The overseas IMAX sales for Godzilla vs. Kong‘s first weekend have officially reached kaiju-sized records.
Reports on the new MonsterVerse entry revealed that Godzilla vs. Kong made $12.4 million from 891 IMAX theaters in 40 markets, making for the biggest Hollywood IMAX opening weekend since December 2019. The biggest benefactor of this IMAX release was China, which made $9.4 million in terms of weekend box office, or 14% of their total domestic box office on 1% of screens, while globally IMAX made up 10% of the film’s weekend box office sales.
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In addition to its strong opening in China, Godzilla vs. Kong other notable global IMAX per-screen averages, include making $63,000 in Australia, $51,000 in Hong Kong, $43,000 in Saudi Arabia, $31,000 in Thailand and $21,000 in both the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. The film will also debut in 1170 IMAX theaters for its North American March 31 release, with numerous screenings for the highly anticipated monster movie reportedly having sold out already.
Godzilla vs. Kong marks the fourth entry in Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse franchise, which began in 2014 with Gareth Edwards’ reboot of Godzilla. The film was followed up by 2017’s Kong: Skull Island and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, both of which expanded upon recurring elements of this cinematic universe like a ‘Hollow Earth’ theory that explains how Toho monsters like Godzilla exist and move underground without human knowledge, as well as the Monarch Organization’s decades-long role in monitoring Titan activity.
Directed by Adam Wingard and written by Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein, Godzilla vs. Kong stars Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry. The film arrives in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31.
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