Godzilla: King of the Monsters, while debuting at the top of the North American box office, underwhelmed as it earned only $49 million USD.
As reported by THR, the $49 million was below the latest Godzilla film’s projections of over $50 million. It also pales in comparison to the $93 million and $61 million earned by the first two films of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, 2014’s Godzilla and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, respectively.
Via BoxOfficeMojo, Godzilla surpassed Disney’s live-action Aladdin’s $42 million and held strong against Rocketman’s debut at $25 million. The full top 10 weekend domestic box office films are as follows;
Source: IGN.com Godzilla: King of the Monsters Tops Box Office With Underwhelming Debut