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Box Office: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Crushes Expectations With $80 Million Debut
"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" towered over the box office in its opening weekend.
But “Godzilla x Kong,” which sees the two otherworldly beasts team up to save the planet, benefitted from several factors, including audience enthusiasm (it landed an “A-” CinemaScore”) and premium large formats (accounting for 48% of ticket sales). “Godzilla x Kong” also notched the second-largest domestic opening weekend of the year, barely trailing another Warner Bros. and Legendary tentpole, “Dune: Part Two: ($82.5 million). It cost $100 million, not including hefty marketing expenses, so it’ll require some serious box office staying power to justify the studio’s return to the business of busting ghosts.
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