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‘Project Hail Mary’ has shattered box office expectations, earning $140.9 million globally, making it both the biggest opening for a 2026 film so far and Amazon MGM Studios’ biggest opening in its history.

The film follows Ryland Grace, a science teacher played by Ryan Gosling, who wakes up alone aboard a spaceship with no memory of who he is or how he got there, only to remember that he has been sent on a last-chance mission to save Earth from an extinction-level threat.

As he slowly recovers his memory, he begins to grasp the true scale of his mission and the pressure it carries. And when he meets Rocky, an alien on a mission of his own, everything changes. Alone no longer, Grace must navigate the unknown, confront challenges he never imagined, and forge an unexpected bond that turns a fight for survival into a story of connection, hope, and bravery.

Adapted from Andy Weir’s novel, also the author behind ‘The Martian’, this film stands out for its sense of positivity and optimism, a tone rarely seen in sci-fi films, where stories more often tend to lean in a darker direction.

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