{"id":827356,"date":"2026-11-07T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/827356\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T19:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:16:10","slug":"godzilla-minus-zero-dominates-with-14-5-million-friday-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/827356\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Dominates With $14.5 Million Friday Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSorry, Dr. Seuss \u2014 \u201cThe Cat in the Hat<\/a>\u201d was no match for \u201cGodzilla Minus Zero<\/a>,\u201d which thrashed its way to the top of the box office on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGodzilla Minus Zero,\u201d the highly anticipated sequel to 2023\u2019s \u201cGodzilla Minus One,\u201d generated $14.5 million from 3,254 North American theaters on Friday, easily taking the No. 1 spot. It\u2019s a strong start for the Kaiju film, which looks to pull in $32 million by Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Takashi Yamazaki, the movie takes place two years after the prior installment as Godzilla regenerates and resurfaces to combat a new monster that\u2019s tormenting postwar Japan. The film has enjoyed glowing word-of-mouth and reviews thus far, with Variety\u2019s<\/a> Owen Gleiberman writing that the film is \u201cdestined to connect with a huge international audience.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s already clear that this won\u2019t be the last of Yamazaki\u2019s kaiju epics,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s because the movie proves that when you do it right, what seemed old can become timeless.\u201d The sci-fi epic is produced by Japan\u2019s Toho and distributed in the U.S. by GKids.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. Pictures Animation\u2019s \u201cThe Cat in the Hat\u201d landed in second place on Friday, grossing $6 million from 4,003 North American theaters. The new release is expected to gross $18.7 million by Sunday, slightly under early projections of a $20 to $25 million opening weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tBill Hader voices the titular character in this cartooned version, directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja. This iteration of the beloved children\u2019s book revolves around the shenanigans that occur after a mischievous hat-wearing cat arrives to cheer up two siblings who move to a new town. This version of \u201cThe Cat in the Hat\u201d is the second adaptation of the Seuss classic following 2003\u2019s live-action Mike Myers-led flick, which opened to $38 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tAngel Studios\u2019 \u201cDrummer Boy\u201d took the No. 3 spot with $3.39 million from 2,850 North American theaters. The patriotic, Christian musical is eyeing $7.9 million by its first Sunday in theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by brothers Ben and Joel David Smallbone, the film stars the latter and third Smallbone brother, Luke, who comprise the Christian music act For King + Country. According to the film\u2019s official description, \u201cDrummer Boy\u201d follows a young drummer boy, an enslaved woman and a divided family as they search for freedom during America\u2019s fight for independence. Variety\u2019s review wrote that the film \u201cprovides a confident, mostly pleasing throwback to original screen musicals of yore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA24\u2019s \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d held strong with $2.55 million on its fourth Friday from 2,473 North American theaters, good enough for a fourth-place finish just over Searchlight\u2019s dark buddy comedy \u201cWild Horse Nine,\u201d and should earn $8 million by Sunday, per rival estimates. That\u2019s on top of the cumulative $73.49 million the buzzy Elizabeth Holmes doc already pulled in across North America since it opened in theaters on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d followed in fifth place with $2.47 million from 1,100 locations per rival estimates, which expect the Martin McDonagh-directed film to bring in $5.5 million by Sunday. \u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d follows two CIA officers (John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell) who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island shortly before a Chilean military coup.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrailing behind was the Indian epic \u201cRamayana: Rise of a Legend,\u201d which made $2.4 million on Friday from 1,433 locations and looks to pull in $7.3 million by Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sorry, Dr. Seuss \u2014 \u201cThe Cat in the Hat\u201d was no match for \u201cGodzilla Minus Zero,\u201d which thrashed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,183920,2839,271589,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-827356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-godzilla-minus-zero","tag-movies","tag-the-cat-in-the-hat","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}