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"Project Hail Mary" is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since "Oppenheimer" (abcnews.com)

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“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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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I definitely agree with you.

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I suspect there were several deleted scenes in the ending. The 1 second blip was all that was left of the science applied at the ending. The whole using the engines as a searchlight, combined with creative use of the speed of light was completely cut down to a 1 second shot.

At the same time. I can't see how they could fit the awesomeness from the book into a reasonable length film.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 1 points 5 days ago

That was my biggest worry reading it. After about 150 pages I thought "Wait, how are they going to fit all this within a single movie?". There's just so incredibly much backstory in the book. Granted, I haven't watched the movie yet, so I'm looking forward to seeing how they''ve managed.