Mortal Kombat fights its way to $ 11 million overseas as Godzilla vs. Kong surpasses $ 358 million

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Wouldn’t it be nice to read about checkout statistics again? And not the depressing kind that has accompanied the decimation of the cinema world for the past year or so. We’re getting healthy numbers to report on Monday morning, and long may it go on as the multiplexes of the world begin clearing their auditoriums for the log-jam of movies awaiting release in 2021.

Leading the way has been Godzilla to Kong, which has now risen to a global number of $ 358 million, of which $ 69.5 million at the US box office, meaning the Adam Wingard-directed creature feature has overtaken Tenet ($ 57 million) to become the biggest-grossing pandemic-era movie domestically.

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Warner Bros./New Line debuted their latest Mortal Kombat film this week in 17 territories, ahead of its domestic rollout in theaters and on HBO Max on April 23. It managed to finish the frame with $ 10.7 million, of which $ 6.1 million came from Russia, where it became the biggest Hollywood release since the pandemic, even above pre-pandemic renditions of movies such as Logan and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Elsewhere in the cinema world Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway increased its Australian gross to an impressive $ 9.2 million after three weeks, an area that was also home to Bob Odenkirk’s action movie Nobody bring its global growth to just under $ 30 million, with a weekend of $ 2.34 million, and plenty more countries to come.

In “Mortal Kombat”, MMA fighter Cole Young, who is used to getting beaten for money, is oblivious to his origins – or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung his best warrior, Sub-Zero, is an alien. Cryomancer, sent to track down Cole … Fearing for the safety of his family, Cole sets out to find Sonya Blade in the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon tag that Cole was born with. He soon finds himself in the temple of Lord Raiden, an elder God and protector of Earthrealm, who bestows sanctuary for those who bear the mark. Here Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and villainous mercenary Kano as he prepares to join Earth’s greatest champions against Outworld’s enemies in a high-stakes battle for the universe, but will Cole be pushed hard enough to complete his arcana – the immense power from within – in time? To not only save his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all? “

Mortal Kombat slated for a simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max on April 23rd and starring Lewis Tan as Cole Young; Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade Josh Lawson as Kano Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Bridges Ludi Lin as Liu Kang Chin Han as Shang Tsung; Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion; Max Huang as Kung Lao Sisi Stringer as Mileena Matilda Kimber as Emily Young Laura Brent as Allison Young and Daniel Nelson as Kabal.

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