After his early roles in movies like Denzel Washington’s sports drama Remember the Titans (2000), Ryan Gosling gained recognition with the 2004 romantic drama The Notebook. Later, he went on to star in several popular movies, including Drive, La La Land, Blade Runner 2049, Barbie, and The Fall Guy, further solidifying his status as a dependable performer.
His latest release, the big-budget sci-fi film Project Hail Mary, hit U.S. theaters on March 20, 2026, and has already grossed $317 million worldwide. In doing so, it has turn out to be the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2026 up to now, based on Box Office Mojo’s annual worldwide chart, after outgrossing the likes of Hoppers and Wuthering Heights. Carrying a reported budget of $200 million, the film needs to succeed in around $500 million globally to interrupt even on the box office, based on the two.5x multiplier rule. At its current pace, it appears on course to potentially close the remaining $183 million gap in the approaching weeks and achieve this key milestone.
Project Hail Mary – Box Office Summary
- North America: $163.8 million
- International: $153.2 million
- Worldwide: $317 million
On the North American box office, Project Hail Mary has collected $163.8 million up to now. Now, let’s take a have a look at the highest five highest-grossing movies featuring Ryan Gosling on the domestic box office and what Project Hail Mary must earn to turn out to be his biggest film of all time in North America.
Ryan Gosling’s Top 5 Highest-Grossing Movies in North America
Let’s take a have a look at the highest five movies starring Ryan Gosling that delivered the most important numbers on the domestic box office, as per figures from Box Office Mojo:
- Barbie (2023): $636.2 million
- La La Land (2016): $151.1 million
- The Fall Guy (2024): $92.9 million
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017): $92.1 million
- Crazy, Silly, Love. (2011): $84.4 million
What The Above Numbers Indicate
Based on the above figures, to turn out to be Ryan Gosling’s highest-grossing film domestically, Project Hail Mary must surpass Barbie’s North American total of $636.2 million. Nevertheless, just to interrupt into the highest 5 list, the bar was quite low, because the sci-fi film needed to surpass Crazy, Silly, Love’s $84.4 million domestic haul, which it has already done.
Nevertheless, overtaking Barbie’s $636.2 million domestic total by closing the $472.4 million gap is an enormous climb even for an enormous film like Project Hail Mary. At this stage, it appears unlikely to surpass that focus on. Nevertheless, the ultimate box-office verdict should turn out to be clearer because the film continues its theatrical run.
What’s the Plot of Project Hail Mary?
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film follows Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a schoolteacher who wakes up alone on an interstellar spacecraft with no memory of how he got there. As his memories regularly return, he discovers he has been sent on a high-stakes mission to stop a mysterious phenomenon that’s draining the Sun’s energy and threatening life on Earth.
Project Hail Mary – Official Trailer
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