The King of all monsters was expected to crash into theaters with a soft opening. Godzilla was estimated to make 60 million this week, however even Hollywood couldnt anticipate the star power of Godzilla. Godzila opend on Friday to 38.5 million dollars, dropping the initial estimate and raising the King of monsters to 98 million. The new estimate would have surpassed Captain America 2 debut by 3 million. The new estimates, had Warner Brothers proclaiming Godzilla being the dominant over the 2014 openings.
Deadline.com is reporting that Godzilla will debut to the amount of 93.2 million dollars. A 17 percent drop from Friday to Saturday. So for now Captain America 2 is still the the reigning champion for 2014. With the opening of X-men next week will determine which marvel cbm will be name victor for the year of 2014 cbm opening.
Either way as a comic book fan, we all win. This is my first article and would welcome the feedback.