New York (CNN Business) "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," was king of the weekend box office, beating out "Aladdin" and Elton John's biopic, "Rocketman."

Comscore SCOR "Godzilla," a Warner Bros. film which brings back a 1950s subtitle , brought in just over $49 million in its North American debut, according todata released Sunday.

Disney's DIS "Aladdin," the live-action reboot of the 1992 animated film, brought in more than $42 million in North America in its second week of release. Internationally, the film earned $78.3 million, for a global weekend haul of $120.6 million, according to Comscore.

Paramount's "Rocketman," which depicts Elton John's childhood and rise to fame, came in third, bringing in $25 million.

The past few weeks have been lucrative for Hollywood. Last month, "Avengers: Endgame," the Disney and Marvel film, logged a record-shattering $1.2 billion opening, and it subsequently became the fastest film in history to make $2 billion worldwide.

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