J.J Abrams has another hit on his hands.

Cloverfield, produced by Abrams, was a monster success (pun intended) at the weekend box-office pulling in $46 million.

The modern day monster flick about a creature attacking Manhattan hoped to follow in the giant footsteps of genre predecessors like King Kong and Godzilla. And it did just that.

The opening marks a January record, E Online reports.

The indie-like movie cost $30 million and built a whole bunch of hype before its release, including theatres promising to play a teaser for Abrams’ next venture, the new Star Trek movie.

Coming in second with a respectable $27.3 million was Katherine Heigl’s headlining debut, 21 Dresses.

The Bucket List, Juno, and First Sunday rounded out the top 5.






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