"Box Office Battle" is The Fly's weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend's box office.
Warner Bros. (WBD) and Legendary's "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" stayed atop the domestic box office with another $31.7M in its sophomore outing for a cume of $135M. Overseas, the movie fell 53% to $59.3M for a foreign tally of $226M and $361.1M globally. "Godzilla x Kong" sports an A- CinemaScore from audiences.
BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal's "Monkey Man" placed number two with a $10.1M debut. Behind it was Sony's (SONY) "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" with another $9M from 3,835 locations. Disney's (DIS) "The First Omen" placed number four with an $8.4M debut. Rounding out the top five, Comcast subsidiary Universal's "Kung Fu Panda 4" grossed an estimated $7.9M as it crossed the $400M mark globally.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:
Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Lionsgate (LGF.B), Paramount (PARA), and Amazon (AMZN).
Warner Bros. Discovery
-0.12 (-1.42%)
Comcast
-0.24 (-0.58%)
Comcast
+ (+0.00%)
Sony
+0.26 (+0.31%)
Lionsgate
-0.15 (-1.46%)
Lionsgate
-0.13 (-1.36%)
Disney
+1.3 (+1.11%)
Paramount
-0.395 (-3.20%)
Amazon.com
+4.98 (+2.77%)
Apple
+0.72 (+0.43%)