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Space Fact #20: This Movie Could Fund NASA in One Weekend

The 2015 space movie, The Martian—the one in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut-botanist—took in more box office receipts on its opening weekend than NASA’s daily budget. (BoxOfficeMojo.com. The movie took in $54.3 million on its first weekend. NASA’s daily budget is $52.8 million.)