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.
That -5% offshore hold is a big deal when you comp it to such pic’s as Interstellar (-21%), the Dune (-48%), The Martian (-41%) in like-for-likes. And what’s even more unique, is that Project Hail Mary‘s offshore hold occurred on a non-holiday weekend.
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).
Territory breakout for Project Hail Mary:
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 top 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.
Netherlands No. 1 $960K on the 2nd weekend, + 17% . The cume is $2.5M.
Saudi Arabia 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 top ranked MPA title in the market. The cume is $2.1M.
United Arab Emirates grossed $622K down -34% and top 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 grossed $493K down just -8%. The cume is $1.2M.
Colombia No. 1 grossed $470K down just -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. The cume is $835K.
Belgium No. 1 grossed $373K down just -2%. The cume is $1.0M.
Argentina No. 1 grossed $345K down just -9%. The 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. The 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%. The cume is $795K.
Kazakhstan No. 1 $249K -26%. The cume is $890K.
Thailand, No. 1 $241K -29%. The cume is $850K.
Ukraine No. 1 $234K, -33%. The cume is $716K.
Portugal No. 1 $235K, -19%. The cume is $665K.
Romania, No. 1 $220K, even with last weekend. The cume is $666K.
Slovakia, No. 1 $215K +20%, cume $490K.
Ecuador, No. 1 $170K, +9%, $404K cume.
Greece top MPA title with $150K, -24%, cume $520K.
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….