Godzilla Minus Zero Is Number One at the Box Office
by Bethy Squires · VULTUREGodzilla vs. Kong? A tough match-up. But Godzilla vs. The Cat in the Hat? No contest. Godzilla Minus Zero obliterated the competition this week at the box office, landing at number 1 with $31.6 million in North America. It’s the biggest opening for a live-action foreign-language film since 2004’s Hero. Internationally, the film made another $31.4 mil — $17 million of that coming from Japan. Godzilla even beat Ramayana: Rise of a Legend at the global box office, which opened at $55.7 million. Domestically, part one of the Hindu epic ranked at number 5 with $8.65 million.
The Cat in the Hat came in second with $20.5 million, slightly ahead of tracking. Still, it’s far below what The Lorax debuted with in 2012, so don’t expect Cat Halloween costumes for years to come. At number 3 was Angel Studios’ Drummer Boy, the American Revolution musical from the brothers who brought you Christian pop duo King & Country. That film took $9.3 million and none of it has to go in a swear jar. At number 4 was You Can See Everything, adding another $8.8 million to its total. The film just passed March of the Penguins to become runner-up for the highest-grossing non-musical documentary of all time. Will it pass Fahrenheit 9/11? Seems likely. It already has more SNL sketches dedicated to it than that film.