Godzilla Crushes Box Office With 93 Million Opening Weekend
A massive radioactive monster unleashed an equally massive box-office victory this weekend as Godzilla claimed the top spot with a 93.2 million haul, per data from Box Office Mojo. The mega monster reboot, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, stomped all over the expectations of industry analysts, who predicted the film would only make about 70 million, USA Today reports. Godzilla's debut is the biggest opening weekend ever from a monster movie, according to Box Office Mojo, though The Wrap notes such a designation can be tricky to define. There's one foe Godzilla can't seem to squash, however  Captain America The Winter Solider barely held on to its title as 2014's king of the opening weekends after making 95 million on release last month.