

Kong underscores moviegoers’ desire to head back to cinemas.Īs we’ve overwritten, the return of moviegoing will be gradual, not swift. start is low compared with the pre-pandemic debuts of its brethren Godzilla ($93.1M), Kong: Skull Island ($61M) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters ($47.7M), understand that in a continued broken exhibition landscape with only 3,100 out of 5,800 theaters re-opened, the projection for Godzilla vs. 2 circuit Regal returns after a five-month closure. Kong is looking to be at its zenith by Friday, which is when No. Given how most movie theaters are operating on shorter schedules midweek, Godzilla vs. Kong has booked more than 10,000 private screening watch parties at theaters in the U.S., a number that bests the bookings of Wonder Woman 1984 which held the previous high for such RSVPs. Already, I’m told by sources that Godzilla vs. Kong set pandemic offshore opening records for a Hollywood movie this past weekend with $123 million, and the Legendary monster mash is expected to deliver the biggest domestic debut for a major studio movie during this span (since late March 2020) with an estimated $20M-$30M over Wednesday through Sunday.Īt the very least, the Adam Wingard-directed monster tumble, Legendary’s fourth, will easily eclipse the Christmas Weekend 2020 stateside start of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman 1984‘s $16.7M. Kongon its streaming service HBO Max (in its first 31 days) and in theaters starting Wednesday, the movie is set to deliver a sum of cash to exhibition as they look for a comeback, especially with Los Angeles and New York reopened.

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