Kong is the king of the box office this weekend, after a battle of the beasts for theater seats around the US.
Fox’s Logan took second place, down about 58% from its first weekend with $37.9m.
According to studio estimates Sunday, Kong: Skull Island amassed $61m in its first weekend in theaters, surpassing expectations and easily beating out Logan, which is now in its second weekend.
It’s the second in the planned “monster universe” following the latest Godzilla,which grossed $529.1m worldwide in 2014.