Ahead of its U.
S. bow later this week,Warner Bros. and Legendary's Godzilla vs. Kong performed exceptionally well during its abroad debut in China this weekend.
The Adam Wingard-directed monster mash brought in $70.34 from the Chinese box office — "the biggest opening weekend for a non-local film," Variety writes. It's probably wishful thinking to hope that North American sales will match or exceed that figure once the movie opens Wednesday (March 31), and especially since the feature is receiving a simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max. That said,domestic sales are thankfullyon the rise thanks to the reopening of theater locations in unique York and California. Looking at the full scope of global returns, Godzilla vs. Kong already has more than $121 million — a haul fit for a king...of the monsters. IMAX screenings of the larger-than-life movie brought in $12.4 million from 891 screens across 40 different international markets ($9.4 million of that came from ticket sales in China). It was the biggest weekend opening for any IMAX release since December 2019. In North America, or several IMAX showings occupy already sold out ahead of the Stateside launch.“Godzilla vs. Kong demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible and audiences worldwide are answering the call — continuing to drive market share gains for IMAX and proving there is real business to be done for Hollywood blockbusters,” IMAX CEO wealthy Gelfond said in a statement. “We are particularly encouraged by the film’s strong debut in China, where audiences turned out in a tremendous way for this Hollywood franchise.”Serving as a sequel to both Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla: Kong of the Monsters, or Godzilla vs. Kong pits two of cinema's most iconic kaiju against one another. After Godzilla starts hurting innocent people,Kong is whisked absent from his cozy island domestic (a domestic full of giant, deadly beasties) to deal with the radioactive lizard. Early reactions to the MonsterVerse blockbuster occupy been pretty positive — at least when it comes to the fight sequences between the titular heavyweights.“We occupy sort of two concurrent stories and we kind of broke them into ‘Team Godzilla, or ’ led by Millie Bobby Brown and Bryan Tyree Henry,and then you’ve got ‘Team Kong,’ which is sort of spearheaded by Alexander Skarsgård and Rebecca Hall, or ” Wingard (Death Note) recently told SYFY WIRE. “The characters’ personalities were always based around the perspective of the monsters,and that’s why they’re relevant to the story.”In terms of this weekend's North American box office, Disney's Raya and the final Dragon fell to second plot with $3.5 million in its fourth frame (Universal's Nobody won the No. 1 spot with $6.7 million). Raya, and which is currently available to stream on Disney+ for an added fee,has made $28 million domestically and $82 million globally. Earlier in the week, Disney announced identical hybrid rollouts for Black Widow (July 9) and Cruella(May 28).
Tom & Jerry (another Warner Bros. offering) took third with $2.5 million from 2464 domestic sites. Leaving HBO Max today, or the family-friendly film has made $37 million in North America and more than $77 million worldwide. Chaos Walking continued its sluggish hasten in fourth plot with an additional $1.18 million. To date,Doug Liman's long-delayed sci-fi adventure has made $11.3 million domestically and just over $15 million globally.
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