Godzilla (2014) - - - - Part 13

[Liam_H]

Sure they do. You have x-men, maleficent, edge of tomorrow, fault in our stars, and the seth mcfarlane movie that will be eating up most of the box office because they're newer.

Having newer movies out does not mean you can't go see Godzilla instead. Can you give me a comparable movie that has less than mixed WOM that dropped 60% weekend after weekend. ASM2 certainly had and its not doing that.

I would understand it happening after weekend 2 because it just over performed on opening weekend but for it to happen the 3rd weekend also is just telling.

 

[C. Lee]

Having newer movies out does not mean you can't go see Godzilla instead.

Life......life interrupts sometimes.....sometimes it's as simple as that.

I didn't see Godzilla opening week because my brother in law had emergency surgery and we spent the week at the hospital. Not everyone has the ability to go to all the movies they want whenever they want. Other people like me....have kids and family. They take precedence over movies going.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

67% on a holiday weekend and 61% the following weekend doesn't sound like great word of mouth to me. You would think the 3rd weekend would have recovered better. Also A Million Ways failed so that wasn't competition and Maleficent appealed to women more than men so not the exact demographic of Godzilla either. As I said yes competition is always a factor but so is word of mouth.

 

[Dispatch Ninja]

Having newer movies out does not mean you can't go see Godzilla instead. Can you give me a comparable movie that has less than mixed WOM that dropped 60% weekend after weekend. ASM2 certainly had and its not doing that.

I would understand it happening after weekend 2 because it just over performed on opening weekend but for it to happen the 3rd weekend also is just telling.

Ok, I see your point. Yea it would be bad if it did drop 60% again. Hopefully it won't drop that much next week though.

 

[Dispatch Ninja]

Life......life interrupts sometimes.....sometimes it's as simple as that.

I didn't see Godzilla opening week because my brother in law had emergency surgery and we spent the week at the hospital. Not everyone has the ability to go to all the movies they want whenever they want. Other people like me....have kids and family. They take precedence over movies going.

I've been wanting to see godzilla a 2nd time but we don't have as much time to go to the movies as we used to so I'd rather see something new, so we're going with edge of tomorrow next week.

 

[Breaker]

Meh, even without poor word of the mouth, Godzilla would have dropped simply because of the rest of the summer competition and folks wanting to sample those films.

Sometimes it's not even due to word of the mouth when a movie drops, majority movie goers go see a film once than move onto the next one in their line of interests. Unless they are fans or folks who very much liked whatever is brought to the big screen, it's usually 1 hit and done, next movie. No repeats. (Not because the movie isn't worthy of another viewing, it's mostly due to ticket prices, budgets, and simply wanting to sample every other movie dish on the table this summer. Other times, people just haven't gone to the theaters to watch the film yet.)

Godzilla remains to do fair business despite its drops, so long as its hit 200 million and anything above domestically, it'll still be quite a success. (Especially for a Godzilla film) All of the remaining flows will generally deal with China and Japan when their turns are up.

 

[Liam_H]

I've been wanting to see godzilla a 2nd time but we don't have as much time to go to the movies as we used to so I'd rather see something new, so we're going with edge of tomorrow next week.

Good choice. You'll enjoy it....I mean since you enjoyed Godzilla so much anyways.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

So bad WOM then? Movies don't keep dropping 60% weekend after weekend just because of competition.

Apparently they do. Considering every major release has had a drop close to or damn near equaling that. Yet, a non-sequel, non-name franchise film is the only one being singled out.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

67% on a holiday weekend and 61% the following weekend doesn't sound like great word of mouth to me. You would think the 3rd weekend would have recovered better. Also A Million Ways failed so that wasn't competition and Maleficent appealed to women more than men so not the exact demographic of Godzilla either. As I said yes competition is always a factor but so is word of mouth.

I love how you keep treating your word like fact while ignoring more sound and logical arguments. The ONLY reason you're sticking to it is because you disliked the film and are trying to discredit it at every turn.

If you disliked X-Men as well, you'd be doing the same thing. Except you did like it, so you're ignoring it's massive drop.

 

[Liam_H]

Apparently they do. Considering every major release has had a drop close to or damn near equaling that. Yet, a non-sequel, non-name franchise film is the only one being singled out.

You've missed my point completely.

 

[Wildcard]

I love how you keep treating your word like fact while ignoring more sound and logical arguments. The ONLY reason you're sticking to it is because you disliked the film and are trying to discredit it at every turn.

If you disliked X-Men as well, you'd be doing the same thing. Except you did like it, so you're ignoring it's massive drop.

Bingo.

People that dislike the movie dislike it so much they're trying to make it seem like it's doing horrible numbers & has such "awful" reviews & WOM.

Fact is many of the movies that have been a success this year have had similar drops because there is so much competition this year & there's a new major movie dropping damn near every other week. But it doesn't discredit any of the profits they've turned in.

I can't for the life of me see how anyone is trying to seriously say Godzilla is doing bad when it has favorable reviews on most major sites as well as having recouped it's budget. The overseas numbers are pretty strong & it's still in the top 5.

You know what's bad? TASM 2 STILL hasn't made it to $200 domestically after being in theaters over a month & it's budget was much more than that number. Btw, I hate to seem like I'm singling out the movie but it's the only big budget movie from this year that I can use as an example of a clear failure at the box office.

 

[X Knight]

I think if this can break $200m, that should be considered a success.

 

[Wildcard]

I think it has a good chance since it's still in the top five. As long as it stays there it will.

 

[enterthemadness]

Meh, even without poor word of the mouth, Godzilla would have dropped simply because of the rest of the summer competition and folks wanting to sample those films.

Sometimes it's not even due to word of the mouth when a movie drops, majority movie goers go see a film once than move onto the next one in their line of interests. Unless they are fans or folks who very much liked whatever is brought to the big screen, it's usually 1 hit and done, next movie. No repeats. (Not because the movie isn't worthy of another viewing, it's mostly due to ticket prices, budgets, and simply wanting to sample every other movie dish on the table this summer. Other times, people just haven't gone to the theaters to watch the film yet.)

Godzilla remains to do fair business despite its drops, so long as its hit 200 million and anything above domestically, it'll still be quite a success. (Especially for a Godzilla film) All of the remaining flows will generally deal with China and Japan when their turns are up.

Godzilla ain't hitting $200. It will come up short at the goal line. $197-199 I think it will do.

ASM2 Can still hit $200 though, maybe even $210.

 

[Wildcard]

You're a funny guy for saying TASM 2 has a chance of hitting $210 million when it's struggling so hard & is barely making any real gains from week to week. Godzilla has a far better chance of making it to $200 million domestically than TASM 2, especially since it's sitting higher on the list than it.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I think with so many more international movie goers now, it's saving these films that domestically don't open any eye-balls at the box office.

 

[DKDetective]

I think with so many more international movie goers now, it's saving these films that domestically don't open any eye-balls at the box office.

Which is depressing because so many of the films saved by international audiences are mindless excess.

 

[enterthemadness]

You're a funny guy for saying TASM 2 has a chance of hitting $210 million when it's struggling so hard & is barely making any real gains from week to week. Godzilla has a far better chance of making it to $200 million domestically than TASM 2, especially since it's sitting higher on the list than it.

I am funny, and you are correct and I am--somehow--wrong. I thought ASM2 did better than $3.7 ish this weekend. It's at $192M and change....it's gonna be close as well. I think both may end up just south of $200.



Godzilla will get $200,005,142

ASM2 will get $199,999,999

 

[Rock Sexton]

Which is depressing because so many of the films saved by international audiences are mindless excess.

I'm right there with you ...... pretty soon they're going to start serving Brawndo with those movies. LOL

 

[Leenie]

I mentioned this before (especially in the "What the last movie you watched?" thread), but the only negativity I've heard or read about this movie has been on the internet. Literally every person I've talked to about this movie in real life has loved the movie. Heck, I went to a bar before seeing the movie for the second time on Friday, and the bartender himself couldn't stop raving about it (he raved about X-Men as well). This isn't just people in my social circle I've heard positivity from; it's from random people too.

Granted, I fully acknowledge that the people I've come across doesn't cover the spectrum of people who saw the movie much at all, but I find it genuinely funny that I've yet to hear a bad thing outside of the internet. Even with really popular movies, I've heard at least a few people in real life complaining about something.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I mentioned this before (especially in the "What the last movie you watched?" thread), but the only negativity I've heard or read about this movie has been on the internet. Literally every person I've talked to about this movie in real life has loved the movie. Heck, I went to a bar before seeing the movie for the second time on Friday, and the bartender himself couldn't stop raving about it (he raved about X-Men as well). This isn't just people in my social circle I've heard positivity from; it's from random people too.

Granted, I fully acknowledge that the people I've come across doesn't cover the spectrum of people who saw the movie much at all, but I find it genuinely funny that I've yet to hear a bad thing outside of the internet. Even with really popular movies, I've heard at least a few people in real life complaining about something.

Let's not over-state how many people you actually interact with.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Let's not over-state how many people you actually interact with.

Because it's soooo impossible to believe right? I mean, this movie being a total failure and all.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Because it's soooo impossible to believe right? I mean, this movie being a total failure and all.

I apologize if I'm not one for anecdotal "filler".

Remind me again what it is you're raving about when it comes to this movie's financial performance at this point.

 

[Leenie]

Let's not over-state how many people you actually interact with.

Adorable.

Re-read my post; you know, for reading comprehension. I said that the people I've talked to doesn't cover the entire spectrum of people who saw the movie at all.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Adorable.

Re-read my post; you know, for reading comprehension. I said that the people I've talked to doesn't cover the entire spectrum of people who saw the movie at all.

Yet you brought it up to reinforce the idea that it's only people on the internet being negative.

Clearly you felt it was enough to warrant that theory, unless of course you're contradicting yourself.