Despite good buzz, this weekend’s genre-focused new releases were no match for Godzilla x Kong in its second weekend. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire easily took the top spot this weekend at the box office, posting a much stronger-than-expected $31.7 million second weekend. We predicted about $25 million, so this is a significantly more … Read more
Despite decent reviews all-around, Monkey Man and The First Omen are no match for Godzilla x Kong at the box office. As everyone expected, Godzilla x Kong is stomping all over the competition this weekend. Deadline reports that the WB/Legendary MonsterVerse sequel is on track for a better-than-expected $30 million haul. Industry estimates (and ours) … Read more
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire shattered expectations with a staggering $80 million domestic opening, the second-biggest opening of the year behind Dune: Part Two’s $82.5M. Notably, it also marked the biggest opening for a MonsterVerse sequel and falls within the ballpark of the $93M earned by 2014’s Godzilla. Internationally, GxK hauled in $114M from … Read more
While it’s only the second-best MonsterVerse opening, the movie ended up making $30 million more than expected. Easter Weekend proved to be absolutely gigantic for WB and Legendary’s MonsterVerse, with the fifth film in the franchise (which we ranked here), Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, grossing a massive $80 million domestically. While it was … Read more
Godzilla x Kong are roaring their way to a much bigger opening weekend than anyne could have predicted. It looks like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is roaring its way to a much better opening weekend than expected. The industry was predicting a $50 million opening (including us), but audiences are turning out in … Read more
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire promises the ultimate Kaiju buddy movie, but does it live up to claim? PLOT: When a signal from an uncharted area of Hollow Earth riles up Godzilla, Monarch’s team has to investigate, while Kong discovers a lost society which may give him the home he’s long desired. REVIEW: This … Read more
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard reveals his top five Godzilla movies in the long-running franchise. With Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire officially stomping its way into theaters tomorrow, some fans will be eager to revisit the many movies which make up the long-running series. If you’re wondering which Godzilla movies … Read more
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Dan Stevens is a pleasant though functionally absurd addition to the cast. He plays a swashbuckling, poetry-quoting ex-boyfriend of Ilene who’s famous for being the first and so far only kaiju veterinarian, and is introduced extracting an abscessed tooth from Kong’s mouth by rappelling down into it from a hovercraft. (I don’t know if it was Shakespeare or Freud who said … Read more
According to Shaun Considine’s 1994 biography Mad as Hell: The Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky, the idea evolved in early 1977 when Chayefsky started working on a project about a man’s “search for his true self.” That eventually led him to write the 1980 science-fiction movie “Altered States,” directed by Ken Russell. But the … Read more