Action-Adventure Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Sithborg said:
God, I had forgetton how much more miserable Godzilla fans can be compared to even Star Wars fans....
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm loving this Godzilla resurgence. Hell, I even like Zilla 98 for what it was.

I've been watching Showa movies again, and when I say this is a love letter to those movies the way KOTM was to the Heisei era, I mean it.
 
I know this may come as a shock but not every movie needs to have this deep, intricate plot that makes you feel every emotion on the spectrum. It's okay for a movie to be mindless fun. It ain't gonna hurt ya to just turn your brain off to enjoy giant monster action.
 
Kane52630 said:
Especially if they are as braindead as this one. :o
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Transformers was once churning out billion dollar movies.

Anyway, given how conservative Deadline has been, I think this has a very good chance of beating Dune's opening weekend.
 
I'm not the biggest fan of the MonsterVerse franchise but NGL, I'm glad to see this doing so well.

In fact, the box office has shown some signs of life lately, with Dune 2, Wonka, Kung Fu Panda, and Ghostbusters all doing well, along with 'smaller' films like Bob Marley, Beekeeper, and Mean Girls.

Hopefully these successes set the stage and position the lucrative 2024 summer season for further upside :up:
 
Wildcard said:
I know this may come as a shock but not every movie needs to have this deep, intricate plot that makes you feel every emotion on the spectrum. It's okay for a movie to be mindless fun. It ain't gonna hurt ya to just turn your brain off to enjoy giant monster action.
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KAIJU! KAIJU! KAIJU!
 
Sithborg said:
Transformers was once churning out billion dollar movies.

Anyway, given how conservative Deadline has been, I think this has a very good chance of beating Dune's opening weekend.
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Honestly it just blows my mind that its projected to even be a stones throw away from from Dune, especially with how anticipated Dune 2 was
Batgirl0202 said:
I'm not the biggest fan of the MonsterVerse franchise but NGL, I'm glad to see this doing so well.

In fact, the box office has shown some signs of life lately, with Dune 2, Wonka, Kung Fu Panda, and Ghostbusters all doing well, along with 'smaller' films like Bob Marley, Beekeeper, and Mean Girls.

Hopefully these successes set the stage and position the lucrative 2024 summer season for further upside :up:
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Wonka did do surprisingly well for itself but then again never underestimate a family release in December. And honestly Ghostbusters feels a tad DOA as it had one weekend out and then ZIP Nada.
 
The Big G said:
Honestly it just blows my mind that its projected to even be a stones throw away from from Dune, especially with how anticipated Dune 2 was
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Apart from being part of a more or less consistent franchise, GxK also appeals to kids a lot more than Dune 2 so I'm not too surprised about it having similar opening weekend numbers.
 
Drizzle said:
Apart from being part of a more or less consistent franchise, GxK also appeals to kids a lot more than Dune 2 so I'm not too surprised about it having similar opening weekend numbers.
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I wonder how it's going to perform in the upcoming weeks compared to Dune. On one hand it's a shorter more fun movie that appeals more to younger audiences (like you said) and it basically doesn't really have any sort of competition for five weeks. Dune had Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and this one. On the other hand movies like Godzilla x Kong, Fast & Furious and Transformers are more front-loaded and usually drop significantly in subsequent weeks.
 
Filmfreak said:
I wonder how it's going to perform in the upcoming weeks compared to Dune. On one hand it's a shorter more fun movie that appeals more to younger audiences (like you said) and it basically doesn't really have any sort of competition for five weeks. Dune had Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and this one. On the other hand movies like Godzilla x Kong, Fast & Furious and Transformers are more front-loaded and usually drop significantly in subsequent weeks.
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I think it'll be hanging around for a while because while April has a few buzzworthy movies like Monkey Man and Civil War, none of them seem to be a major threat to blockbusters.
 
Zantera said:
It does make me sad in one way that a wonderful film with genuine craft that is Godzilla Minus One is not even gonna make 1/5th of the braindead schlock that is Godzilla x Kong
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That's the main reason why I'm waiting to see GxK, Minus One is still ingrained in my consciousness. Like when Godzilla rose up from the sea and the Ifukube music played, you felt that sh** in your whole body at the theater.

I feel like I'm not gonna get those same feels in this Hollywood CGI fest.
 
AVEITWITHJAMON said:
That's domestic only though. And GvK opened during a worldwide pandemic and opened on HBO Max at the same time.
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F9 also opened during a worldwide pandemic, and it still made $726 million worldwide.

Also if you are going by overseas only, Transformers didn't start declining until The Last Knight. No single Monsterverse film has ever come close to the highest grosses for Fast or Transformers yet.

Meanwhile, Godzilla already started declining with King of the Monsters. There hasn't been a stunning increase per picture for this franchise. And they've largely been saved by their overseas grosses.
 
Zantera said:
It does make me sad in one way that a wonderful film with genuine craft that is Godzilla Minus One is not even gonna make 1/5th of the braindead schlock that is Godzilla x Kong
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That's just how it is for international releases unfortunately
 
Zantera said:
It does make me sad in one way that a wonderful film with genuine craft that is Godzilla Minus One is not even gonna make 1/5th of the braindead schlock that is Godzilla x Kong
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IMHO you shouldn't be sad because the movie was still by and large a huge box office success and broke many records for the industry. Not only that, it's the first Godzilla movie to win an Academy Award.
 
As someone who thought this franchise was in serious trouble after how much KOTM underperformed at the BO I honestly couldn't be happier at the rebound this franchise is seeing right now.

This and Minus One being so successful for different reasons just makes me happy as a monster movie fan and while they vary in terms of quality both were really enjoyable moviegoing experiences.

Hopefully, Gamera is just around the corner.
 
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