LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' monster film "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" debuted atop the North American box office this weekend, taking in an estimated three-day cume of 80 million U.S. dollars, data from the measurement firm Comscore showed on Sunday.

The film is a sequel to 2021's "Godzilla vs. Kong," and the fifth entry in the MonsterVerse franchise.

Directed by Adam Wingard, the new film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Chinese-American actress Fala Chen.

Internationally, the film took in 114 million dollars, including over 44 million dollars from the Chinese mainland, pushing its worldwide cume to an impressive 194 million dollars. The film's opening weekend tallies propel the Godzilla-Kong franchise past the 2 billion-dollar mark at the global box office.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" holds an approval rating of 55 percent based on 168 reviews to date on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. It earned an "A-" on an "A+" to "F" scale from audiences polled by the market research firm CinemaScore.

Sony Pictures' supernatural comedy film "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" moved to second place on its second weekend with 15.7 million dollars for a North American total of 73.4 million dollars.

Rounding out the top three, Warner Bros. and Legendary's epic science fiction film "Dune: Part Two" earned 11.1 million dollars on its fifth weekend, bringing its North American cume to 252 million dollars for a global total of 626 million dollars. Enditem

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