Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is currently the third-highest grossing film of the year three days after its theatrical release. With a whopping $194 million in worldwide ticket sales during its first weekend of release, it is only surpassed in terms of total ticket sales by Dune: Part Two ($626 million after five weeks of release) and Kung Fu Panda 4 ($347 million after four weeks of release).
Solidifying its presence in the MonsterVerse franchise, the film earned $114 million from 64 markets. In North America, it raked in an impressive $80 million in its first weekend. At the China box office, the film earned $44 million and in India, it got $5.5 million.
Our CE review of the film read, "With all the issues you wonder what emboldened the filmmakers to make this many poor choices. It is possible that they thought if the Titan fights were extravagant enough the audience would be satisfied and forgive the other shortcomings, and hence decided to focus less on the writing."
Directed by Adam Wingard, the film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. Hall, Henry, and Hottle reprise their roles from the previous film. It is a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), and the fifth film in the MonsterVerse franchise. It is also the 38th film of the Godzilla franchise and the 13th film in the King Kong franchise.
Legendary Pictures has backed Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire with Warner Bros. Pictures as the distributor.
