“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates into about 5 million ticket buyers.
Yes, please ignore all the boring science that his character explicitly did throughout the film, and just concentrate on the humorous presentation instead.
I have read the book, it was much more focused on the science.
Yes, that’s kind of the point of an adaptation