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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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[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's an eternity for dipshit business brains that can't think beyond the current quarter

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (4 children)

what if we made Oppenheimer 2: nuclear bugaloo?

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Well everything has to be a trilogy!

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Oppenheimer: The Two Towers

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was a joke, but I think a biopic about Edward Teller that kept the cast of Oppenheimer would be truly excellent.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i would definitely pay to see a dramatization of "project nuke the shit out of the alaskan coastline".

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

There was an equally brilliant plan to nuke all of Hibernia in Canada to get oil.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Oppenheimer and Melania 2. Melanheimer.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 1 month ago

Sucks killing them wpuldnt fix anything.