Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’s Thursday night previews broke box office records for WB’s and Legendary’s MonsterVerse.
Following the Godzilla vs Kong showdown,The New Empire dives deeperinto the history of Skull Island and the mysteries inhabiting it.
Thursday night previews for the latest MonsterVerse film prove that audiences were beyond thrilled to see it all play out. According to earnings reports viaDiscussingFilm,Godzilla x Kong’s opening night raked in a record-breaking $10 million.
Such early box office success puts the Adam Wingard-directed film ahead of every other MonsterVerse project to date.
‘GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE’ opens to $10M in domestic previews, the biggest ever for the MonsterVerseRead our review:https://t.co/4iyhMIDeR7pic.twitter.com/8Qf7uC5WJQ
While others have come close, The New Empire marks the first MonsterVerse movie to open to $10 in box office previews.
Thelatest MonsterVerse adventurehas a long road ahead of it, too, with early projections estimating Godzilla x Kong will open between $45 million and $50 million at the box office during Easter weekend.
Audience turnout for the Thursday night previews indicates The New Empire could meet or exceed the projections.
While critics are split on the film – based on its 53% Rotten Tomatoes score – viewers have a higher opinion of Godzilla x Kong, thus far. As of writing, the audience score onRotten Tomatoessits at 92%.
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