GODZILLA Week 11 Box Office: Update

Latest Box Office Numbers from Warner Bros. and Toho Source: Rentrak Corporation, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: Godzillamovie.com Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian and Tom Molter Today Warner Bros. received from Toho the official Japanese weekend box office numbers for GODZILLA. The confirmed weekend results for GODZILLA in Japan came in roughly on par with Sunday’s forecast with a 3 day number of ¥683,500,000 (Approximately $6,709,860 US) and 460,000 admissions from 427 Toho screens. GODZILLA dominated the market at #1, beating MALEFICENT (4th week in Japan) by 70% and three new Japanese releases -- EIGHT RANGER 2, TIME TRIP APP and STILL THE WATER. The final numbers give GODZILLA the second-highest opening for a live-action film in Japan, behind MALEFICENT. GODZILLA also broke an incredible run by Walt Disney Studios, which had topped the Japanese box office for 19 consecutive weeks with their movies FROZEN and MALEFICENT. The international cume to date now stands at $299,000,000. In the United States, GODZILLA inched closer to $200 million with a weekend take of $386,819 from 302 screens (down from 326 the week before). The domestic cume to date now stands at $199,704,025. GODZILLA weekend box office estimates (USD), per data collected as of Monday, July 28, 2014... Weekend BO Estimate Domestic: $386,819 International: $6,950,000 Weekend Release Cume Worldwide: $498,704,025 International: $299,000,000 Domestic: $199,704,025 Top Ten Market Cumes (in US$) China: $75,700,000 UK: $28,900,000 Mexico: $16,400,000 Russia: $15,000,000 France: $13,700,000 Germany: $13,200,000 Australia: $13,050,000 Brazil: $8,100,000 Italy: $7,250,000 Japan (Opening Weekend): $6,700,000

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For more information on Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures` GODZILLA, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: