Legendary blockbuster reached $60 million in domestic grosses on Friday
In a sign of the slowly increasing strength of the domestic box office, Warner Bros./Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” has reached $60 million in domestic grosses after 10 days in theaters, passing the U.S. theatrical run of “Tenet” to become the highest grossing domestic film since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the film is facing a significant dropoff from its strong five-day opening — the $3.88 million grossed yesterday is a 67% drop from last Friday — its ability to sell out theaters stuck at a 25% audience capacity limit due to COVID safety restrictions has renewed efforts by the movie theater industry to increase the number of theaters reopened and to lobby state health officials to increase the capacity limit to 50% or higher, as has already been the case in Los Angeles, San Francisco and all theaters in Texas.
