Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment's latest installment in the MonsterVerse series, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, roared into the Chinese theatrical box office with an impressive start on Friday. By 3 p.m. local time in Beijing, the film had already raked in approximately $7 million (RMB 50 million) in ticket sales, as reported by ticketing service Maoyan. Projections from Maoyan suggest that the monster movie could potentially reach a total of $105 million in China.
While this figure represents a slight decrease from the remarkable $188.7 million earned by Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021, it still stands out as one of the best performances by a Hollywood film in China in recent months. Dune: Part Two, directed by Denis Villeneuve, currently holds the title of the top U.S. film in China for 2024, with earnings exceeding $45 million, surpassing the total of Dune: Part One.
