Brainbug

Yes, its gotten better in the last few years, but many action-heavy movies still are mostly shown in 3D (atleast in my area here). I actually think its one big reason why german moviegoing is steadily declining, beeing basically forced to watch movies in 3D if you doesnt want that is not ... good.

My day was just a bit ruined since ive learned that all the cinemas around me will only show GxK in 3D. Man i HATE 3D so much

The Marvels would have bombed as hard as it did even if the whole of Hollywood would have promoted it. Promotion and (positive) advertisement (see as well: The Flash with all its celebrity buzz) dont save a movie that is inherently doomed to fail like The Marvels.

Makes sense though since GxK main demo is familys.

Nearly 200M WW Opening. Amazing.

The Hispanic skew is easily explained: Latin America/Hispanics love Dragon Ball to death, so upon seeing that Godzilla had evolved to Super Saiyan Rose, they had no choice but to come.

Anything over 75M is an absolute win in my book. Before the presales ramped up, i would have been happy with a 60M OW.

No. The possibility of a meteor destroying the entire North American continent until Sunday sill exists.

By now, i think its safe to say that the movie will be the highest-grossing domestically in the MonsterVerse (and possibly worlwide as well, needs 566M+ for that). I see it landing in the 230 - 260M range right now, depending on how good the WOM actually is.

https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-1235871440/ SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday Night post : This is how a great box office weekend should be. A studio goes into the frame expecting ‘X’, and they wind up with a substantially higher ‘Y’. It was definitely a good Friday for Legendary and Warner Bros with more walk-up business than expected as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire posted a $37M first day (plus $10M previews) putting on the path to a $75M opening weekend. Per Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak, 57% of the audience bought their tickets same-day. There is a path to a bigger weekend, so it won’t be shocking if it hits $80M. Also, the sequel nabbed an A- CinemaScore, which is the second best CinemaScore for a Monsterverse movie after 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which was also directed by Adam Wingard. Godzilla x Kong‘s weekend is still the second best U.S./Canada start for a Monsterverse, but also the fifth best Easter weekend opening ever after Warner Bros’ Batman v. Superman ($181M), Universal/Illumination’s Super Mario Bros Movie ($166.4M), Universal’s Furious 7 ($161.2M) and Uni’s The Fate of the Furious ($107.3M). 62% of the audience was led by men with Hispanic and Latino audiences showing up huge at 34%, followed by 31% Caucasian, 18% Asian/other and 17% Black. Sixty-seven percent of GxK‘s crowd were over 25 while 62% were under 35. The under 25 set at 33% gave the Adam Wingard directed movie an A. GxK is playing big across the nation, but gigantic in the South, South Central and West with the AMC Burbank its highest grossing theater stateside with close to $83K so far. IMAX and the PLF screens are driving 38% of the gross with 3D accounting for 19%. Other jelly beans for GxK: On PostTrak, 96% said the movie either met or exceeded their expectations. Forty-eight percent said they went to the movie because it look fun and exciting, while another 45% said it was part of a franchise they loved. Seventy-two percent want to see a sequel. What influenced moviegoers to go see GxK: 17% said the online trailer, 14% said it was the in-theater trailer, 14% credited social media, while another 14% said they were encouraged by friends and family. GvK is leading all titles at the weekend box office to a $134.7M total, which is +38% over the same exact period a year ago when Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves opened during a non-holiday weekend. However, compared to last year’s Easter weekend, we’re down this year by -34% and that’s all because of Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Amazing start. Now the Sat hold and Sun drop will determine if it settles in the high 70s for the weekend or may still approach 80M+

I would actually argue that with GxK and Minus One, were witnessing the most popular Godzilla has been - probably ever.

26M true Friday is fantastic.

Ive been following the box office for more than 12 years now. I know better than to trust early Deadline estimates. 21M True Friday seems very much too low to me considering the numbers from our tracking team.

Unless i missed something, it wont be a musical.

After the complete and utter disaster of The Rings of Power, id imagine Tolkien fans either are extremely sceptical now of anything Middle-Earth related that is coming out or maybe in the contrary, will strongly support this movie if its good ofc and respects the lore. I could see both happening.

Re King of the Monsters: I can understand basically all of the criticisms that people, who disliked the movie, have written here. Theyre completely valid. The film has a bad script, the fights are often a bit obscured and the rainy asthetic doesnt make it much better. But for me (and many other Godzilla fans id say), it was just a pure dream come true to finally see Mothra, Rodan and especially King Ghidorah realized with a Hollywood budget. Every time i watch the monster scenes in the film i can completely overlook the movies flaws because im just happy that such a movie even exists in the first place.

If the tracking thread is right and this movie is gonna approach 30M True Friday, i might jizz my pants.

I think the combination of the goodwill from GvK + the lack of pure popcorn action films for months now + the current Godzilla rennaissance all played a role here. And the nature of the MonsterVerse as well in my opinion: The main reason i think why the Series continues to be relevant is that in the 10 years since G14, theres now just been 5 movies and 1 TV show. Thats new content for the fans every 2 years and its probably a way more healthy format for a Cinemativ Universe. The Godzilla/Kong films have still not been overexposed to audiences and with a minimum of 2 years separating every installment, the new movie always feels like something special. Its the Anti-Marvel (especially Phase 4) format, if you will.

Yes, they delayed it till April 4th. For me personally thats no big issue since i only could have seen it at the earliest on the 2nd anyway.

Nah, i can only support the film in Germany. I dont have the money to buy plane tickets just to fly to the US to see it there 😶

monster mash movie is seeing $8M from previews Opening domestic projections for Godzilla x Kong earlier this week were at $50M.

Oh man i have to say that im a bit proud of myself that i called this movies potential to have a bit of a breakout with my 200M DOM club. I think we can compare GxK to Dune 2 in the sense that both their predecessors were cut short of their potential by the pandemic and day-and-date release back in 2021. And both had very good audience responses and now reap the benefits.

So you liked it?