Benzinga | Jun 13, 2021 01:35PM EDT

'A Quiet Place 2' Breaks Pandemic-Era Box Office Records, Surpassing $100M

* ViacomCBS Inc's (NASDAQ:VIAC) Paramount Pictures film "A Quiet Place 2" has surpassed $100 million in U.S. ticket sales, Variety reports.

* The film did $80 million at the international box office and $108 million at the domestic box office through the weekend.

* "A Quiet Place 2" is the first pandemic-era film to play exclusively in theaters at AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNK), and Regal cinemas.

* The film debuted with a pandemic record of $48 million and made $58 million in its first five days of release. It was released over Memorial Day.

* The first series of the film made $340 million globally and cost $17 million to produce. "A Quiet Place 2" was made at a budget of $61 million.

* AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) subsidiary Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures Productions LLC's "Godzilla vs. Kong" is also reportedly heading toward the milestone in the next few days. The film's North American total was at $99.4 million.

* The movie won't be available in the home via Paramount+ until 45 days after it first hit the big screen.

* The last film to earn north of $100 million in North America was Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog, " released in February 2021.

Picture courtesy: Official Facebook page of the movie "A Quiet Place 2"