Update to the latest…: Warner Bros / Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong charged for an estimate $ 21.5 million (RMB 140M) start in China today, good for the best opening day of a Hollywood title on the market since Covid started and foreshadowing a weekend high of $ 60Ms. The film positively dominated the Middle Kingdom with an 88% share and was shown on 42,482 screens. Including the other 37 international markets where GVK is launching this session, the fourth title in Legendary’s modern monster series is now reaching an international box office of $ 90 million +. The film directed by Adam Wingard will be released abroad before the national, which will be released on March 31 in theaters and on HBO Max.
As we noted in our preview, GVKthe arc of WB will surpass that of the WB itself Principle ($ 53M at the international opening weekend) to mark the biggest offshore premiere of a studio film in the pandemic era.
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Social scores in China, where legendary handles, are solid with a 9 in Maoyan (versus Godzilla: King of the Monsters‘final 8.5). Douban’s critical rating is currently 7 compared to KOTMof 6.3. GVK are looking to fight with KOTM(unadjusted) $ 66M China launches in China and currently leads pre-sales throughout the next week until the local title My sister opens on Friday. Maoyan today predicts a finishing of RMB 878.5 million ($ 134 million) for GVK, although these numbers are subject to change.
In any case, this should be a relief to the studios, given the apparent rejection of American films in China recently – and amid the current reaction against American products that has been spurred on by previous comments from fashion brands about working conditions in Xinjiang. Fortunately, this doesn’t seem to be impacting the mash-up of monsters.
The clash of iconic titans will also launch in 37 other markets this weekend. Korea for two days it counts $ 693,000 in slot # 1. We hear that things are going very well in other places with good retentions since some markets released on Wednesday, indicating GVK is playing well and was not fully anticipated.
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