Godzilla Minus Zero, the highly anticipated sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, generated $14.5 million from 3,254 American theaters on Friday, easily taking the No. 1 spot.

It’s a strong start for the Kaiju film, which looks to pull in $32 million by Sunday.

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the movie takes place two years after the prior installment as Godzilla resurfaces to combat a new monster that’s tormenting postwar Japan.

The film has enjoyed glowing word-of-mouth and rave reviews thus far–it seems to connect strongly with huge international audiences.

The sci-fi epic, produced by Japan’s Toho, is distributed in the U.S. by GKids.

Bill Hader voices the titular character in this cartooned version, directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja. This iteration of the beloved children’s book revolves around the shenanigans that occur after a mischievous hat-wearing cat arrives to cheer up two siblings who move to a new town. This version of “The Cat in the Hat” is the second adaptation of the Seuss classic following 2003’s live-action Mike Myers-led flick, which opened to $38 million.

Directed by brothers Ben and Joel David Smallbone, the film stars the latter and third Smallbone brother, Luke, who comprise the Christian music act For King + Country. According to the film’s official description, “Drummer Boy” follows a young drummer boy, an enslaved woman and a divided family as they search for freedom during America’s fight for independence. Variety’s review wrote that the film “provides a confident, mostly pleasing throwback to original screen musicals of yore.”

“Wild Horse Nine” followed in fifth place with $2.47 million from 1,100 locations per rival estimates, which expect the Martin McDonagh-directed film to bring in $5.5 million by Sunday. “Wild Horse Nine” follows two CIA officers (John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell) who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island shortly before a Chilean military coup.