[Collider] ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ’ Shatters Three Massive Box Office Milestones In One Wee kend

Source: 
https://collider.com/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-global-box-office-485-million/

‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Shatters Three Massive Box Office 
Milestones In One Weekend
By
Rahul Malhotra
Published 15 hours ago

'Godzilla x Kong' is now the third-biggest film of the MonsterVerse 
globally.
King Kong looking aged in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire


The Big Picture

     Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has passed $485 million at the 
global box office.
     Godzilla x Kong is now the second-biggest movie in the MonsterVerse 
franchise domestically, and the third-biggest globally.
     $313 million of Godzilla x Kong 's box office haul comes from 
international markets.

It’s been a highly unexpected return to form for the MonsterVerse 
franchise, which appeared to be doomed just some years ago, but has 
since delivered major box office numbers and completed a successful 
expansion onto streaming. This weekend, the franchise’s latest 
installment, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, passed a handful of 
significant box office milestones. The monster mashup movie passed the 
$300 million mark in overseas markets, while also emerging as the 
second-biggest installment in the franchise’s decade-long run at the 
domestic box office, and the third-biggest hit of the series globally.

Godzilla x Kong has grossed $171 million domestically so far, and 
another $313 million from overseas markets, for a combined global gross 
of $485 million. With this, Godzilla x Kong has overtaken 2021’s 
Godzilla vs. Kong to become the third-biggest installment of the 
MonsterVerse at the global box office. Like every movie on Warner Bros.’ 
2021 slate, Godzilla vs. Kong was also released day-and-date on the 
streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, but against all odds, it 
emerged as the first major hit of the pandemic era, grossing $470 
million globally.

Also directed by Adam Wingard, Godzilla vs. Kong was particularly 
successful in China, where it made around $190 million. But China as a 
market has shown declining returns for Hollywood films in the 
post-pandemic era, which was taken into consideration by W.B. and 
Legendary as they put Godzilla x Kong together. It’s reportedly the 
cheapest movie of the series, but despite cost-cutting, it has generated 
over $100 million from China nevertheless. Godzilla x Kong will likely 
cross the $500 million milestone globally by next weekend, after which 
it will set its sights on passing the first Godzilla’s $200 million 
domestic and $530 million lifetime haul at the global box office. The 
franchise’s top-grossing installment remains Kong: Skull Island, which 
generated $560 million worldwide in 2017.
The MonsterVerse Franchise Has Grossed a Combined Total of $2.4 Billion 
Worldwide

While there’s no doubt that Godzilla x Kong is a bona fide box office 
hit that will surely spawn more sequels, reviews weren’t exactly glowing 
this time around. The movie has a “rotten” 54% score on the aggregator 
website Rotten Tomatoes, which is the second-lowest for the series, 
ahead of only 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The MonsterVerse’s 
best-reviewed product remains the Apple TV+ series Monarch: Legacy of 
Monsters, which holds an impressive 89% RT rating.

Godzilla x Kong was released just some weeks after the unrelated 
Japanese film Godzilla Minus One emerged as a runaway crossover hit, 
grossing over $50 million domestically and eventually going on to win an 
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The movie’s success and goodwill 
must’ve certainly helped generate interest for Godzilla x Kong. Starring 
Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens, the movie is playing in 
theaters. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.


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