Kong: Skull Island - Part 3

[terry78]

Oh it was definitely a metaphor for us going into other countries.

 

[The Big G]

according to reports Kong brought in about 61 mil this weekend

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Not enough, but a lot better then expected.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

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Beat your chest--KONG is king. WB's SKULL ISLAND debuted #1, crushing the competition with $61M.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I saw this movie today & I enjoyed it.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Nah, Deadline usually goes high. They have had to knock money off their early totals a lot of the last few months.

Ha, take that Darth. I didn't even go as far 56 million OW and look where we are at now.

And yes, next weekend's headline reads 'Beauty killed the Beast' and Kong will hafta perform out of this world overseas (specially in China & Japan) to save it's WW gross just to break even.

Still, you were so wrong.....

 

[DACrowe]

This is worth reading. http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/03/11/kong-skull-island-a-big-awesome-anti-war-movie

The anti-war themes are quite a bit more well established than just the few dialogue bits they throw at it. Just visually, the US military dropping bombs and napalm on the jungle is sledge-hammer subtle.

The hoo-rah rock fueled enjoyment of military might immediately turns into a complete cluster****. The dialogue does pay lip service to the way enemies can be created by going out to look for them but then also Packard's going out looking for a fight leads to many needless and ultimately meaningless deaths. The story actively resists and subverts any attempt at sacrifice or a noble death. While this movie riffs on a particular era, on Apocalypse Now in particular, it applies to many of America's misadventures, and to a lot of conflicts in general.


With Logan, Kong and even Get Out in theaters, genre filmmaking is in a good place right now.

That makes its argument well and I am glad that these elements are in Kong. They are visible. I just think they are so broadly drawn that they do not really cause too much conversation. The film is more of a wild ride entertainment to me. Logan and Get Out offer a lot to dissect. It is pretty surface level here, but that is not a bad thing in this case and it makes a big entertaining movie even more enjoyable.

 

[JtheDreamer]

according to reports Kong brought in about 61 mil this weekend

With a budget of $185 million. Terrible for a new big budget tentpole - no two ways about it.

 

[Arachnerd]

But better than it was originally expected to make.

 

[JtheDreamer]

But better than it was originally expected to make.

Splitting hairs.

It's still a major fail given the budget and we're not even including marketing here.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

With a budget of $185 million. Terrible for a new big budget tentpole - no two ways about it.

No one is saying otherwise. It handsomely beat the early projections tho and that's good small win for Legendary and WB and also the MonsterVerse.

 

[JtheDreamer]

No one is saying otherwise. It handsomely beat the early projections tho and that's good small win for Legendary and WB and also the MonsterVerse.

Handsomely beat a terrible number with a bad one?

That's called spin.

 

[Arachnerd]

I'm pretty sure they're depending on the overseas box office right now.

Whatever happens, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters will still get made and it seems they're going full front on GvK with the recent writer's room news.

 

[JtheDreamer]

I'm pretty sure they're depending on the overseas box office right now.

Whatever happens, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters will still get made and it seems they're going full front on GvK with the recent writer's room news.

Godzilla's franchise was never in jeopardy based on how this Kong movie performed.

I previously suggested that GvK might be - which even with news of a "Writer's room" I'm still not 100% sold they will get it made.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm pretty sure they're depending on the overseas box office right now.

Whatever happens, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters will still get made and it seems they're going full front on GvK with the recent writer's room news.

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KONG: SKULL ISLAND beat sheet: Domestic Debut ($61M) CinemaScore (B+) Males (56%) 25+ (65%) IMAX ($7.5M) Budget ($185M)

The cinemascore isn't that great but it is skewing an older audience and that's a sign for good legs. I could be wrong tho, I mean BATB will destroy everything next week and PR & GITS will eat into it's BO as well. Let's hope for the best.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

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KONG: SKULL ISLAND is a world box office beater. Internationally, the big guy rolled out with $81.6M in 65 markets. UK ($7.6M) KOR ($7.3M)

 

[Galactus123]

About the ending:

Spoiler

The scene during the credits were John C. Reilly's character returns to home felt really weird. It was the first time I felt any kind of emotion but it didn't fit the movie. It didn't feel necessery and I don't think it was earned. It felt out of place.

I would give the movie 2/5. All the US made Kong movies(2005 remake too) are better than this expect King Kong Lives.

 

[Loki882]

No it didn't, and no they aren't.

 

[Pickleweasel]

About the ending:

Spoiler

The scene during the credits were John C. Reilly's character returns to home felt really weird. It was the first time I felt any kind of emotion but it didn't fit the movie. It didn't feel necessery and I don't think it was earned. It felt out of place.

I would give the movie 2/5. All the US made Kong movies(2005 remake too) are better than this expect King Kong Lives.

Yeah I don't agree with this at all

 

[Sithborg]

Godzilla's franchise was never in jeopardy based on how this Kong movie performed.

I previously suggested that GvK might be - which even with news of a "Writer's room" I'm still not 100% sold they will get it made.

With all the legal trickery they had to do in order to even be able to make it, they aren't going to just scrap the movie over an underperformance.

 

[JtheDreamer]

About the ending:

Spoiler

The scene during the credits were John C. Reilly's character returns to home felt really weird. It was the first time I felt any kind of emotion but it didn't fit the movie. It didn't feel necessery and I don't think it was earned. It felt out of place.

I would give the movie 2/5. All the US made Kong movies(2005 remake too) are better than this expect King Kong Lives.

I rolled my eyes when that clip of Reilly's character played during the credits. Jackson's Kong was infinitely better than this film.

 

[Micromind]

With all the legal trickery they had to do in order to even be able to make it, they aren't going to just scrap the movie over an underperformance.

^ This.

GvK is happening.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

61 million is not a terrible number, It's an okay number. The film will need legs though. The weekend multiplier is encouraging but it will have to withstand a lot of competition.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Ha, take that Darth. I didn't even go as far 56 million OW and look where we are at now.

And yes, next weekend's headline reads 'Beauty killed the Beast' and Kong will hafta perform out of this world overseas (specially in China & Japan) to save it's WW gross just to break even.

Still, you were so wrong.....

Okay? It still didn't do well...