“Godzilla X Kong” Makes a Regal Entrance Abroad and Dominates China in its Friday Premiere at the Box Office Worldwide

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, a Warner Bros./Legendary Entertainment production, is now dominating the international box office, bringing in $15.9 million from 49 markets in its first two days of release (Wed/Thurs). The robust China opening day today, which brought in an estimated RMB 96.9M ($13.4M), is not included in that total.

Latin America handed the animals their biggest opening day of the year and the best opening day for the Monsterverse ever, among other highlights until Thursday. The film, which was directed by Adam Wingard, was the greatest opening day ever for a Warner Bros. release in Cambodia.

Mexico accounted for $4.1 million in total revenue on Thursday, including previews, and held a 69% share of the Top 5 movie slots. Above all comps, that’s the best start of the year.

Australia debuted on Thursday at $782K, taking the top spot and holding a 50% share of the Top 10 titles. The outcome is better than Godzilla vs. Kong (+11%), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (+115%), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (+170%), Meg 2 (+188%), Mission: Impossible 7 (+45%), and Kong: Skull Island (+523%).

Spain, With $1.4M through two days, Spain, which made its bow on Wednesday, kept the top landing position.
With the exception of China Friday, as was mentioned earlier, the top 5 markets as of right now are Mexico ($4.1M), Spain ($1.4M), Indonesia ($881K), Taiwan ($819K), and Malaysia ($797K).

The movie has received a 9.4 rating from Maoyan viewers in China, where Legendary East distributes its modern monster series. A total run of RMB 781.3M ($108.2M) is now anticipated.