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Box Office Mojo reports that the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire dropped to #5 in its sixth week of release and SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film continued to drop from #13 to #16 in its third week at the US box office Ky.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire grossed an estimated $1,045,000 on Friday, an estimated $2,085,000 on Saturday and an estimated $1,370,000 on Sunday, for an estimated $4,500,000 America on Friday weekend. The film has now earned a total of $188,067,009 in the United States.
Entertainment news website Variety reported on Sunday that the film earned $9.8 million from 78 markets outside the United States last weekend. The film's total international earnings currently stand at $358,800,000 and $546,867,009 worldwide. As of April 21, IMAX's worldwide earnings were US$40 million. Deadline reported that Warner Bros. is the first studio to surpass the $1 billion mark at the international box office this year, with Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire being this year's biggest films.
The film opened in the United States on March 29, two weeks earlier than the previously scheduled April 12. The April 12 release itself was delayed from its original March 15 opening date.
The film earned about $8 million in test screenings on March 28 at about 3,400 locations in the United States. preview a “Monsterverse” movie, as 2014's Godzilla earned $9.3 million from preview screenings.
The film earned $80 million in its opening weekend in the US, topping the weekend box office.
The film opened in Japan on April 26 and ranked 2nd at the box office. The film sold 306,000 tickets and earned 466,704,060 yen (about $3.05 million) in its first three days of release. The film sold 417,000 tickets and earned a cumulative total of 622 million yen (about $4.06 million) as of the April 29 holiday (the start of Golden Week).
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The SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film earned an estimated $52,000 on Friday, an estimated $111,000 on Saturday, and an estimated $82,000 on Sunday, for an estimated total is $245,000 at the end of the third week. The film has now earned a total of $7,805,318 in the United States. The film's international earnings currently stand at $50,218,599 and $58,023,917 worldwide.
The film opened in the United States on April 19 and grossed $4,824,993 in its opening weekend. The film is screened in Japanese with English subtitles and English dubbing. The film was also shown in IMAX for a week.
The film opens in Japan on December 22. The film is a completely new work with an original plot. The film sold 866,000 tickets and earned 1.224 billion yen (about US$8.61 million) in its first three days of release and has earned a total of 6,113,862,330 yen (about US$39.72 million) as of February 25.
Crunchyroll describes the story:
He is a spy. She is an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor maintain their double lives while pretending to be a perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a psychic, knows both of them interesting secrets that they did not know. Under the guise of taking hsi's family on a winter weekend, Loid's efforts to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix prove difficult when Anya accidentally gets involved and sets off events that threaten peace. world peace!
Original manga creator Tatsuya Endō is credited as the film's original creator and character designer, and he also supervised the film. WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks animated the film again. Takashi Katagiri directed the film and Ichiro Okouchi wrote the script. Kazuaki Shimada is the character designer and Kana Ishida is the supporting character designer. Kyoji Asano is the animation director. Kazuhiro Furuhashi is the animation supervisor. [K]NoW_NAME is the music producer and Shōji Hata is the sound director.
The film's new cast includes Tomoya Nakamura as Dmitri, Kento Kaku as Luka, Banjō Ginga as Snijder and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Type F.
Source: Box Office Mojo (link 2, link 3), Variety (Rebecca Rubin)