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The PH box office owes a lot to anime films! Nice way to make young audiences look forward to theatrical releases.

Central Bloc! (Cebu)

Managed to find a screening of Exhuma around and watched it, it was great! Was also pleasantly surprised to see 70+ people in the same showing!

A shame its already pulled out from the theaters around me...

And with no subtitles too!

I like GvK and GxK but man I wish those films were as impressive as Youre Next in terms of intensity/style. It doesn't even feel like the same guy most of the time. (Several moments in GvK come close though IMO).

Before the weekend I would've been very happy already with beating the over performing OW of Skull Island so this is just a huge bonus!

Fun times with the monsters (the apes are the MVPs!) and the human cast is serviceable but I found the climax so rushed that it doesn't do the set-up/stakes justice IMO. Just as it starts ramping up, the movie starts sprinting towards wrapping it up as well. For comparison, the climaxes of G14-KOTM-GvK all felt like these massive setpieces/mini-movies in themselves: San Francisco-Boston-the extended Hong Kong battle. While in GXK: The Hollow Earth gravity battle and Skar King finally making it to the surface world feels like the 2nd act culmination/lead in to a sprawling 3rd act, but the Rio battle was surprisingly short for me. I can't help but think of when the MUTOs/Ghidorah/MechaG all had their moments of "victory"/putting up a challenge for our heroes. But enough of that, I'd also like to think of what I did enjoy: - various monsters battles sprinkled throughout - the monsters getting to shine and showing their personalities - nice build up to Skar King! - Godzilla and Shimo have short and sweet roles, nothing new for the genre. Overall, I guess a 7/10 for me. (my rankings of the various Monsterverse movies are ever changing hahahaha)

So far, no official announcement of a season 2 pick up.

Same. Even when friends say "but it'll be out on the internet in weeks/months", I just tell them the feeling in a theater just can't be replaced. (Plus ofc supporting the movies themselves!)

I like GvK, but I think if the score kept the same energy from the trailer ("Here We Go" + Godzilla starting to crawl unto the battleship = hype), the action scenes would have had a lot more impact.

$470M is what GvK grossed WW. Maybe the estimates you saw meant GxK "must" outgross GvK at the minimum?

If the majority of our cinemas weren't operated by mall tycoons, I'm sure a lot of them would've closed by now.

Thanks! This is the weekend number? Thats much smaller than even Mario's $1.08M last year.

Some updates: and Dune 2 with only a 35% 2nd weekend drop! (c/o Deadline).

Idk why but these poses are giving off cereal box/Doritos bag/fast food tie-in vibes to me (but thats not exactly a bad thing 🤣)

I think it's also important to point out that a lot of people became fans of Godzilla not because they thought "hey its a cool social allegory" but because they were kids who saw Godzilla and thought, "hey its a fire-breating dinosaur who fights other monsters!". Of course, knowing the deeper themes behind the movies helps one appreciate & love the franchise more, but its the inherent appeal to children/families which made Godzilla into a truly lasting cultural icon/cash cow in the 1960s and 1990s.

Can confirm, ticket lines are crazy rn

Mannnn I hope this OS success makes Toho consider a South-East Asian release...

Good numbers for the franchise revival! The series has a soft place in my heart.

The different Monsterverse IG accounts are posting this set of 9 images: Looks like an imminent trailer release.

There's an Easter egg for the Pinoy audience in her voice role! 🤣

August 23 pa 🥲