Gozilla recorded a massive opening weekend as the monster movie stomped across the screens worldwide through a box office opening of $193.3 million. The haul has been marked as the biggest opening weekend of 2014.
The movie took $103 million fro 64 overseas markets, which included a $22 million from IMAX screens. The $22 million earnings was marked as the second biggest IMAX opening after Iron Man 3′s $28.7 million opening weekend earning last year.
The movie posted No.1 openings across all its global markets. The United Kingdom was the leader in the overseas charge as it raked in $10.4 million from 1,229 screens. Russia contributed in $9.1 million from 1,814 screens.
The movie had created massive social media buzz before its release and the post the release the frenzy has taken even higher levels. The monster flick has reported 1,449,798 likes on Facebook and has an average of 10,000 tweets per day with a positive to negative ratio of 4:1.