HOLLYWOOD - Alex Garland‘s dystopian action movie Civil War conquered the domestic box office this week ahead of expectations, said The Hollywood Reporter (THR).

The $50 million movie is about a divided America.

Civil War follows a wartime photojournalist (Kirsten Dunst) and her colleagues as they make their way across a hostile United States of America that has been torn apart under the authoritarian rule of a three-term president (Nick Offerman). Yet the film shies away from red state/blue state divisions, and the politics behind the conflict are generally left unexplained, reported THR.

The action-laden pic Monkey Man met an unhappy fate in its second week, tumbling to No. 6.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire stayed a strong No. 2.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire placed No. 3 in its fourth week.

Dune: Part 2 has collected a massive global haul of $683.9 million.

Story Date: April 19, 2024