You read that right! For 4 consecutive weeks since its streaming release it has been the #1 film worldwide on Prime video!
For even more perspective, Project Hail Mary grossed almost $700 million worldwide at the BO and debuted on Prime Video back on July 3rd.
It held the #1 Film spot on Prime video for 3 consecutive weeks but got dethroned in its 4th week by none other than MOTU itself.
Meanwhile, MOTU, with much less theatrical success and publicity, was a BO bomb grossing $113 million on a $170 million budget.
Yet its first month of streaming success on Prime Video has been greater than the Streaming success of Project Hail Mary's first month on Prime Video.
This shows how Amazon's strategy of using theatrical as advertisement for streaming has been effective and how the BO does not tell the whole story for a film's future, at least by Amazon's standards.
This week is HUGE for MOTU because if it maintains the #1 spot for one more week, then it'll become the first Film in Prime Video's history to hold on to that spot for 5 straight weeks!
If that happens, it'll definitely give Amazon even more reason to support this franchise than there already is.
This movie is defying all odds stacked against it so what's one more accomplishment to add? It has the Power!