Project Hail Mary is tracking toward a $45M–$55M opening off a reported $150M-plus production budget and holds a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes as it opens next week.Phil Lord and Christopher Miller direct an adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel that stars Ryan Gosling as Dr Ryland Grace, who awakens alone on a spaceship and must stop a star-eating organism while bonding with a puppet-engineered alien named Rocky.Critics praise Greig Fraser’s cinematography, Daniel Pemberton’s score, Joel Negron’s editing and Paul Lambert’s visual effects, though some reviewers say the directors’ crowd-pleasing excess produces multiple possible endings.Amazon MGM Studios releases the film, the Motion Picture Association rates it PG-13 and early reviews and audience reaction mark Project Hail Mary as a major tentpole for the season.