Godzilla Minus Zero Tops Specialty Box Office With $31.6M Debut

Godzilla Minus Zero topped the weekend specialty box office with a domestic debut of more than $31.6 million, according to Deadline. The opening is the highest ever for a foreign-language live-action film in North American box office history.

Angel Studios' Drummer Boy opened to $9.3 million and landed at No. 3. Ramayana: Rise of a Legend took $12.2 million including Thursday previews on 1,433 screens, and Wild Horse Nine opened to $6 million on 1,100 screens, the best opening weekend for a Martin McDonagh film.

Concert and event screenings also drew audiences. Stray Kids World Tour 'RUN IT' Live Viewing took $3.7 million on 917 screens in North America, while Regal Entertainment Distribution packaged Episodes 1 and 2 of Heated Rivalry to a No. 14 spot with $1.4 million at 945 locations. Jimmy from Fathom Entertainment opened at No. 12 with $2 million at 1,500 theaters.

Limited releases included A24's Club Kid, which opened with $391k on 6 screens, and Amazon MGM Studios' I Play Rocky, which took $335k from 7 screens.

The domestic marketplace is estimated at $121.7 million for the weekend, up 99% week-over-week and 45% year over year. Domestic year-to-date box office reached $8.6 billion, up 21% from 2025.

Older titles hold on

Among holdovers, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York earned $893k on 818 screens in week 2 for a $3.95 million cume, and La Bola Negra earned $975k at 473 locations in week 4 for a $2.47 million cume. Wicker took $3.5 million on 2,085 screens in week 3, off 23%, for a $19.9 million cume.