It was a huge weekend for Godzilla, as the most-recent re-imagining of the classic Japanese monster franchise scored the year’s biggest debut to date with a whopping $93 million opening weekend gross.
The Warner Bros. release also did well overseas, taking in an estimated $103 million in ticket sales for a monstrously good $196 million worldwide gross. It should be no surprise that reports are surfacing that a sequel is already in the works.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 held on behind last week’s top film, Neighbors, for third place with a $17 million weekend. That brings Sony/Columbia’s revamp sequel to $172 million in domestic sales and $461 million abroad, for a $633 million worldwide gross.
The top-grossing animated movie in release remains Fox and Blue Sky Studio’s Rio 2 at seventh place. The movie sold $3.8 million of tickets this weekend for a domestic total of $118 million. Its $319 million overseas gross puts its total gross at $438 million.
Just barely behind it was Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with a $3.7 million weekend and $250 million in total domestic ticket sales. With $452 million overseas, the sequel has a worldwide total gross of $703 million.
In ninth place, with a $2 million weekend is Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. The indie animated feature, in its second weekend of release, has sold a total $6.6 million in tickets domestically.
I love when an awesome movie gets the attention and success that it deserves. This movie exceeded my expectations, there is so much love for its titular character in it.
GODZILLA exceeded my expectations … all I want now is a Godzilla vs Pacific Rim 🙂