‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Roars Past ‘Aladdin’ at Box Office With $49 Million Opening - TheWrap

Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” grossed $49 million this weekend, a little lower than initial projections which pegged the film to open between $55-65 million.

But that means “Godzilla” actually took first place this weekend, with Disney’s “Aladdin” coming in as a close second with $42.3 million. It opened last weekend to $91.5 million ($116.8 million over the four-day Memorial Day Weekend) and was expected to have another weekend in the low $40 million range. This weekend’s total brings the film’s cume to $185 million domestically and $446 million globally.

The 2014 “Godzilla” grossed $93.1 million in its opening weekend, and “Kong: Skull Island” ended up with a $61 million opening in March 2017.

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“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” is directed by Michael Dougherty and finds the legendary kaiju monster facing off against his greatest titanic foes, including Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah. Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, David Straithairn and Anthony Ramos star. Its score of Rotten Tomatoes is 40% and its CinemaScore if B+.

Taron Egerton’s “Rocketman” is expected to take third place this weekend with a projected opening of $18-$20 million, with the possibility of reaching as high as $25 million. It stars Egerton in a fantastical jukebox musical about Elton John that uses the iconic pop singer’s greatest hits in order to tell his life story from his start as a boy named Reginald Dwight to eventually battling substance abuse addiction. Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and Bryce Dallas Howard co-star, and reviews and early reaction following its premiere at Cannes have been strong. “Rocketman” currently has a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes and an A- CinemaScore.

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“Ma,” from Universal and Blumhouse, grossed $18.3 million this weekend, on par with its projection of a $20 million opening — Universal had predicted a start in the mid-teens against a $5 million production budget. It has a 61% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a B- CinemaScore.

Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer stars in the film as a fun-loving mom who befriends a group of high school kids by buying them alcohol and giving them a place to party, only to reveal she has a dangerous obsession and hidden motive in keeping them coming back to her home.

Tate Taylor (“The Help”) directed the horror film from a script written by Scotty Landes. Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle, McKaley Miller, Corey Fogelmanis, Gianni Paolo and Dante Brown co-star.

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Rounding out this weekend’s top five was “John Wick: Chapter 3– Parabellum,” which grossed another $11.1 million, bringing its estimated cume to date of $125.8 million domestically.

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