made $345K in revenue just down -9%. Cume is now $996K.
Turkey No. 1 $345K +28% from last weekend. The cume is now $816K.
Austria No. 1 $337K +5% from last weekend. Cume is $936K.
Singapore No. 1 $334K, -12%. The cume is $843K.
Chile, No. 1 $300K -6%. The cume is $702K.
Hungary No. 1 $285K -18%. The cume is now $708K.
Finland No. 1 $275K, -19%. Cume is $795K.
Kazakhstan No. 1 $249K -26%. Cume is $890K.
Thailand, No. 1 $241K -29%. Cume is $850K.
Ukraine No. 1 $234K, -33%. Cume is $716K.
Portugal No. 1 $235K, -19%. Cume is $665K.
Romania, No. 1 $220K, even last weekend. Cume is $666K.
Slovakia, No. 1 $215K +20%, cume $490K.
Ecuador, No. 1 $170K, +9%, $404K cume.
Greece topped the MPA headline with $150K, -24%, cume $520K.
Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers he is not behind Project Hail Mary with running around the world cume of $297.6Mafter a $37M weekend worldwide ($12.2M domestic, $24.8M overseas). That stood out $138.6M stateside again $159M abroad.
Hoppers foreign weekend representatives hold -33%. Pic remains the No. 1 topic. 1 and or No. 2 which is not local France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan, China, Korea, Brazil and Mexico. Pic bowed at No. 2 in Australia to $1.3M ($2M with previews), making it the highest opening for a new Disney/Pixar animated IP since Zootopia (2016). Pic also opened at #2 in New Zealand, posting 2n.d the highest-grossing animated IP opening for Disney/Pixar since Zootopia (2016). Australia and NZ were the only news destinations. Hoppers is the highest-grossing film YTD across Latin America along with France ($9.5M), Mexico ($13M), Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The picture is the top-grossing Hollywood movie in Japan ($9M), Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam YTD. China alone made $16.8M.
Other things:
His Memoirs (Uni) 67 markets, $9.6M WW ($4.7M US, $4.9M Int’l), $69.4M WW ($41M US, $28.3M Int’l)/Wk 3
The pic opened in Portugal at No. 2 with $127K boosted by spring sunshine after three months of intense storms. Lithuania bowed to $70K, No. 2 in the market on 16 screens, ahead of Colleen Hoover’s. I regret it. Notable holdings include Germany with a $1.3M weekend, -20% and a $6.7M pass. I’m sorry, and already before Materialists. UK & Ireland enjoyed a strong 3rd weekend haul of $700K, -27% to No.5 in the market, and the best haul of all titles. Pic’s $4.5M was matched with it Materialists at the same time.
They will kill you (WB) 66 markets, $9M WW ($5M US, $4M Int’l)/Wk 1
No, the Nocturna-New Line-financed $20M movie opening was not $20M worldwide. Small 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 ($91K).
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Dis), 30 markets, $6.9M WW ($4M US, Int’l $2.9M, -40%), Global Cume $23.5M ($16.3M domestic, $7.2M Int’l)/Wk 2
Mexico was $400K, a No. 4 opening, 1% ahead of Searchlight The menu. The image is curved number 3 which is not localized in Hong Kong and Singapore. Top destinations are UK ($1.8M cume, -36% hold), Australia ($700K cume, Samara Weaving land, -50%). The Philippines with $500K was No. 2 opener and the best non-local opener to date. Brazil cume runs $400K, Malaysia $400K, Colombia $300K and Netherland $300K. The movie has not been released in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Korea and Japan.
Shout out 7 (Par), 57 markets, $6.3M WW ($2.6M US, $3.7M Int’l, -42%) $204M WW cume ($118.6M US, $85.4M)/Wk 5
The top grossing location was France with a 5th weekend of $509K from 441 sites, No. 10 in the market and -32% since last weekend. Working capital is $10.1M.
GOAT (Sony) 52 markets, 6,346 screens worldwide, $4.4M WW ($2.2M US/$2.2M Int’l), $181M WW cume ($80M int’l, $101M domestic)/Wk 7
We will have more updates soon around the world….
