‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Tops $350 Million at Global Box Office

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe coronavirus pandemic continued to be a drag on IMAX’s earnings during the first quarter, but there were signs that a box office revival in Asia could foreshadow a moviegoing return in the U.S. and other markets.

Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong has reached a new global benchmark, crossing $400M with a cume through Sunday of $406.6M worldwide. Of that, $320M comes from the international box office in 41 markets. The monster mash, already the biggest Hollywood movie of the pandemic era, continues to track above its Monsterverse predecessors. It is the highest-grossing of the films in China, Russia, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mexico.

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Godzilla vs. Kong” remained atop the domestic box office in its third weekend of release.

On a weekend where the film industry is still grappling with the closure of Pacific Theaters and ArcLight Cinemas, the box office slowed down again as the theaters that have reopened await new releases. For now, fellow Warner title “Godzilla vs.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Godzilla vs. Kong” stormed to the top of the domestic box office, picking up $13.4 million in its second weekend of release.

After taking a steep drop on Friday, Warner Bros./Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” popped back up with $6.2 million grossed from 3,084 theaters on Saturday, giving it an estimated second weekend total of $13.3 million and an overall domestic total of $69.5 million.The long term outlook for the MonsterVerse film looked somewhat unclear when Friday grosses dropped 67% to just under $4 million, but with the Saturday rebound, “Godzilla vs.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTheatrical box office in Hong Kong was down by only 4% over the four-day Easter holidays, compared with the same period in 2019, the last pre-COVID year. The score was achieved despite mandatory seating restrictions still in place.Data published Wednesday by Hong Kong Box Office Limited, showed gross revenues of HK$28.4 million ($3.64 million) between April 2-5, 2021.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe box office success of “Godzilla vs. Kong” lifted exhibition industry stocks on Monday, reinvigorating the share prices of leading theater companies such as AMC, Imax and Cinemark.The monster mano a mano grossed a mighty $48.5 million in its first five days in theaters, setting a record for the pandemic era and signaling that after a punishing year the movie business may be poised for a post-COVID comeback.

It has been months since we’ve really been able to give good news regarding the box office, but thanks to Adam Wingard’s MonsterVerse extravaganza, “Godzilla vs. Kong,” North American theaters are finally starting to show some signs of life.

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Godzilla vs Kong seems to have put theatres back in business and has become that film which is successfully boosting the confidence for theatre owners and studios who have been plagued with worries owing to the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis put a hold on the theatre business and the Adam Wingard film seems to have come as a saviour.

After a year of closures, false starts, and seemingly endless waiting, Warner Bros./Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” has given the box office and movie theater owners reason to cheer.