Avisible Man
The animal that Hughve Hefner created
After Winning a Couple of Battles, Godzilla x Kong lose the (Civil) War: Weekend Box Office Results (Apr. 12-14)
After two weeks on top, Godzilla and Kong's New Empire has fallen at the hands of A24's Civil War. With $25.7M, it's A24's biggest opener ever, almost doubling up Hereditary's $13.5M debut back in 2018. Coincidentally, I did not like Hereditary and I'm not particularly a fan of Alex Garland.
At the very least, I did not like MEN (no
) which was boiled cac hotdog water. He definitely fell off with his two releases after Ex Machina but now he's rebounded and got a major win. A major win at least commercially. Critically? This s*** got a B- CinemaScore which is better than the D+ that MEN got and Annihilation's C score. This dude Garland is all over the place.That being said, Civil War has already grossed 78.6% of Annihilations $32.7M total. And that movie had a $55M production budget to Civil War's $50M. That's a win no matter how you slice it. Can it hold up in the coming weeks though?
A Foundationally Black one
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire lost half of its $31.7M total from last weekend and brought in $15.4M. It's up to $157.9M, nearly 2x its $80am opening weekend. It should pass Kong: Skull Island's $168M to become the 2nd highest earner in the MonsterVerse.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire held down the 3rd spot again, this time with $5.8M. With $96.9M, it's about to hit the coveted $100M mark, which in its 3rd weekend; Frozen Empire is in its fourth.
With $5.5M, Kung Fu Panda 4, took spot #4 after finishing 5th last weekend. And it's on-demand.
It's the 2nd biggest movie of the year with $173.3M domestically and $452.6M worldwide.
Dune: Part Two jumped back into the top five with $4.3M. Its $272.1M is nearly $100M clear of the aforementioned Kung Fu Panda 4 for the top movie of 2024. Its $683.9M is tops worldwide and more than $200M clear of Kung Fu Panda 4. And it is also on-demand.
Notables
How bout Shrek 2 with the 20 year anniversary re-release making $1.3M? Nic Cage's Arcadian opened with $481K from 1,100 theaters.
The Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | - | Civil War | $25,712,608 | - | 3,838 | $25,712,608 | 1 | A24 |
| 2 | 1 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $15,450,000 | -50.5% | 3,847 | $157,932,103 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | $5,800,000 | -35.6% | 3,350 | $96,966,923 | 4 | Sony |
| 4 | 5 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $5,500,000 | -29.2% | 3,104 | $173,687,730 | 6 | Universal |
| 5 | 6 | Dune: Part Two | $4,320,000 | -41.9% | 2,401 | $272,104,065 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 2 | Monkey Man | $4,100,000 | -59.5% | 3,037 | $17,765,255 | 2 | Universal |
| 7 | 4 | The First Omen | $3,781,000 | -54.7% | 3,375 | $14,638,113 | 2 | Disney |
| 8 | - | The Long Game | $1,390,000 | - | 1,030 | $1,390,000 | 1 | Mucho Mas Media |
| 9 | - | Shrek 2 2024 Re-Release | $1,350,000 | - | 1,512 | $1,350,000 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | - | SUGA | Agust D TOUR 'D-DAY' THE MOVIE | $990,881 | - | 792 | $2,200,905 | 1 | Trafalgar Releasing |
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