LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Xinhua) -- "Civil War," a dystopian war film, took the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 25.7 million U.S. dollars on its opening weekend, showed figures from the measurement firm Comscore on Sunday.

Set in a near future, the film follows a group of reporters who travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating second American civil war, which has engulfed the nation.

The film, written and directed by Alex Garland, stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman and Jesse Plemons.

"Civil War" holds an approval rating of 83 percent based on 245 reviews to date on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. It earned a "B-" on an "A+" to "F" scale from audiences polled by the market research firm CinemaScore.

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' monster film "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" moved to second place after two consecutive weeks as box office champ. The film, a sequel to 2021's "Godzilla vs. Kong," and the fifth entry in the MonsterVerse franchise, took in 15.45 million dollars on its third weekend for a North American cume of 157.9 million dollars.

Rounding out the top three, Sony Pictures' supernatural comedy film "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" pulled in 5.8 million dollars on its fourth weekend for a North American total of 96.9 million dollars through Sunday. Enditem

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