- Godzilla Minus Zero topped the North American box office with a record-breaking $31.6 million opening weekend for a foreign-language film.
- Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the post-Second World War Japanese monster movie comfortably beat Warner Bros' animated film The Cat in the Hat, which opened in second place with $20.5 million.
- The budget-conscious production, which cost under $20 million to make, generated $21.3 million globally from IMAX screens alone.
- Hindi-language mythological epic Ramayana: Rise of a Legend secured fifth place with $8.7 million, marking the widest North American release for an Indian film.
- Overall weekend ticket sales in North American cinemas surged by 96.8 per cent compared to the previous week following a wave of new releases.
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