Godzilla vs Kong (2021)

[kguillou]

I think if GvK can somehow cross $400 mill global, then that should be considered a big "win."

 

[Joefixit]

I honestly agree with this article! Kong brings his own fans!‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Resurrects Box Office With $49M Debut

 

[Joefixit]

Truthfully, I don’t have nearly as much interest in seeing the film as I do in hearing its box office performance, and so far so good. Its doing fairly impressive numbers despite the fact that theaters are still open in lower capacity but I always knew once LA & New York theaters re-opened that would help with the BO intake. Not to mention, unlike most of last year, we have a vaccine & the number of vaccinations are rapidly going up.

Now comes time for it to answer the next part of the box office question: how well will this film do in repeat viewings, especially when one(in the US) has the alternative to see the movie at home for at least a month?

That’s a very good question, should be interesting to see.

 

[Motown Marvel]

So much of the movie made absolutely no sense, but it was awesome when the monsters fought and that's all I needed from the movie. I liked it. Shrug.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

Interesting that WB is quickly making comments on the HBO Max numbers for this but they've been quiet as hell on Snyder's movie.

 

[samsnee]

Interesting that WB is quickly making comments on the HBO Max numbers for this but they've been quiet as hell on Snyder's movie.

Because outside of the Snyder fans who wanted to see it, no one cared. We already had a Justice League movie, like it or not. And I believe enough of the casual audience was burned by BvS that they didn’t want more of the same.

 

[samsnee]

I really wish this film would have stuck with Vogt-Robert’s! He told a coherent story and still managed to nail the creature fights. Here I was just disheartened by what they did with Kong, but still thought it was a solid Godzilla film. I don’t see how any fan of Godzilla could be disappointed. He really looked at his best here then throughout any film in the monster verse including King of the monsters.

I also get the monster moving without sense of weight, and truly that only applies to Godzilla. Kong has been nimble and fast in every movie he has been in and I felt Godzilla was sped up just to keep pace with Kong, which looked unnatural but was very necessary otherwise he would have been just a slow moving target. It’s no different than Kong needing the ax otherwise he would have been roasted . So all in all good film, but total mischaracterization of Kong. It seemed like he was going for Jackson’s Kong, but landed on George from Rampage

Yeah but Kong hopping off of skyscrapers like they’re trees and they don’t fall over isn’t exactly realistic, even in a movie with fighting monsters. The physics weren’t very thought out.

 

[TheAlteran]

Does anyone watch these movies for correct physics ? Heck no one watches these for realism as is

 

[TheSmoothKnight]

CORRECTING and REPLACING “Godzilla vs. Kong” Crushes at the Box Office, Closing in on $300 Million Worldwide in Only 12 Days

“The HBO Max audience has spoken very clearly and loudly: they love this film and are watching it more than once,” said Andy Forssell, Executive Vice President and General Manager, WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer. “Comparing audience metrics in the first four days since its release, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ had a larger viewing audience than any other film or show on HBO Max since launch.”

 

[Deck Rickard]

Question for some of the people who were maybe paying a little more attention than me...

Godzilla’s motivation in this is that he wants to be the alpha. But when he attacks the facility at the beginning,

Spoiler

Mechagodzilla hasn’t even been put together yet. So how would he KNOW that they are attempting to build a competitor for him? Even if he has some sort of Spidey sense that goes off whenever a gigantic beast shows up, MG hadn’t even been put together yet. So what would actually draw him there? Was it the other kaiju, like the Skull Crawlers maybe?

Also, how did he just suddenly “find” Kong when he was way down in the center of the earth? They were thousands of miles apart, and Big G just somehow locates him. That made no sense to me. But maybe I’m putting too much thought into this lol.

 

[The Big G]

GO GO GODZILLA!

 

[Spider-Fan]

Guys, we can talk HBO Max numbers here. That is fine. But this is not a Zack Snyder thread. Therefore, take the discussion about why HBO Max is not reporting those numbers to the wonderful Justice League forum we have on this very site. But for this thread, keep it about the monkey and lizard.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I'm glad to see this doing so well in the Pandemic era that we are now in and hopefully this means that more people are becoming comfortable with going back to the movies eventually.

I'm still mad that I wasn't able to experiance the way it should have been seen which is on the bigscreen, but its great hearing a good majority of you got that chance and enjoyed it even more.

 

[Ninjablade]

Question for some of the people who were maybe paying a little more attention than me...

Godzilla’s motivation in this is that he wants to be the alpha. But when he attacks the facility at the beginning,

Spoiler

Mechagodzilla hasn’t even been put together yet. So how would he KNOW that they are attempting to build a competitor for him? Even if he has some sort of Spidey sense that goes off whenever a gigantic beast shows up, MG hadn’t even been put together yet. So what would actually draw him there? Was it the other kaiju, like the Skull Crawlers maybe?

Also, how did he just suddenly “find” Kong when he was way down in the center of the earth? They were thousands of miles apart, and Big G just somehow locates him. That made no sense to me. But maybe I’m putting too much thought into this lol.

Spoiler

Yeah I didn't get this bit. The movie seemed to imply that Godzilla can only sense it because of the Ghidorah head, but that doesn't really explain him finding all the different pieces in various places.

As for the other thing. I don't think Godzilla was specifically shooting down to find Kong, it's just awfully convenient that where he shot down he did haha. Pretty sure he's just shooting towards whatever the hell triggered this massive power boost.

 

[Ninjablade]

Also, good on this movie for making a decent return at box office so far. That's great news for the theater going experience. Not surprised by its streaming numbers either, this is the perfect movie for that kinda thing.

 

[Sithborg]

Question for some of the people who were maybe paying a little more attention than me...

Godzilla’s motivation in this is that he wants to be the alpha. But when he attacks the facility at the beginning,

Spoiler

Mechagodzilla hasn’t even been put together yet. So how would he KNOW that they are attempting to build a competitor for him? Even if he has some sort of Spidey sense that goes off whenever a gigantic beast shows up, MG hadn’t even been put together yet. So what would actually draw him there? Was it the other kaiju, like the Skull Crawlers maybe?

Also, how did he just suddenly “find” Kong when he was way down in the center of the earth? They were thousands of miles apart, and Big G just somehow locates him. That made no sense to me. But maybe I’m putting too much thought into this lol.

Spoiler

Yeah I didn't get this bit. The movie seemed to imply that Godzilla can only sense it because of the Ghidorah head, but that doesn't really explain him finding all the different pieces in various places.

As for the other thing. I don't think Godzilla was specifically shooting down to find Kong, it's just awfully convenient that where he shot down he did haha. Pretty sure he's just shooting towards whatever the hell triggered this massive power boost.

Spoiler

When they turn Mechagodzilla on, Godzilla senses him. Whether as another apex like Kong, or as Ghidorah. Bernie mentioned that they had just did a big shipment at the Florida facility before Godzilla showed up. Though in Hong Kong, it almost seemed as if MechaG was signalling Godzilla himself.

 

[flickchick85]

With an opening like this, it’s entirely possible that this film will surpass KotM’s box office. In a pandemic. Nice.

 

[The Big G]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Absolutely delighted at this movie being so successful especially at the BO.

 

[kguillou]

I could be wrong but im predicting strong holds for this in the coming weeks. More and more people will be vaccinated and will wanna go see this in theaters after hearing how fun it is.

I think.

 

[Prison Mike]

There’s also no other big movies out right now

 

[TheVileOne]

The storm engulfed the island, we even see it in this film at the beginning.

I'm assuming it was caused by Ghidorah. Didn't he have powers to cause storms and devastating weather in King of the Monsters? I recall a whole city was flooded.

 

[The Big G]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I really wish this film would have stuck with Vogt-Robert’s! He told a coherent story and still managed to nail the creature fights. Here I was just disheartened by what they did with Kong, but still thought it was a solid Godzilla film. I don’t see how any fan of Godzilla could be disappointed. He really looked at his best here then throughout any film in the monster verse including King of the monsters.

I also get the monster moving without sense of weight, and truly that only applies to Godzilla. Kong has been nimble and fast in every movie he has been in and I felt Godzilla was sped up just to keep pace with Kong, which looked unnatural but was very necessary otherwise he would have been just a slow moving target. It’s no different than Kong needing the ax otherwise he would have been roasted . So all in all good film, but total mischaracterization of Kong. It seemed like he was going for Jackson’s Kong, but landed on George from Rampage

Sexual assault allegations against Vogt-Roberts aside, I think Wingard killed it in terms of direction. I think he made a flat script come to life and he is the reason this has been a legit success so far.