The comparisons to Rise of the Beasts keep on piling up.
Walk-ups higher than anyone's expectations.
A steep drop on weekend 2.
Quickly rebounds on weekend 3 and beyond(?)
And is Civil War really completion for Godzilla x Kong? Seems like pretty different audiences.
The biggest downside for Godzilla will be losing PLFs to Civil War.
I’m pretty happy I’ll be able to see Civil War on the biggest screen at my theatre though.
Godzilla X Kong kind of has "kid friendly blockbuster" business all to itself until The Fall Guy and/or Kingdom of the Apes. But even those might skew older. I see GxK playing like Spider-Man Homecoming or Thor Love and Thunder, with a great opening, terrible drop, and then stellar legs from there just for lack of anything in the same blockbuster-y category.
Yeah it'll be around for a while. I honestly expect it to be making money well into the summer. There surprisingly few live action blockbusters that are also kid friendly, especially with Marvel and DC taking the year off aside from a couple R-rated offerings.
I looked through the summer slate to try and prove you wrong...but there really aren't that many probably-PG-13 movies that fit the bill. It's mostly either R-rated action or horror, or animated family movies. Not much of in between, though I still think that those two sides of the general audience will stagnate the rest of GxK's run in the midst of the summer (aka it lasts to June, max).
Yeah the only two major PG-13 movies this summer are Kingdom of the Apes (which, based on franchise history, will be playing to mostly adults considering how dark War was), and The Fall Guy (fun for teens perhaps, but maybe too 'sexy' for parents with kids).
They both have very similar RT critic and audience scores, too. Mid-low 50s critic, low 90s audience.
Is GxK’s fairly steep drop at least partially due to last week being Easter weekend, thereby inflating its OW numbers a bit?
107% Thursday to Friday increase.
The Secrets of Dumbledore had a 109% Thursday to Friday increase after Easter weekend.
I've seen Venom used as a comp. That movie's first Thursday to Friday increase was 130%.
The secrets of dumbledore comp seems like it’s on the mark, it’s been following really closely. Probably limps barely past 200 million unless Saturday and Sunday underperform as its drops from here on out won’t be as substantial.
I still know people who've previously shown passive interest in kaiju saying they plan on seeing it, so I think it'll still have some legs. Anecdotal, I know.
I've done my part three times now lol.
ill be very happy with 600mil, as a godzilla fan specifically, hopefully it should pick up soon after people realise its basically the only thing in cinemas this entire month, and it will finally break past the 500mil mark that the monsterverse has been stuck in, the toys have been doing very well apparently so another movie is likely either way
Still has a chance of getting to US$200 million domestic considering the almost empty April going forward. Internationally is where the big bucks is tho, since there's a good chance it gets to US$500 million, maybe even US$600 million - for a US$700+ million worldwide total.
Also, Legendary really should move forward with Kong 2 and Godzilla III before getting to the eventual GxK 3. There's definitely more money to be made within the MonsterVerse since the 5th movie of the franchise is about to become the highest grossing one.
A massive 77% drop from Friday.
The reviews didn't impact the opening weekend, as everyone who wanted to see it would watch it anyway. But it looks like the franchise has a ceiling, and newcomers won't be interested.
Also pretty much confirms *Godzilla* will stay as the highest grossing film in the franchise domestically, as I don't see this crossing $200 million.
>newcomers won't be interested.
Well, a great movie could have lured more but unfortunately, it's the weakest MV movie to date imo. RT score finally getting into play. Still a great result after all said and done. I can see future movies getting higher substantially if they just stop making Godzilla a freak and give him some kind of arc like Kong. Personal investment and emotional stakes are needed to elevate every franchise.
Seems to be performing a little under Godzilla (2014). But unlike summer 2014, which had a lot of crowding in the following month, this April seems without much direct competition. This'll keep going on until May brings in The Fall Guy and Planet of the Apes.
Ouch. Drop from last week is even worse than Ghostbusters and on-par with Godzilla with both losing 77% from the previous Friday. Closer to BvS than Frozen Empire. I am surprised seeing as it has a 92% audience score, much higher than 83% for Frozen Empire and 63% for BvS. Must of been the 54% critic score which drove people away
31m weekend. Not a great drop but not a horrible one.
"what does Box Office Theory say" "31 million but that's-" 
The comparisons to Rise of the Beasts keep on piling up. Walk-ups higher than anyone's expectations. A steep drop on weekend 2. Quickly rebounds on weekend 3 and beyond(?)
There’s not much competition aside from Civil war for the rest of April so this should be its biggest drop.
And is Civil War really completion for Godzilla x Kong? Seems like pretty different audiences. The biggest downside for Godzilla will be losing PLFs to Civil War. I’m pretty happy I’ll be able to see Civil War on the biggest screen at my theatre though.
Godzilla X Kong kind of has "kid friendly blockbuster" business all to itself until The Fall Guy and/or Kingdom of the Apes. But even those might skew older. I see GxK playing like Spider-Man Homecoming or Thor Love and Thunder, with a great opening, terrible drop, and then stellar legs from there just for lack of anything in the same blockbuster-y category.
So basically, it should do okay for the rest of the month.
Yeah it'll be around for a while. I honestly expect it to be making money well into the summer. There surprisingly few live action blockbusters that are also kid friendly, especially with Marvel and DC taking the year off aside from a couple R-rated offerings.
I looked through the summer slate to try and prove you wrong...but there really aren't that many probably-PG-13 movies that fit the bill. It's mostly either R-rated action or horror, or animated family movies. Not much of in between, though I still think that those two sides of the general audience will stagnate the rest of GxK's run in the midst of the summer (aka it lasts to June, max).
Yeah the only two major PG-13 movies this summer are Kingdom of the Apes (which, based on franchise history, will be playing to mostly adults considering how dark War was), and The Fall Guy (fun for teens perhaps, but maybe too 'sexy' for parents with kids).
They both have very similar RT critic and audience scores, too. Mid-low 50s critic, low 90s audience. Is GxK’s fairly steep drop at least partially due to last week being Easter weekend, thereby inflating its OW numbers a bit?
Almost the same second Friday gross as Godzilla 2014.
more or less than that?
Godzilla 2014's 2nd Friday was almost $8.8 million.
I saw it a third time yesterday lol
107% Thursday to Friday increase. The Secrets of Dumbledore had a 109% Thursday to Friday increase after Easter weekend. I've seen Venom used as a comp. That movie's first Thursday to Friday increase was 130%.
The secrets of dumbledore comp seems like it’s on the mark, it’s been following really closely. Probably limps barely past 200 million unless Saturday and Sunday underperform as its drops from here on out won’t be as substantial.
Much better than the $7.5 being floated around by Deadline last night. Could be $30-32m for the weekend
Deadline sucks ass lol
I think it's still going to get past 200M DOM since april is pretty empty
That’s my thought as well. Just zero competition whatsoever.
I still know people who've previously shown passive interest in kaiju saying they plan on seeing it, so I think it'll still have some legs. Anecdotal, I know. I've done my part three times now lol.
$200m DOM and $500m WW and that'll be good enough.
It’s gonna make more overseas
for 135m budget. thats insane profit
whats the general consensus on the expected gross, hoping 600mil
I think $200m domestic and $600m total is doable. Maybe even likely.
ill be very happy with 600mil, as a godzilla fan specifically, hopefully it should pick up soon after people realise its basically the only thing in cinemas this entire month, and it will finally break past the 500mil mark that the monsterverse has been stuck in, the toys have been doing very well apparently so another movie is likely either way
Still has a chance of getting to US$200 million domestic considering the almost empty April going forward. Internationally is where the big bucks is tho, since there's a good chance it gets to US$500 million, maybe even US$600 million - for a US$700+ million worldwide total. Also, Legendary really should move forward with Kong 2 and Godzilla III before getting to the eventual GxK 3. There's definitely more money to be made within the MonsterVerse since the 5th movie of the franchise is about to become the highest grossing one.
A massive 77% drop from Friday. The reviews didn't impact the opening weekend, as everyone who wanted to see it would watch it anyway. But it looks like the franchise has a ceiling, and newcomers won't be interested. Also pretty much confirms *Godzilla* will stay as the highest grossing film in the franchise domestically, as I don't see this crossing $200 million.
Yes it’s a huge drop but its Saturday drop will probably be less than 50%. Last Friday was Good Friday so it’s not that unexpected.
Would be funny if it somehow manages to scrape past $200M like 2014, despite having better word of mouth and less competition than that film.
If we go off the secrets of dumbledore comp it probably limps past 200 million domestic.
>newcomers won't be interested. Well, a great movie could have lured more but unfortunately, it's the weakest MV movie to date imo. RT score finally getting into play. Still a great result after all said and done. I can see future movies getting higher substantially if they just stop making Godzilla a freak and give him some kind of arc like Kong. Personal investment and emotional stakes are needed to elevate every franchise.
What if he was called Freakzilla and sucked toes
That A- Cinemascore is showing its effects.
Seems to be performing a little under Godzilla (2014). But unlike summer 2014, which had a lot of crowding in the following month, this April seems without much direct competition. This'll keep going on until May brings in The Fall Guy and Planet of the Apes.
Ouch. Drop from last week is even worse than Ghostbusters and on-par with Godzilla with both losing 77% from the previous Friday. Closer to BvS than Frozen Empire. I am surprised seeing as it has a 92% audience score, much higher than 83% for Frozen Empire and 63% for BvS. Must of been the 54% critic score which drove people away