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SPY×FAMILY Code: White Film Enters U.S. Box Office, Godzilla vs. Kong Slips to #3 Spot in Fourth Weekend

SPY×FAMILY Code White and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Credit: Wit Studio, CloverWorks and Warner Bros. Pictures)

According to Box Office Mojo, the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, slipped down from #2 to #3 in its fourth weekend. Meanwhile, the SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film debuted at #5 in its first weekend at the U.S. box office.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire brought in around $2,330,000 on Friday, roughly $4,325,000 on Saturday, and approximately $2,800,000 on Sunday.

That adds up to about $9,455,000 for its fourth weekend. In total, the movie has made about $171,616,510 in the U.S. so far.

Deadline mentioned on Sunday that the movie made $21.6 million in 77 countries this weekend. With this, its international earnings have reached $313,600,000, and globally, it’s earned $485,216,510.

Also, the film has brought in $40 million in IMAX earnings worldwide. Earlier, Deadline reported that Warner Bros. is the first studio to surpass $1 billion at the international box office this year, with Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire as its top releases.

The movie premiered in the United States on March 29, which was two weeks earlier than its original plan of April 12. Even the April 12 date was a delay from its initial opening date of March 15.

The movie made about $8 million from preview screenings on March 28 in around 3,400 locations across the U.S.

This marks the second-best previews for a Monsterverse movie, with 2014’s Godzilla leading with $9.3 million in preview earnings.

The film raked in a whopping $80 million in its opening weekend in the U.S., making it the top-grossing movie of the weekend. It’s set to hit theaters in Japan on April 26.

The SPY×FAMILY Code: White anime film collected around $2,215,000 on Friday, approximately $1,530,000 on Saturday, and about $1,130,000 on Sunday. In total, it’s estimated to have made around $4,875,000.

SPY×FAMILY Code White (Credit: Wit Studio and CloverWorks )

Additionally, the movie has earned about $46,491,942 outside the U.S., bringing its global earnings to $51,366,942.

The movie premiered in the U.S. on Friday, offering screenings in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. It will also have IMAX showings for one week.

In Japan, the film debuted on December 22, featuring an all-new story. Within its first three days, it sold 866,000 tickets and made 1.224 billion yen (about US$8.61 million).

As of February 25, its total earnings have reached 6,113,862,330 yen (about US$40.61 million). The original manga creator, Tatsuya Endō, did the original work and character designs for the film and supervised it, too.

WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks animated the film again. Takashi Katagiri directed it, with Ichiro Okouchi writing the script.

Kazuaki Shimada designed the characters, while Kana Ishida was the sub-character designer. Kyoji Asano was the chief animation director, and Kazuhiro Furuhashi supervised the animation. [K]NoW_NAME produced the music, and Shōji Hata was the sound director.

The new cast members for the film include Tomoya Nakamura as Dmitri, Kento Kaku as Luka, Banjō Ginga as Snijder, and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Type F.

Banita Mohanty: Banita Mohanty is a journalism and mass communication graduate. She lives in Dehradun, India. She enjoys watching shoujo and slice-of-life anime during her free time, and reading manga of the same genre brightens her mood. She specializes in writing about anime and manga. You can reach her at banitam226@gmail.com.
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