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27 Mar 2020 T−2184
The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ryan Gosling would star in and produce an adaptation of Andy Weir's next novel, a year before Random House published it. MGM was negotiating for the package.
USGLOBALReported
Ryan Gosling · Andy Weir
19 Apr 2024 T−700
Deadline reported that Amazon MGM Studios had set a 20 March 2026 release, with no other wide release on that weekend.
USReported
Studio-led
27 Jun 2025 T−266
Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures signed a multi-year deal for Sony to distribute four Amazon MGM films abroad, ending with Project Hail Mary.
GLOBALReported
Sony Pictures
02 Apr 2025 T−352
Amazon MGM Studios began its first CinemaCon presentation cold, with several minutes of footage, then brought out Gosling, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Gosling told exhibitors the film was so big that "we tried to put it on a TV once, it wouldn't fit."
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Phil Lord and Christopher Miller · Talent as distribution
26 Feb 2026 T−22
Amazon MGM began screening the film for press at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Deadline reported first tracking at a possible $50M North American opening.
USReported
Studio-led
30 Jun 2025 T−263
Amazon MGM released the first trailer online nine months before release. Deadline reported 400M global views in its first week, citing WaveMetrix, the most for a trailer of an original film and the most for any Amazon or MGM trailer.
GLOBALConfirmed
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
18 Nov 2025 T−122
The second trailer opened on Rocky knocking on the glass and laid out the shared mission. Its YouTube description led with "An unlikely friendship. An impossible mission."
GLOBALConfirmed
Studio-led
Deadline dates it 19 November; the YouTube upload is dated 18 November (Pacific time).
08 Feb 2026 T−40
Amazon MGM released the final trailer on Super Bowl Sunday and bought a spot in the game. The trailer gave the clearest look yet at Rocky. THR lists the Super Bowl among the campaign's sports integrations.
USGLOBALConfirmed
Studio-led
30 Jun 2025 T−263
Sony Pictures India released its own version of the first trailer on its channel the same morning, announcing a release in English and Hindi.
INConfirmed
Sony Pictures India
09 Feb 2026 T−39
Sony Pictures India released a Hindi final trailer and announced the film in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
INConfirmed
Sony Pictures India
26 Jul 2025 T−237
In Amazon MGM's first Hall H panel, Gosling, Weir, screenwriter Drew Goddard, Lord and Miller showed four clips from the first third of the film, including its opening and the first meeting with Rocky.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Andy Weir · Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
25 Jan 2026 T−54
Gosling recorded a promotional video for the NFC Championship game about the idea of the Hail Mary in sports and in life, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Talent as distribution
THR does not give a date; dated to the NFC Championship game. The desk has not seen the video.
05 Feb 2026 T−43
A short tease on Amazon MGM's channel announced the final trailer and a Big Game spot for Super Bowl Sunday.
USConfirmed
Studio-led
05 Feb 2026 T−43
LEGO revealed set 11389, an 830-piece model of the Hail Mary for adults, priced at $99.99, £99.99 and €109.99, with a Ryland Grace minifigure and a brick-built Rocky. It went on sale at LEGO.com on 1 March.
USUKEUROPEReported
LEGO · Scarcity & collectibles
Announcement date and on-sale date from Brickset, a fan site; Variety confirms the set, piece count and US price.
08 Feb 2026 T−40
The final trailer was promoted with a video of Gosling throwing a neon green football through the hole of the giant doughnut on Randy's Donuts in Los Angeles. THR counts it as part of a "Ryan Gosling Believes in the Hail Mary" series of impossible throws.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Randy's Donuts · Landmark takeover · Talent as distribution
Feb 2026 T−33
Deadline and THR report integrations during the NBA All-Star Game and the Winter Olympics. Amazon MGM posted an "exclusive Winter Olympics sneak peek" on 23 February. TheWrap reports ads on Prime Video's NBA games and on Twitch.
USReported
Prime Video
The desk has not seen the NBA integration.
19 Feb 2026 T−29
Lord and Miller walked through every format the film plays in, from IMAX to 70mm, in a video posted the day before tickets went on sale.
USConfirmed
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller · IMAX
26 Feb 2026 T−22
Jeopardy! posted a segment of Gosling nailing a Final Jeopardy! answer, tagged
USConfirmed
Ryan Gosling · Jeopardy! · Talent as distribution · Platform subversion
Mar 2026 T−19
Deadline reports that partnerships with Audible helped return Weir's novel to the top of The New York Times and Audible bestseller lists.
USReported
Audible · Andy Weir
Partnership terms and dates not given.
Mar 2026 T−19
THR lists partner screenings with NASA and with sports, faith and family, multicultural and science communities, including Spelman College's debate team. Creators ran "Sun is Dying" hoax pranks, and the studio pushed trailer fan edits and BookTok work.
USReported
NASA
Single source, a list in THR; dates not given.
Week of 02 Mar 2026 T−18
Gosling toured London, Paris, Mexico City and New York. US junkets were held at science locations, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Griffith Observatory.
UKFRMXUSReported
Ryan Gosling · NASA
Dates for each stop are not given by the sources the desk opened.
07 Mar 2026 T−13
Gosling hosted Saturday Night Live. Harry Styles, whose "Sign of the Times" is sung in the film by Sandra Hüller, interrupted the monologue, and Styles hosted the next week.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Harry Styles · Saturday Night Live · Talent as distribution
09 Mar 2026 T−11
Amazon MGM published a video in which science creator Cleo Abram explores the film's science. THR says the campaign's YouTube ads were led by Abram.
USGLOBALConfirmed
Cleo Abram · Creator access
Week of 14 Mar 2026 T−6
After critics' screenings, Amazon MGM, IMAX and Fandango held early-access screenings in 18 US and Canadian cities with 70mm and IMAX 70mm projectors. Distribution chief Kevin Wilson told TheWrap the rollout was kept small to protect exclusivity.
USCAReported
IMAX · Fandango · Scarcity & collectibles
TheWrap does not give the dates; placed in the week before release.
16 Mar 2026 T−4
Announced on 20 February, a Prime-member early screening ran on Monday 16 March at 7pm local time, with tickets sold through Fandango.
USConfirmed
Prime Video · Fandango
18 Mar – 19 Mar 2026 T−2
Light shows of Rocky ran in Taipei and Berlin, then New York, ending over Toronto's waterfront on 19 March. CGMagazine reports Gosling announced them a week earlier.
USCADETWConfirmed
Studio-led · Spectacle for social proof · Landmark takeover
Dates of the Taipei, Berlin and New York shows not given; Amazon MGM's 18 March video says Taipei and Berlin had already happened.
18 Mar 2026 T−2
Gosling and the cast attended the New York premiere at Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, two days before release.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Sandra Hüller
Date and venue from a Getty-for-Amazon-MGM photo caption carried by WJLA.
20 Mar – 24 Mar 2026 T0
Sony Pictures India cast Hrithik Roshan in a video teaching Rocky to dance, nodding to the alien of his own 2003 film. A conversation between Roshan and Gosling followed on 24 March, giving India's release as 26 March in four languages.
INConfirmed
Hrithik Roshan · Ryan Gosling · Sony Pictures India · Cultural transposition · Talent as distribution
The link to Koi... Mil Gaya is the desk's reading of the video's "miracle from the stars" line.
20 Mar 2026 T0
Thursday previews brought in $12M, ahead of Scream 7's $7.8M.
USReported
Fan / organic
21 Mar 2026 T+1
Gosling appeared unannounced at a New York screening and told the audience it was the industry's job, not moviegoers', to make films worth leaving home for. The film's account posted the clip.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Talent as distribution
Variety says opening night (20 March); THR says a Saturday screening (21 March). Deadline names AMC Lincoln Square.
22 Mar 2026 T+2
The film opened to $80.5M in North America, the best start for Amazon MGM and the second-best for a non-franchise film after Oppenheimer, and to $140.9M worldwide. IMAX and other premium screens took about 55% of US sales. Audiences gave it an A CinemaScore.
USGLOBALReported
IMAX
24 Mar 2026 T+4
Released abroad by Sony, the film opened at No. 1 in more than 60 markets. It took £7.4M ($9.9M) in the UK and Ireland and $6.9M in China, where it opened second.
UKCNGLOBALReported
Sony Pictures
25 Mar 2026 T+5
A bucket shaped like Grace's helmet sold before release. A second bucket modelled on Rocky's travel habitat, and a magnetic Rocky Shoulder Buddy plush, followed in release week.
USUnverified
Cinemark · Regal · Scarcity & collectibles
From a fan-news site citing Cinemark's social posts; the desk has not opened the posts.
26 Mar 2026 T+6
THR reported heavy social discussion after opening, from the film's quality and jokes to readings of its politics, and noted that families had joined an audience the campaign aimed at Gosling's sci-fi fans.
USGLOBALReported
Fan / organic
27 Mar 2026 T+7
After Gosling called Deidre Hall his "OG acting inspiration", she invited him to the set. He accepted in a video posted to the film's Instagram, joking that he would "say a Hail Mary" first.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · Talent as distribution
29 Mar 2026 T+9
After its second weekend the film stood at $300.8M worldwide, passing Creed III's $276M. It also rose to No. 1 in China that weekend.
GLOBALCNReported
Fan / organic
06 Apr 2026 T+17
The film took first place in South Korea over 3–5 April with $2.4M, for $12.2M since 18 March, per KOBIS.
KRReported
Fan / organic
12 Apr 2026 T+23
The film reached $510M worldwide, with $256.5M domestic and $254M overseas.
GLOBALReported
Fan / organic
29 Apr 2026 T+40
The film passed $600M worldwide on 26 April. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy cited its nearly $615M in the first-quarter results, and IMAX credited it for a strong quarter.
GLOBALReported
IMAX
15 Oct 2026 T+209
Tracking services put the film at $344.1M domestic and about $340.4M international, $684.5M worldwide, 3.4 times its reported $200M budget.
USGLOBALReported
Fan / organic
30 Mar 2026 T+10
Weir's remark on a podcast that recent Star Trek shows were bad drew a rebuke from novelist Don Winslow. Weir apologised the same day.
USReported
Andy Weir
06 Apr 2026 T+17
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen said the crew was sent a link to watch the film with their families in quarantine. Variety later reported Gosling sent the crew a video message.
USCAReported
NASA
15 Apr 2026 T+26
Gosling made a surprise CinemaCon appearance to thank exhibitors. Amazon MGM extended the film's exclusive theatrical window and brought it back to IMAX screens for a week. It fell 15% in its fifth weekend.
USReported
Ryan Gosling · IMAX
22 Apr 2026 T+33
Sent into Space flew a LEGO Hail Mary with Grace and Rocky figures on a balloon over Gwynedd, Wales, for Sony Pictures Releasing UK. Guinness recognised the highest-altitude launch and retrieval of a LEGO set.
UKReported
LEGO · Sent into Space · Sony Pictures Releasing UK · Guinness World Records · Spectacle for social proof
The flight took place in March 2026; dated to the WJLA report.
12 May 2026 T+53
The film went to premium video on demand on 12 May. Deadline says it ran through full windows, PVOD first, then MGM+ as the first pay window.
USReported
Studio-led
18 Jun 2026 T+90
Announced on 10 June, the film began streaming on MGM+ on 18 June, 90 days after release.
USReported
MGM+
03 Jul 2026 T+105
The film reached Prime Video on 3 July, 105 days after release. Nielsen counted 860M minutes viewed in its first three days. Deadline reported that Amazon MGM plans an awards push.
USGLOBALReported
Prime Video
11 Aug 2026 T+144
Inverse reported the disc release for 11 August with deleted scenes and extras.
USReported
Studio-led
28 May 2026 T+69
The film's marketing won five prizes. The trailer "Chance" by Wild Card Creative Group won Best in Show, Best Drama and Best Music, and Buddha Jones won Best Fantasy/Adventure.
USReported
Wild Card Creative Group · Buddha Jones
10 Oct 2026 T+204
At the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent, Pemberton won Film Composer of the Year for a run of four films including Project Hail Mary.
EUROPEReported
Daniel Pemberton
