"Project Hail Mary" dominates North American box office in opening weekend


LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Amazon MGM Studio's science fiction film "Project Hail Mary" dominated the North American box office in its opening weekend with 80.6 million U.S. dollars, marking the biggest debut so far in 2026, data from measurement firm Comscore showed on Sunday.

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Ryan Gosling, the film follows a science teacher who wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out.

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