Godzilla and King Kong fight Warner Bros. ‘”Godzilla vs. Kong.”
Source: Warner Bros.
The home box office is back.
Warner Bros. and Legendary, “Godzilla vs. Kong,” posted the best pandemic opening over the weekend, grossing $ 32.2 million on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The film, which premiered nationwide Wednesday, has grossed $ 48.5 million in the United States and Canada.
Internationally, “Godzilla vs. Kong” added an additional $ 71.6 million to its box office. Since opening last week in foreign markets, the film has grossed $ 285.4 million.
“The results of‘ Godzilla vs. Kong ’are absolutely mind-boggling and represent a kind of‘ welcome ’for an industry that has been working its way back from the edge for over a year,” Paul said. Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.
“Godzilla vs. Kong” opened in more than 3,000 theaters in North America over the weekend, most of the films during the pandemic. In addition to releasing the biggest opening weekend since the coronavirus pandemic began, the film also had its biggest opening day on Wednesday with $ 9.6 million and the biggest day of the year. Saturday with $ 12.5 million.
“For anyone who may have doubted the cumulative demand for film, this performance is one more sign of the resilience the theater industry can have,” said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Boxoffice.com.
Over the weekend, only 55% of theaters were open in North America, compared to the total opened in 2019, according to Comscore data. Most of these cinemas operate at around 50% of their capacity.
“It should send a message back to the studios that the global audience is hungry for big movie releases,” Robbins said. “Yes” Godzilla Vs. Kong “can surpass these figures in a still-disabled national market with a simultaneous release, imagine what other box office contenders will be able to achieve in the coming months when given a reasonable window of theatrical exclusivity from day one.”
“A sleeping giant is really starting to wake up,” he said.