Takashi Yamazaki's "Godzilla Minus Zero" topped the North American weekend box office in its opening week. The film earned $31.6 million in its North American opening weekend, with $31.4 million from international markets during the same period, for a global opening total of $63 million.
"Godzilla Minus Zero" is the sequel to "Godzilla Minus One," with the story once again set in Japan. The film's production budget is reportedly under $20 million, and its first-week global revenue has already reached several times that amount.
Warner Bros.' animated film "The Cat in the Hat," also released during the same period, ranked second with a North American box office of $20.5 million, earning $10 million internationally, for a global first-week total of $30.5 million. The film had a production budget of $86 million.
The historical drama "Drummer Boy" ranked third with $9.3 million, against a production budget of $10 million, and has yet to be released in international markets. The documentary "You Can See Everythinggj" earned $8.8 million this week, bringing its North American cumulative box office to $79.7 million; "Ramayana: The Rise of the Legend" took fifth place with $8.6 million, reaching a global cumulative box office of $41.4 million.