Ryan Gosling's sci-fi adventure, "Project Hail Mary," is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $80.6 million in receipts this weekend.

The science is accessible and Ryan Gosling is a superb Everyman in the excellent space adventure \

"Project Hail Mary," starring Ryan Gosling and based on the Andy Weir novel, releases Friday. The film is one of many based on books about outer space.

Ryan Gosling's sci-fi adventure, "Project Hail Mary," is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $80.6 million in receipts this weekend.

The sci-fi space adventure movie rockets to $140.9 million (£122m) at the global box office.