Legendary's Thomas Tull Talks 'Godzilla,' Universal Move, China Plans in Rare Interview
As Legendary Pictures gets ready to unleash its new Godzilla movie on May 16, Legendary CEO Thomas Tull said that the $160 million movie could begin to turn a profit once it hits $450 million at the worldwide boxoffice.
Starting a new franchise, if it did $450 million worldwide, anything above that would be pretty good. Its still expensive, but its not a $200 million movie, Tull explained as part of a wide-ranging interview conducted by Hollywood Reporter executive editor Matthew Belloni at THRs annual Power Lawyers Breakfast, which took place April 30 at Spago in Beverly Hills.
But Tull shut down any speculation about a possible Godzilla sequel lurking in the shadows, saying, We dont ever talk about sequels until weve earned that right. Im superstitious about it.