"I think people really miss going out and having fun," said Joshua Grode, CEO of film production company Legendary Entertainment on CNBC's "The Exchange" on Tuesday. Legendary partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures to produce the epic monster movie. "People now can go outside. They're choosing what to do to entertain themselves and the power of going to movies has been established through this terrifically fun movie that has been released this past weekend," he said. "Godzilla vs. Kong" opened last Wednesday and gathered mass audiences across the country, making it the best opening weekend for any movie released in the U.S. since the pandemic. The movie tallied $32.2 million at the box office from Friday to Sunday and now has made over $48.5 million in sales in the U.S. and Canada. It grossed $48.5 million domestically, where about 55% of movie theaters were open, and $285 million worldwide.