1 h Share with: 'Godzilla vs. Kong' has set a new pandemic box office record, with the biggest US opening in 12 months. The Adam Wingard-directed flick raked in $48.5 million (£35 million) this weekend, steaming miles ahead of 'Wonder Woman 1984', which took $16.7 million (£12 million), Variety reports. The success comes after the movie was released on HBO Max and in cinemas at the same time in America. What's more, the flick made $236million (£171 million) globally. The blockbuster follows on from Gareth Edwards' 'Godzilla' and Jordan Vogt-Roberts' 'Kong: Skull Island' and 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters'. The plot is as follows: "The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance."