Godzilla Minus Zero Tops Box Office with $31.6 Million Opening

Godzilla Minus Zero topped the North American box office this weekend with $31.6 million, marking the largest opening for a live-action foreign-language film since 2004's Hero. The film also earned $31.4 million internationally, including $17 million from Japan. The monster movie outperformed The Cat in the Hat, which finished second with $20.5 million, and Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, which opened globally at $55.7 million but ranked fifth domestically with $8.65 million. Angel Studios' Drummer Boy took third with $9.3 million. You Can See Everything placed fourth with $8.8 million, becoming the second-highest-grossing non-musical documentary ever, trailing only Fahrenheit 9/11. The Cat in the Hat's debut fell short of The Lorax's 2012 opening, suggesting limited long-term appeal.