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[i]The Amazing Spider-Man[/i] was only #1 at the box office for 1 week. It dropped to #2 the second week with an attendance drop of 43% and [i]The Dark Knight Rises[/i] had yet to come out. And because it was the seventh highest grossing movie of the year actually says less about the industry as a whole than it does in favor of the film. (For example, if [i]The Amazing Spider-Man[/i] only made one dollar, and was still somehow the seventh best selling movie of the year, is that still a success? Nope. You have to factor in budget and attendance.) I'm not sure where this idea that most movies stay #1 for two weeks or more came from. It's a rare feat these days that's only accomplished by a select few. [i]The Avengers[/i], [i]The Dark Knight Rises[/i] and [i]Iron Man 3[/i] did it, sure, but they're exceptions not the norm. Rival studios expected this which is why [i]Star Trek into Darkness[/i] was released two weeks after [i]Iron Man 3[/i] and not one. Clearly studios aren't too afraid of [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i] at the moment. If [i]Godzilla[/i] is #1 at the box office for one week that would be a massive success and it's all the movie really needs. #1 for two weeks is a pipe dream for most studios. I also think you overestimate the "potential hits." The Oz movie and the Disney movie are nowhere on the hype radar for most media outlets and probably will have very little press in comparison to [i]Godzilla[/i], [i]X-Men[/i] and [i]Spider-Man[/i]. They sound more like calendar fillers than potential box office "hits".

Yes but even being the lowest grossing spiderman is was still the 7th highest grossing film of 2012, and probably managed to stay #1 at the box office for a few weeks till dark knight rises was released, and this is what is a worrying fact. If they can stay at the top for 2 weeks then Godzilla loses any chance, as another movie comes out right behind it, blocking it again from possibly reaching that #1 spot. Even if it does take the number 1 spot it will still most likely lose it within a week. Coming out between 2 superhero movies is just all around a bad idea on the planning front if this. This month is more packed with potential hits than any month before it, If you include Godzilla that's 5 potential blockbusters in a span of around 4 weeks with godzilla right in the middle, which is arguably the worst spot to be.

Or maybe we are over thinking these things, with the holiday of lights, vishnu, and Godzilla tying into each other. I just think the whole November 3rd thing just has to do with Godzilla's anniversery, but thats just me.

Honestly at this point in the game there is still a lot we don't know. We've had glimpses but until we get at least a full trailer I don't think we could know the answer to that question. I know if it does turn out the big G was brought back to his roots as a terrifying force of nature they would probably love it as that was their intention. One thing's for sure. They'd be just as excited as we are to see what Gareth Edwards does with the character and the film as a whole.

I think it would be a good idea to make Hedorah a playable character. I am a huge fan of him!

Something as a side note that I want to point out: Both [i]The Amazing Spider-Man[/i] and [i]The Wolverine[/i] made significantly less money than their predecessors even [b]with[/b] expensive 3D ticket prices... Yeesh...

The budget for [i]Godzilla[/i], [i]X-Men Days of Future Past[/i] and [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i] haven't officially been released. James MacAvoy said [i]X-Men[/i] is the second most expensive movie Fox has ever produced. The first is [i]Avatar[/i] which had a budget of $450 million, including promotional expenses. I doubt [i]X-Men[/i]'s is close to that, but if what McAvoy is saying is true then it's probably around the $300 million mark. The only reports for [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i]'s budget are two or three sources claiming it has a budget of "over $100 million". That could mean anything, but it sounds like Sony made the budget smaller than the last one. Hard to tell. As for [i]Godzilla[/i], I've heard rumors of anywhere between $160-$190 million. But there's also a rumor going on that Edwards turned down a good chunk of the production budget and made [i]Godzilla[/i] for $90 million. (Which wouldn't be too surprising considering he pulled off [i]Monsters[/i] with a budget of only half a million.) The reality is these are all guesses by both myself and media outlets piled with rumors started by fans of all three franchises. We won't know the final budgets until around the time these movies come out.

All us G-fans really want in our Godzilla for this film is for his powerful status to remain like that,perhaps even exceed that of his predecessors. Key things include being impervious to any significant damage from military armaments (that means all those fancy missile strikes too!),an atomic breath that can level entire city blocks without effort (in fact,I think total vaporization would be better in this film),and a knack for never showing any signs of slowing down from anything short of an oxygen destroyer or nuclear meltdown.

i will miss akira for sure god rest his soul he made the best music for the godzilla films and nothing can compare to him on monster music akira ifukube was the man when it came to godzilla films or any monster film for that matter and as far as this movie goes it must use the main godzilla theme it is a part of godzilla just like his signature atomic breath attack i can not say i will like for someone else to make a godzilla film without the theme i do not want another zilla 98 film all over again the movie wasnt to bad but the fact that it was not godzilla made everything suck i wanted to see godzilla not a damn iguana on the loose laying eggs i could have seen that in a damn zoo or on the discovery channel for crying out loud but any way they have to use at least godzillas theme for this movie if not oh well i can say i will hate it if they dont but from the trailer i saw and from everything i have read this film is going to rule regardless of akiras music not being in it i would love for them to but we will have to wait and watch the film when it comes out

@GMAN115 You\'re right, TriStar should have followed "Gojira's" characteristics, but they wanted money. I have a lot of confidence in this movie because I watched Gareth Edward's "Monsters", and I thought it was beautiful for a low-budget film. Now with all of the materials at his disposal, he will be able to make a greater film. He likes realism because he was thinking,(and this is a quote directly from him) "What if someone from ToHo actually saw this creature and ran back to the studio to try to make an exact representation." According to this movie, if Godzilla was an actual creature of mass destruction (we would all be screwed if he was), how would we act or what would our actions be or possibly, how would are military respond to the threat? He also wanted to make Godzilla specifically as realistic as possible.

Dam that was tight!! lol Thats what she said.

Well if Godzilla 2014 isn\'t going to sweep the box office then better it lose to potentially good films with established franchises then some piece of crap like Grown Ups 2. Also, what exactly were the bugdet costs for X-men and Spiderman compared to Godzilla's 160 million budget?

Unfortunately, Gareth isn't the person who will be "throwing" any trailer our way. That job belongs to WB. And if history has taught us anything when it comes to WB, they are the worst at marketing these kind of movies. Just look at Pacific Rim. And I will stick to my theory . We won't see a trailer until March.

for me its the second one its a really cool update for gigan but still respects the look of the original

correct me if I am wrong but in Godzilla vs ghidorah thay sent a atomic submarine to try and rebirth G but he had all redy been born and he attacked the sub detonating the nuks on board the resulting radiation resulted in him being strong enough to kill king ghidorah dos that count as getting nuked? if not pleas correct me

As much as I respect Ifukube and enjoy his themes, I think it's time to let them go and move on. We have 50 years of Ifukube's music in the series. It dominated the 1960s and nearly beat Godzilla's theme into the ground. Then that same theme (including Godzilla's march from the first film) was used in almost every Heisei movie and the first three Millennium flicks. The most annoying part is it would often play without variation or deviation from how it was arranged 50-60 years ago... No, let Alexandre Desplat do his own thing. I'm looking forward to a new theme for a new generation of Godzilla. I can't wait to hear what Desplat has come up with.

He's right, the comic book superhero genre is the boxoffice gold these days. But history likes to repeat itself and I see [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i] emulating what the last four have done: Bring in the cash, but with lower attendance. I think [i]X-Men: Days of Future Past[/i] has potential to do a lot better than the last two, but even Fox has to understand it's a risk. The last two X-Men films didn't dominate the box office. Like [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i], Fox was hesitant to go forward with a sequel to [i]First Class[/i]. Furthermore, James McAvoy recently said that [i]X-Men: Days of Future Past[/i] was perhaps the second most expensive movie Fox ever made. (First would be [i]Avatar[/i].) With that kind of money on the line, and the popularity of X-Men waning, it actually has as much to live up to, if not more, than [i]Godzilla[/i]. Even if [i]Godzilla[/i] did about as well as [i]Star Trek into Darkness[/i], that's still a domestic take of $120 million more than [i]Pacific Rim[/i] and almost half a billion worldwide. I'd be celebrating if it did that.

\"Comic Book Movies are THE Genre nowadays\" Not really when you consider the last few X-men films didn\'t meat up to box office standards as well as the last Spiderman film, as someone pointed out earlier. I think you mean the Marvel Avengers phase 2 films (or anything involving Batman or Superman) are the genre nowadays and none of them are coming out during May.

hmm well here are mine World War G World War kaiju or something like Godzilla: Rise of gigan or something like that, hey im tired I cant think clearly right now! OHHH how about Godzilla: Age of the kaiju or Godzilla: A new begining

Dude godzilla is a fucking nuclear reactor the only thing that stands a chance against him is either another monster or the oxyagen destroyer.

Hmm not so much as the whole movie but events in them. The two biggest i always see are from Godzilla vs Gigan and Godzilla vs Biolantte Saying Gigan is one of Godzilla\'s most powerful foes. And they always point to the scene where Gigan cuts Godzilla in Godzilla vs Gigan. Lets look at that for minute. Does anyone else remember that Godzilla could barely walk in that movie due to some kind of machine that the aliens were using to lower his combat effectness? Same with Angiusis. And once that machine was blown up Godzilla toke out Gigan no sweat. Saying: Bionallte beat Godzilla into a coma. Yes he did go into hibernate after the fight but it was more due to the anti radiation bacteria then Bionallte. I am sure there are others but i can't think of them atm. Plus those are the two biggest.

@ INSTINCTIVEGIGAN " The dude can use his nuclear abilities for atomic breath and nuclear pulses but he can't get rid of excess radiation that's unheatlhy for him? Nah, don't buy it. I'm not saying he's unkillable but defeating him with the very thing that created him? That's like trying to kill Superman by throwing him into the sun," All star superman had that plot he toke in to much rad from the sun and stuff he didn't die but evolved or something. My guess is it would depend on the power of the nuke and the version of Godzilla and his location to the blast. But most likely he would get hurt to seriously hurt but he would heal and come back stronger.

[i]Godzilla[/i] might be the [i]Star Trek Into Darkness[/i] of 2014 in terms of box office, except its on a much worse situation. Whereas [i]Star Trek Into Darkness[/i] was sandwiched between[i] Iron Man 3[/i] on one side and [i]Fast & Furious 6[/i] and [i]Epic[/i] (also [i]The Hangover 3[/i]) on the other, this film has 2 compete against and is sandwiched between 2 Superhero films. I'm sorry, but this is the truth: Comic Book Movies are THE Genre nowadays and the MAIN attractions, and its worse when you have the mega film that is [i]X-Men: Days Of The Future Past[/i] coming the week after this film. This is why Warner should swap this film for [i]Edge Of Tomorrow[/i], leave this film to the start of June in June 6.

lets see how realistic did they do thor or spider man, let me see how many other comic book characters they have made realistic, STOP WITH THIS DAMN REALISM AS FAR AS GODZILLA GOES, he is a fantasy character a fiction, portray him as such and stop trying to make him a dinosaur, hell even as that he was in mutation already and his full potential or powers or mutation were not documented, the radiation did to him what gamma radiation did to David banner (hulk) but without the ability to revert back to a weaker state, GODZILLA is mans death and should be focused on and realized as just that. he is what he is. I AM THE DESTROYER, I AM THE DEATH OF MY CREATOR.

would appreciate you sending me the trailer bigconns74@gmail.com

I'd really appreciate it if you could send it my way too. thadocho@live.com Thanks a bunch!

Wow that beat is amazing!! Pretty dope song

all some great ideas and Thank you for sharing, and yes to BCRockeTT94, that might not be out of the realm of possibility of the class system or the Reptile Muto. and to , True American Godzilla .the centipede like monster kinda is what I'm thinking about when they describe the released Muto spider drawing. I don't know why they would show a monster that won't be in the movie. I personally hope they bring back a old Classic Monster Godzilla has fought countless times, have them have a last epic duke off of the two and then the second monster comes in and try to take it's spot in the rumble. or the other monster might be a massive robot like Jet Jaguar.

Reminder to Everyone: The centipede creature in the leaked comic con trailer will NOT be in the film.

BCrockett94, wow I am glad you really loved my thoughts! I appreciate the review. Your theory on a realistic 'Atomic Breath' is very intriguing. The way you describe your theory, the more it makes sense. Like you, I also hope our theories are in the movie, especially your Atomic Blast theory! I first noticed the pupil when I made the image bigger for my computer background. "Creepily realistic" is a great term for it, and for the feeling one would have if they saw it staring at them in real life. Again, thank you very much for the feed back and ideas!

I'm just excited to hear that the spiderish/Cloverfield monster like (as far as I've heard from people who've seen the 2nd Comic Con trailer) is named Muto. From the fan drawings of it, I'm not sure what to expect from this thing... and that makes me like it more. As for the other monster, seen in the leaked Comic Con trailer, it doesn't look like a centipede creature. From the body and feet/leg perspective given, I'm reminded of Randall Boggs from Monster Inc http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110426151053/pixar/images/8/86/Randall.png Now I'm not saying it would be a chameleon or anything, but I wouldn't doubt it being dangerous. After all, the 'skinny' Randall Boggs was able to take on Sully (a blue furred yeti basically).

I hope that the gills are a more cosmetic feature,because the article I recommended shows why he WOULDN'T need them,as well as why the atomic breath is so powerful and can be used frequently without tire. If anything,a Godzilla that doesn't need things like organic nourishment,air,and has a radioactively built structure that laughs in the face of the Square Cube law like what was highlighted in the article I mentioned would be MORE realistic.

I agree. I don't think that Toho is going to risk creating an inferior product of something they created. I think Godzilla will no longer feature suit acting, or they might, but that's until they can get better CGI... It's atrocious, as of 2012. I think they made the movie Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.. God, that CGI sucked. That being said, they'll probably stop making Godzilla movies until they improve on their CGI and animation, or maybe we'll get a few more suit movies, or like someone said, they might even lend Godzilla to a few international studios until they can compete with CGI Godzillas with their own CGI Godzilla.

I have a theory about Godzilla's radioactive breath in this film. I don't think it's going to be a ray, as is the case in most Godzilla films, but it's going to take on the form of something similar to the 54 film. I don't think it's gonna be smoke, but it's more than likely not going to be some sort of ray or beam. To show the atomic breath in action, I think they'll show the air around his jaws look like a heat wave, and right as he's about to "blast" out his breath, there's a quick flash of a very bright light, like an atomic bomb being dropped, emitting from his mouth for a brief period of time and then whatever he's around/attacking gets a major knock back effect as well as a very dangerous amount of radiation, enough to kill a man, but maybe not enough to kill the "Mutos" creature(s) with just a single blast. Maybe that's why Godzilla is shrouded in "debris/fallout" in the "teaser". And as Gareth stated, "it's not going to be as fantastic" or some shit like that. That being said, I think it's safe to assume it's only going to be used once or twice, and that's in the most inconvenient for everyone else, except Godzilla, moments, and as something like that would require a lot of energy, I feel it'd make sense if it was not only a last resort thing, but also something that made Godzilla tired. That's how I sort of thing they'll portray the breath "realistically", as far as realism can be achieved in a kaiju film. Maybe that's what you were trying to say, but without the extra bits I threw in, like the energy useage makes Godzilla tired. I like the idea of bringing the "bouncing cars" thing back into the films that the 98 film used. It adds that bit of realism that makes the film even more believable. However, even in the 98 film there were some scenes that forgot to use that effect. The gills are a must for Godzilla. I agree. To portray Godzilla realistically, he'd need gills. I like that detail, as it can also be exploited as a possible vulnerability, adding more realism. As much as I like to think of Godzilla as an indestructible force of nature, it's just not realistic. Gills would be a nice place to target, and the fact that it's blending into the scales, makes it less noticeable so it's not the first thing that any military thinks to aim for. As much as only night attacks seems like a good idea, it didn't work so well for Pacific Rim, and people complain about it still to this day. It was one of my favorite aspects of the 54 movie, because it made it seem "scarier". "Will I wake up tomorrow morning" sort of thing, ya know? But I don't think it'd be something they'd do, and if the 2012 trailer is anything to go by, then it shows Godzilla in broad daylight, debris falling from the sky, as he bellows out a roar. I agree with your reasoning of Godzilla's feet, but I don't remember any official material showing Godzilla's feet. Then again, we haven't seen much official anything when it comes to the 2014 movie. I'll be honest, I didn't notice the eyes until you mentioned them. It didn't even cross my mind to do that, I just assumed "how human", when now that I look at the eyes closely, "Now that's creepily realistic". I agree with pretty much everything you said. I'm really excited to see how much of our speculation actually makes its way into the movie, I'll be happy even if none of my speculation is proven true. Godzilla is Godziila, and I don't give a shit what anyone else says. lmao

Thank you for the feedback!

I'm pretty sure it's "Mutos", multiple. The reason they used the word in singular form is because they were talking about a specific Muto, the eight legged variant. It's also hinted that there are TWO Mutos, as heavily implied by the chibi figures' description. That being said, I'm pretty sure "mutos" is a word for "mutants" that the military uses to keep too much panic from ensuing. The word "monster" is usually a word attached to something negative, while the word "mutos" is vague, and can mean anything really. Here's an example: "In our fight against the Mutos, many lives have been lost." "In our fight against the monsters, many lives have been lost." Notice that the word Mutos can mean one of several things, the word "monster" isn't exactly the first word that comes to mind when you read that sentence, well it really shouldn't. In the second sentence, the word "monster" can really only be interpreted as one of two things, the worst type of people... Or, what most people would usually immediately assume, beasts of violent nature. That's my guess why they're using the word "mutos". But, to answer your question, instead of going off on another lesson about word choice, I'm pretty sure the other creature will be called a Muto. I believe the creature is going to be more reptilian in design, I don't think that Legendary would use a giant bug as a main opponent for Godzilla, they'd want something that looks more threatening. Maybe a mutated komodo dragon or something which would undoubtedly be called "Muto" as well, or maybe "The Lizard Muto". I don't think that in a real life scenario, we'd be giving names left and right to every monster that showed up. I'm sure we'd develop a class system, and maybe Mutos is a class of beast, a size. Sort of like they did with the Kaiju in Pacific Rim, but instead of a numbering system, they use words, and maybe Mutos, is denoted to something large. I feel that they call Godzilla "Godzilla" is because maybe some soldiers recall a legend about a creature known as Gojira, and it gets called "Godzilla" in translation when they try to alert the U.N. about the presence of the beast. I dunno. I'm going off on a tangent again. xD Sorry. I hope I answered your question to some degree.

as much as I also love the classic films they alone can not compare to todays technology and I would love to see TOHO start reviving their Godzilla movies once again but with todays technology and no rubber suits but back then during the late 50's-70's people didn't care what they saw on the big screen my, my how times have changed but I agree pacific rim was absoultly bad ass and this new Godzilla movie will be even better

@ShazoTheHedgehog This movie is following the same realism the original 1954 "Gojira" portrayed the character, i.e. - following the original source material, something TriStar [b][i]SHOULD'VE[/i][/b] done.

of course is intentionally, but I sort of enjoy the game of the leaked information and the expectation. About ´Now I am become death. The destroyer of worlds´ : I took it as a mention of the Manhattan project and about nuclear effects and war. Then in the second \\\'leaked\\\' trailer : [i]Gentlemen, you are being sent in by a HALO jump. Now I realize not all of you have had hands on experience and frankly, none of us have ever faced a situation quite like this before. But I would not be asking any one of you to take this leap…if I did not have complete faith in your ability to succeed____ Your courage will never be more needed than it is today.[/i] I will search the quote of the physicist ^^ If you are right or not with the date we will see ;) I have no idea about hinduism, so I will take yout word. :)

I actually like this theory, it has all the evidence in their actions! So it is official, get ready guys, Gareth is gonna throw the trailer in our direction!