Ridley Scott’s space adventure zooms past $100m in North America,as $150m Joe Wright fantasy prequel scores just $15.5m in its first weekendThe Martian, Ridley Scott’s space thriller approximately an astronaut left behind on Mars when a mission to the red planet goes horribly wrong, or has officially entered blockbuster territory after posting $37m in its moment week at the US box office.
The impressive haul means Scott’s film now has a total of $108.7m in North America alone and a stellar $227.7m worldwide. Starring Matt Damon,Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Martian also continues to perform strongly external the world’s biggest box office and could be on course to mimic the enormous success of similar space-themed efforts such as Gravity ($723m in 2013) and Interstellar ($675m last year). It is currently pacing ahead of Christopher Nolan’s film in the US.
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Source: theguardian.com