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EXCLUSIVE: A non-franchise movie is making waves astatine nan container agency and we’re talking astir Amazon MGM Studios‘ Project Hail Mary.
Sources show america that nan previews for nan Phil Lord-Christopher Miller directed sci-fi accumulation are north of $11M, which takes america to an precocious stratosphere that’s up of different non-franchise movie, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer ($10.5M). It’s besides up of each nan comps for original pics that galore search services were pegging it to: F1 ($10M previews), Sinners ($4.7M) and Weapons ($5.7M). Project Hail Mary is based connected Andy Weir’s 2021 New York Times bestseller.
In position of nan previews rollout, Amazon MGM Studios had twenty-nine 70M shows past play (single shows connected Friday, Saturday and Sunday), followed by Prime personnel screenings connected Monday successful PLFs and Imax, arsenic good arsenic tonight’s shows.
Before we hide nan lede moreover further, by golly, it’s nan champion previews truthful acold successful 2026, up of Scream 7‘s $7.8M ($63.6M opening). Tracking successful caller days raised nan play forecast to northbound of $60M. Let’s not beryllium over-bullish conscionable yet, because nan opening scope betwixt F1 and Oppenheimer was $57M-$82.4M. We’re besides proceeding nan Amy Pascal, Ryan Gosling, Rachel O’Connor, Andy Weir and Aditya Sood accumulation landed 5 stars connected tonight’s PostTrak.
In addition, Project Hail Mary reps nan champion previews ever for an Amazon MGM Studios release, up of Creed III ($5.4M, which turned successful a 3-day of $58.3M, champion home commencement ever for nan shopping site-streamer-theatrical embracer). It’s besides arguably nan second-best previews ever for a Gosling movie down Barbie ($22.3M).
The champion opening for a non-franchise movie belongs to Oppenheimer ($82.4M) followed by I Am Legend ($77.2M; for illustration Project Hail Mary it was based connected a novel).
Talk to anybody successful distribution, and nan exclamation is “this is bully for nan business,” publication a non-franchise title breaking retired and uncovering a wide audience.
