Ryan Gosling in a still from Project Hail Mary.Amazon MGM Studios
Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary exceeded box-office expectations for the fifth weekend in a row, benefiting greatly from the studio’s decision to re-release the movie on IMAX for a week and to delay its debut on Prime Video. Exhibitors weren’t happy about the lean window that Amazon gave to Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans‘ Red One, the $250 million action-adventure that the studio simply had to release on Prime Video in time for Christmas. Earlier this year, Amazon quickly put the sci-fi mystery Mercy on Prime Video following a poor theatrical run as well. But Project Hail Mary was marketed as a big-screen event, and it aligns with the studio’s newfound determination to produce movies for theaters.
It helps that Project Hail Mary has struck a chord with audiences and critics. Based on the bestseller by Andy Weir, who also wrote the novel that inspired Ridley Scott‘s The Martian, Project Hail Mary was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It stars Ryan Gosling as a scientist-turned-schoolteacher who is sent on an intergalactic mission to save the world in a near-future dystopia. The movie holds a “Certified Fresh” 94% critics’ score and a “Verified Hot” 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “A visually dazzling space odyssey that’s carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart.” The movie will likely do gangbusters when it eventually lands on Prime Video.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Here’s How Much ‘Project Hail Mary’ Has Grossed at the Box Office
For now, it can enjoy having overtaken several older blockbusters such as Scott’s Prometheus, Michael Bay‘s Armageddon, and many more. This weekend, Project Hail Mary hit the $285 million mark domestically and the $570 million mark worldwide, against a reported budget of more than $200 million. In doing so, it overtook the $524 million and the $543 million respective global hauls of Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Both movies starred Robert Downey Jr. as the iconic detective and Jude Law as his right-hand man, Dr. Watson. Even though the films were very successful at the box office and largely well-received by critics, a long-awaited third installment remains stuck in development hell. Ritchie recently executive-produced Young Sherlock, a Prime Video series which is unrelated to the films. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
