“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.

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    15 hours ago

    If you can get passed the weird shit, the books are pretty good, but yea a lot of the stuff in said books, are just pointless.

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      I was referring to the personal drama, not the books. I’ve listened to several during road trips and have been fully entertained; my wife is also a big fan overall, and we even have a plan for me to cosplay as Harry; the only inaccuracy is that I’m only 6’5".

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        Ah, I didn’t know about any drama from him, just that the books do have some…neckbeard moments in them? Where I just skip the shit…