Amazon's sci-fi film Project Hail Mary made a $157.6 million profit at the box office this year, according to analysis of the latest earnings report from the Amazon production company behind it. The film, starring Ryan Gosling, grossed $684.5 million. Gosling plays a disgraced academic turned science teacher who is sent into space to solve a catastrophe on Earth. The film scored 95% from critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. MGM acquired the rights in 2019 for $3 million, according to Variety. Amazon bought the studio in 2022 for $8.5 billion. The film later began streaming on Prime Video and MGM+, where Amazon hopes it will draw subscribers.

Amazon shares rose 0.63% to $249.56 on Monday at 10:10 EST, as Anthropic's public IPO filing drew fresh attention to Amazon's role as both investor and computing supplier. Reuters previously reported that Anthropic committed at least $110 billion to Amazon under long-term infrastructure agreements. Such commitments take time to turn into revenue. In the second quarter, Amazon's sales climbed 20% to $200.6 billion, and AWS revenue rose 37% to $42.2 billion. Earnings included $53.4 billion in non-operating pretax income, mainly from Anthropic investments. Heavier AI infrastructure spending pushed trailing 12-month free cash flow to negative $7.6 billion. The shares sit 1.12% below the GF Value estimate of $252.39.

Amazon chief executive officer Andy Jassy says AI inference is still "an order of magnitude too expensive" for widespread use. On The a16z Show, he said Amazon's chips business is "a big piece" of the fix. Jassy sees the biggest future demand in everyday business software that has yet to adopt AI. Amazon built its Graviton processor after similar problems with Intel, and Trainium follows that path. Jassy said Trainium offers 30% to 40% better price-performance than comparable processors. The stakes are high. Amazon expects about $220 billion of capex in 2026, and its free cash flow was a $7.6 billion outflow over the 12 months to June 30, 2026. Amazon reports third-quarter results on October 29.