“Godzilla Minus Zero” opened with $31.6 million this weekend to lead all movies in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The sequel to 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One” was directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who also helmed the first film. It beat out “The Cat in the Hat,” Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s version of the Dr. Seuss classic, which opened with $20.5 million.
The Christian musical “Drummer Boy” opened with $9.3 million for third place, Rentrak reported.
Fourth place went to “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, which made another $8.8 million Friday through Sunday in its fourth week in theaters.
“Ramayana: Rise of a Legend,” the first of a two-part film series based on an ancient Hindi tale, opened with $8.6 million for fifth place.
Rounding out the top 10 releases were “Wildwood” ($7 million), “Clayface” ($6.6 million), “Wild Horse Nine” ($6 million), “Stray Kids World Tour `Run It’ Live Viewing” ($3.7 million) and “Wicker” ($3.3 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $121.7 million. The year-to-date total is $8.626 billion — up 20.6% from the figure at this time last year, according to Rentrak.