Box Office Report: Fans Keep Flocking To ‘Godzilla X Kong’
Box Office analysis is provided by Daniel Garris of BoxOfficeReport.com.
Weekend Box Office Report: April 5th, 2024 to April 7th, 2024
Warner Bros. and Legendary's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire took in $31.20 million this weekend to comfortably remain in first place at the domestic box office for a second consecutive frame. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire declined a sharp 61.0 percent from last weekend, but that was an average second weekend decline for a film in the MonsterVerse franchise (which have previously had second weekend percentage declines in the range of 54 to 68 percent). In the bigger picture Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has grossed a strong $134.54 million through ten days of domestic release. That represents the second largest ten-day start for a MonsterVerse film, behind only the $148.29 million ten-day start of 2014's Godzilla (which declined 66.8 percent in its second weekend to gross $30.95 million). Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is also already the third highest grossing release of 2024 thus far domestically (behind only Dune: Part Two and Kung Fu Panda 4). Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire grossed an estimated $3.0 million from domestic IMAX screens this weekend, which brings the film's domestic IMAX total to $13.7 million.
Internationally, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire grossed $59.3 million this weekend from 69 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $226.6 million and current global haul to $361.2 million. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire continued to impress in China with $21.5 million this weekend, which brings the film's total gross in China to $92.3 million. This weekend's international performance also included debuts of $3.0 million in France and $2.6 million in Germany. Additional totals by international market for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire through Sunday include $23.8 million in Mexico, $11.2 million in the United Kingdom, $10.4 million in India, $7.4 million in Australia, $5.7 million in Taiwan, $5.2 million in Indonesia, $5.1 million in Brazil and $5.1 million in Spain. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire grossed an estimated $6.7 million from international IMAX screens this weekend (including $4.4 million from IMAX screens in China). That brings the international IMAX total for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to $20.4 million (including $12.7 million in China) and the global IMAX total for the film to $34.1 million.
Universal's Monkey Man debuted in a distant second place with $10.12 million. The action film directed by and starring Dev Patel debuted on the low end of consensus expectations (which were roughly $10 million to $15 million). There seemed to be a relatively high amount of online buzz around Monkey Man, but that buzz ultimately didn't really transfer to the box office this weekend. After grossing a fairly promising $1.4 million from preview shows on Thursday night, Monkey Man displayed early front-loading for an original film this weekend with an opening weekend to preview gross ratio of 7.23 to 1. With that said, it should be noted that Monkey Man carried a modest production budget and was originally planned as a streaming release prior to Universal acquiring the film for theatrical release. Monkey Man has gone over well with critics and looks to be going over fairly well with audiences after receiving a good B+ rating on CinemaScore. It will be interesting to see if going forward the film's good reviews and good early word of mouth will help overcome this weekend's initial front-loading for Monkey Man. Internationally, Monkey Man grossed $2.5 million this weekend from 27 international markets being handled by Universal. That places the global start for Monkey Man at $12.6 million (in markets being handled by Universal).
Sony's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire placed in third with $9.00 million. After last weekend's very sharp second weekend decline, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was able to stabilize this weekend by decreasing a respectable 42.2 percent. The 17-day domestic total for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire stands at $88.87 million. That is 13.0 percent behind the $102.20 million 17-day take of 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which declined 57.2 percent in its third weekend to gross $10.36 million. Internationally, Sony's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire grossed an estimated $7.1 million this weekend from 31 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $49.3 million and global total to $138.2 million.
Meanwhile, Disney and 20th Century's The First Omen started out in fourth place with $8.35 million. That was below consensus expectations, which like those for Monkey Man, had also tended to be in the range of $10 million to $15 million. The First Omen, which represents the sixth installment in The Omen film series, opened well below the last film in the series, the 2006 version of The Omen, which had respective three-day opening weekend and six-day starts of $16.03 million and $36.30 million (that film opened on a Tuesday). Despite good critical reviews for the film, there just wasn't much anticipation for The First Omen. The First Omen being released so soon after NEON's Immaculate doesn't look to have helped matters either. It appears that The First Omen isn't going over as well with audiences as it has with critics after receiving a lackluster C rating on CinemaScore. Internationally, The First Omen started out with $9.1 million this weekend from 43 international markets. That places the film's global launch at $17.5 million. This weekend's international performance for The First Omen was led by a $1.6 million start in Mexico. The First Omen will open in additional international markets in the coming week, including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4 and Warner Bros. and Legendary's Dune: Part Two remained close to one another in this weekend's rankings with respective fifth and sixth place grosses of $7.77 million and $7.43 million. Kung Fu Panda 4 was down just 24.9 percent from last weekend's performance (which was deflated somewhat by Easter weekend festivities), while Dune: Part Two declined a solid 34.5 percent (Dune: Part Two received a boost from this weekend's domestic IMAX gross of $1.25 million falling just 24.2 percent from last weekend's $1.65 million domestic IMAX gross). Respective total domestic grosses stand at $265.09 million for Dune: Part Two through 38 days (including an estimated $64.3 million from domestic IMAX screens) and at $165.98 million for Kung Fu Panda 4 through 31 days (Kung Fu Panda 4 has now surpassed the $165.25 million final domestic gross of 2011's Kung Fu Panda 2).
Internationally, Kung Fu Panda 4 grossed $26.5 million from 76 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $243.5 million and current global haul to $409.5 million. Dune: Part Two grossed $11.1 million this weekend from 73 international markets. Respective totals for Dune: Part Two stand at $400.4 million internationally and at $665.4 million globally. Respective IMAX totals for Dune: Part Two stand at $75.1 million internationally and at $139.4 million globally.
This weekend also saw Fathom Events' release of Someone Like You debut in seventh place with $2.96 million from 1,800 locations (including preview grosses prior to Friday). Upon expanding to semi-wide release in 1,002 locations, Sony Pictures Classics' release of Wicked Little Letters placed in tenth with $1.34 million. After an additional week of platform release, the ten-day domestic total for Wicked Little Letters stands at $1.44 million.
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