VIDEO Titans duel for top spot at the box office in a film that begins with an answer to Elon Musk

The film “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”, which presents the new battle between the titans Godzilla and King Kong, debuted at the top of the North American box office, the very beginning of the film responding to a dilemma of billionaire Elon Musk, reports AFP and Mashable.

This feature film, in which the giant reptile and the famous gorilla fight shoulder to shoulder against the Skar King, a creature that threatens the natural balance on Earth, earned $80 million last weekend after its screenings in theaters in the United States and Canada , according to data from the specialist company Exhibitor Relations, quoted by AFP and Agerpres.

It’s a “fantastic” result, according to analyst David A. Gross.

American filmmaker Adam Wingard, the film’s director, revealed in an interview with Mashable the other day that he wanted The New Empire to explore more of the hollow Earth inside, the “ecosystem” the Titans come from, and answer questions such as “Where does the light source in this one come from?”.

“I remember on the last movie Elon Musk tweeted about Godzilla vs Kong and I think he originally called it ‘amazeballs’, but he kind of questioned where the light source was. So actually the very first frame of this movie is a response to Elon Musk’s tweet about showing where the light comes from in the hollow Earth inside,” Wingard told Mashable.

Ghostbusters and “Dune” complete the box office podium

In second place, far behind Wingard’s feature film, was the North American box office leader from the previous weekend, the filmGhostbusters: Frozen Empiregrossing $15.7 million.

In this new installment of the franchise Ghostbustersthe ghost hunters face the threat of a new ice age this time.

As with the previous Ghostbusters movie in 2021 and unlike the previous one released in 2016, Frozen Empire returns with the beloved cast of the first Ghostbusters: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts. They are joined by actors from the new generation of Hollywood, among them Finn Wolfhard, known from the phenomenon series Stranger Things of Netflix.

On the third step of the podium is filml Dune: Part Twogrossing $11.1 million in its fifth weekend in North American theaters.

This feature film with a duration of over two hours and 30 minutes completes director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the homonymous novel written by the American sci-fi author Frank Herbert.

Villeneuve has stated several times that he wants his series of films Dunes to become a trilogy, with him also aiming to adapt Herbert’s Dune Savior book for the big screen, but a Dune: Part Three is not confirmed for now.

What movies are still drawing people to theaters in North America

The movie Kung Fu Panda 4the fourth installment in the animated saga produced by DreamWorks Animation, slipped one spot to fourth with $10.2 million.

In turn a former leader of the box office, the fourth Kung Fu Pandahe had surprisingly succeeded in dethroning Dune: Part Two from the top of the chart just one week after Villeneuve’s film opened in theaters.

But in the weeks that followed, the Canadian director’s film proved more “resilient” in the box office rankings.

The horror movie Immaculate it also dropped one position compared to the previous weekend and is in fifth place.

This feature film, which tells the story of a nun who moves to an isolated monastery in Italy, grossed $3.3 million.

The top 10 of the North American box office is completed by the following cinematographic productions:

6. Arthur the King ($2.4 million);

7. Late Night with the Devil ($2.2 million);

8. Tillu Square ($1.8 million);

9. Crewe ($1.5 million);

10. Imaginary ($1.4 million).

As always, you can find more new information from the world of movies and series, as well as other interesting news, in this weekend’s Nerd Alert column: