“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.
A MAJOR point of the book was that he was forced onto the mission against his will. He was just a guy that liked what he was doing and didn’t like being forced into things. This was very clear in the book, and was illustrated well in the film.