Box Office: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Remains No. 1 as Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Debuts to $10 Million
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” dominated the domestic box office again, looming large over newcomers “Monkey Man” and “The First Omen.” Warner Bros.
and Legendary Entertainment’s monster tentpole added $31.7 million from 3,948 theaters in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales dropped a standard (for a tentpole of its size and scale) 60% from its mighty $80 million debut and stand at $132 million domestically and $361 million globally.
First-time director Dev Patel’s action thriller “Monkey Man” nabbed second place with $10.1 million from 3,029 venues, while Disney and 20th Century’s supernatural prequel “The First Omen” trailed at the No.
4 spot with a muted $8.4 million from 3,375 locations. Both “Monkey Man” and “The First Omen” were destined for streaming — and not the big screen.
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