'The Cat in the Hat' and 'Godzilla Minus Zero' both open Nov 6. Will the Cat out-gross the monster domestically that weekend?
50% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 8 predictions cast.
"Godzilla Minus Zero" opened in North America on Nov. 6 to an industry-estimated $31.6 million, setting a record domestic opening for a live-action foreign-language film and roughly doubling the estimated $17 million-$18 million debut of Warner Bros.' "The Cat in the Hat," according to weekend box-office reporting from ABC News and Variety. Both family-oriented films opened the same weekend, but Toho's kaiju sequel drew strong reviews and an A CinemaScore, while the Dr. Seuss adaptation was panned by critics, with Variety describing its showing as a fizzle.
The gap reflected critical reception as much as audience demand: Godzilla Minus Zero built on the surprise success of its predecessor, "Godzilla Minus One," which won a visual-effects Oscar, while Cat in the Hat entered the weekend with weak reviews and comparatively modest pre-release tracking.
The community was evenly split on this question, with half predicting Cat in the Hat would out-gross the monster movie. The lopsided actual margin showed no real community edge here, and the outcome landed on the "no" side of a genuinely close call going in.