Box Office Round-Up ~ 11/9/26

New releases dominated the top four spots at the box office this weekend, with the King of the Monsters fittingly holding the throne at number one. Godzilla Minus Zero debuted with a U.S. opening weekend of $30.5 million. That’s nearly triple the opening weekend of Godzilla Minus One in the fall of 2023, and the best American opening weekend for a Japanese Godzilla movie ever.

In second place, The Cat in the Hat had an opening weekend total of $20 million. Solid numbers, though it may not reach the level of previous animated Dr. Suess adaptations. The Lorax grossed $348 million in 2012, while The Grinch cleared $500 million in 2018. In third place, American Revolution drama Drummer Boy - the latest from Angel Studios - opened with $9.4 million, while Indian fantasy epic Ramayana: Rise of a Legend took fourth place with $8.9 million.

Fifth place went to only returning release in the top five, You Can See Everything, which continued its critical and financial success with $8.4 million, putting it near $80 million domestically after three weekends. There were some notable new releases outside the top five as well. At number eight, Wild Horse Nine opened with $5.9 million, the best opening weekend ever for writer/director Martin McDonagh, while I Play Rocky opened on just seven screens, grossing an impressive $48,209 per screen in limited release before expanding wide over Thanksgiving weekend.

1. Godzilla Minus Zero ($30.5 MM)
Director: Takashi Yamazaki (CAA)
Writers: Takashi Yamazaki (CAA)
Cast: Ryûnosuke Kamiki (Amuse)
Minami Hamabe (Toho)
Hidetaka Yoshioka

2. The Cat in the Hat ($20 MM)
Director: Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja (UTA)
Writers: Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja (UTA), Caroline Williams (UTA)
Cast: Bill Hader (UTA)
Xochitl Gomez (Savage Agency)
Tiago Martinez (Amsel, Eisenstadt , Frazier & Hinojosa Talent Agency - AEFH)

3. Drummer Boy ($9.4 MM)
Director: Ben Smallbone, Joel David Smallbone (Smallbone Management)
Writers: Richard L. Ramsey
Cast: Joel David Smallbone (Smallbone Management)
Lucas Leach (A& J Artists)
India Brown (Paradigm)

4. Ramayana: Rise of A Legend ($8.9 MM)
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Writers: Shreyas Jain, Shridhar Raghavan, Nitesh Tiwari
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor
Yash (Gersh)
Sai Pallavi

5. You Can See Everything ($8.4 MM)
Director: Nathan Fielder (UTA), Lance Oppenheim (UTA)
Cast: Nathan Fielder (UTA)
Elizabeth Holmes
Billy Evans

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers