GODZILLA vs. KONG | March 31 2021 | Adam Wingard to direct

[cax16]

6 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

We probably don't have enough data to say this yet but I honestly feel like this movie would've grossed more than WW84 worldwide (which if I had to guess would've grossed $600 mil at best) and would've been WB's biggest film of 2020.

I think it would of been close for sure, I definitely didn’t think the trailer would get the reactions it got yesterday. 

[WittyUsername]

I’m pretty surprised by how well the trailer seems to be doing. It looks like the upload on the WB YouTube page is going to reach a million likes. 

[Menor the Destroyer]

I enjoyed the KOTM trailers more as 2-minute videos, but I think this trailer does a better job advertising "why should you go see this movie"? The KOTM trailers leaned hard into the "mass extinction/Titans" part of the backstory which only the core fans really care about. This one really emphasizes the fight scenes. 

[excel1]

Seems everyone is Team Kong 😎

[SnokesLegs]

1 hour ago, OncomingStorm93 said:

What I'm really hoping for is that a good chunk of the action is presented from ground level, not just the CGI aerial shots.

 

One of my favorite aspects of Godzilla 2014 (which I consider far better than most give it credit for) was that the action was primarily presented through the eyes of the humans on the ground, until the end clash. It helped sell the scale of what we were witnessing. I have yet to see KOTM, but my impressions from the trailers were that the action would have very little human POV. That's the same impression I get from this trailer. I just re-watched the main trailer for the first Pacific Rim. Full of ground-level shots. That's what really sells the action.

 

Also, the more I watch this trailer, the more I dislike it. As far as these MonsterVerse trailers go, it's the laziest in execution. Both trailers for Godzilla were masterclasses in building suspense and dread (credit goes to Alexandre Desplat's music and Bryan Cranston's acting). Kong's trailers had that rocking 70s war film vibe and a lot of charismatic actors having fun. KOTM leaned hard into the operatic vibe, and while the quality of the cinematography is up for debate, its nonetheless memorable.

 

This trailer for GvK is just lazily edited, without any memorable acting, cinematography, or music. It's just bland.

Completely agree about the ground level human perspective stuff. When you first see Godzilla’s gigantic foot in that airport scene it really brings it home just how big he is.

 

Its a big part of why Pacific Rim worked so well, even during the fight scenes you were seeing things from the human perspectives on the ground and also in the Jaeger cockpit. The original Pacific Rim was absolutely incredible in IMAX3D, to date it’s one of my favourite IMAX experiences, the sound and the visuals were just stunning.

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, cax16 said:

Pretty good views and reactions all across YouTube/social media for this. People seem pretty excited about the movie. 

I think Indian twitter may have played big role in that 😛

 

[cax16]

2 minutes ago, jatvision said:

I think Indian twitter may have played big role in that 😛

 

Ya I noticed on YouTube WBIndia had quite a bit of views. 

[lorddemaxus]

Anyone know how well the trailer is doing in China? @Gavin Feng?

[Gavin Feng]

4 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Anyone know how well the trailer is doing in China? @Gavin Feng?

reposted by weibo users for many times. Better than KOTM's first one. It obviously helped the daily want-to-see sign-ups on local ticket site. 

[Eric Duncan]

 

[belblazer]

Almost 1 million likes on Youtube (WB account). That's a lot.

[lorddemaxus]

If you include WB India (where this trailer seems to be doing really well for some reason), it has already passed 1.2 million likes.

[WittyUsername]

It seems like this movie is going to do well in Asia. A shame we’ll never get to know how this would’ve done in a non-COVID world. 

[Ethan Hunt]

2 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

 (which if I had to guess would've grossed $600 mil at best)

what lmao

 

[DAJK]

Non COVID world prediction. This would have done Godzilla 2014 numbers domestically (slightly smaller opening, slightly higher DOM total) and about 370M OS.

[charlie Jatinder]

27 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

If you include WB India (where this trailer seems to be doing really well for some reason), it has already passed 1.2 million likes.

Telugu Twitter started the team kong vs team godzilla as trolling among the local stars fanbases, which gave the film indirect hype.

 

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by jatvision

[lorddemaxus]

7 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

what lmao

 

Considering what everything we've seen so far based on its performance and WoM, $600 mil seems pretty reasonable.

[Ethan Hunt]

3 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Considering what everything we've seen so far based on its performance and WoM, $600 mil seems pretty reasonable.

no 

 

I think worst case scenario domestic would've been like 330M, so you're telling me like 270M OS lol

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by Ethan Hunt

[grim22]

1 hour ago, Eric Gardner said:

 

This seems suspect to me because the Joker trailers had crazy views across all channels. Joker still has the top 2 most viewed trailers for WB on their channel I think with the 2 trailers they released.

[Legion Again]

6 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I think worst case scenario domestic would've been like 330M

Well there’s your problem right there.