Warner's Godzilla was off to a huge start this weekend with an estimated first place debut of $93.2 million.
The highly anticipated and well received sci-fi action remake outpaced expectations (which had ranged anywhere from $65 million to $80 million) in a very big way this weekend. Godzilla delivered the second largest opening weekend of 2014 to date, as it debuted just below the $95.02 million start of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and just ahead of the $91.61 million start of The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
The film opened an impressive 18 percent stronger than the $79.20 million debut of fellow sci-fi re-launch Star Trek back in May of 2009.
Universal's Neighbors placed in second with an estimated $26.0 million. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 claimed third place this weekend with an estimated $16.8 million. Sony's expensive superhero sequel was down a sharp 53 percent from last weekend, as continued underwhelming word of mouth and the stronger than expected launch of Godzilla both took a toll this weekend.
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