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UPDATE 02/01/17:
This will likely be the final update. It's been a long time since I've updated this, but the success of Shin Godzilla has been pretty clear now. According to World of KJ Shin Godzilla hit 8.25 Billion Yen in Japan or $79.2 million USD.
Box Office Mojo translates this to $77.9 Million USD. However, the site's inconsistency converting from the fluctuating exchange rate could account for the margin of error between it and World of KJ, which gets its Japanese box office reports directly from Kogyotsushin. Box Office Mojo also stopped reporting on the film after late October, but it was still playing in a select few theaters.
Kogyotsushin lists Shin Godzilla as the 56th highest grossing Japanese film of all time and an attendance of 5.69 million.
Box Office Mojo's estimates for overseas territories (specifically the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Thailand) comes to an estimated $2.3 million USD. $1.9 Million of that came from the United States limited release of the film via Funimation. This puts Shin Godzilla at an estimated $81.5 million USD world wide.
Shin Godzilla came out during the biggest box office year ever in Japan. It is the #1 highest grossing live action Japanese film in three years. The #2 2016 release in Japan and #3 overall. (Your Name. and The Force Awakens [spilling over form 2015] beat it out.) It is the 5th most attended Godzilla film in Japan and will continue to find success as it racks up accolades during the award season.
Yeah, let me get on that. One moment.
If so would you now what the final gross is and final tickets sold number is?
I believe so, but I'll have to confirm.
Has this been closed yet in Japan?
King of the Monsters or King of Monsters, Godzilla is still king.
Thank you g-man
I hope that Legendary keeps the name, because t is the same as the name for the 1956 American version of the original. The name of the 2019 movie has a little different name than the 1956 movie, but the 2019 movie is going to be so different than the 1956 movie, and that is the reason why I think the movie name should stay the same.
For one I think it should have been pretty obvious it was a mistake.
@The King of the Monsters
I actually agree with the movie just being called King of the Monsters. It's kinda like how the next wolverine is just called Logan.
I know "king of monsters" isn't technically grammatically incorrect, but it just doesn't sound right to me. The addition of a "the" helps in my opinion.
I thought "King of Monsters" sounded more unique, but "King of the Monsters" rolls off the tongue better. Personally, I would have preferred the title to just be "King of the Monsters" without "Godzilla" in it at all, kind of like what Legendary did with The Dark Knight.
"Does the lack of 'the' in the original Godzilla 2 title bother you? Or are you indifferent to the titling preference?"
Who cares, it's the same thing. I'm a huge Godzilla fan, but is THIS worth fuzzing over? Geez, can't we all just be happy Legendary succeeded with Godzilla where TriStar failed and leave it at that?
In other news, Toho Kingdom just unearthed this little interesting listing on Amazon regarding the 2014 film. No idea what it may include or if the quality of picture will be improved. Waiting for more info:
"Godzilla" (2014) Blu-ray - Feb. 7th, 2017 Release Date
EDIT: Unfortunately, it looks like it's just going to be the same disc, re-issued with a new cover as a part of WB's "Monster Mayhem" reissue series. Here's an example of other titles with the new cover:
In other news, Toho Kingdom just unearthed this little interesting listing on Amazon regarding the 2014 film. No idea what it may include or if the quality of picture will be improved. Waiting for more info:
"Godzilla" (2014) Blu-ray - Feb. 7th, 2017 Release Date
EDIT: Unfortunately, it looks like it's just going to be the same disc, re-issued with a new cover as a part of WB's "Monster Mayhem" reissue series. Here's an example of other titles with the new cover:
Hopefully the good casting keeps on rolling
Not familiar with his work, but really looking forward to someone else's vision for this. Give us that kick-ass Godzilla movie I've been waiting for!
Well they started this casting off with a hot name. Let's see who gets to be in it with her.
Good to see some casting news for the film finally.
Indeed I'm very excited by this news. I guess this means the likelihood of Godzilla 2 filming this year (as early as March even) is pretty high.
^Plenty of women have lead Godzilla movies before though.
Undoubtedly she will have co-stars. They simply haven't been announced yet.
A women to star in a Godzilla movie is newer and interesting to me. Is anyone else starring alongside her?
This is some of the best casting news in the history of blockbuster casting news. Millie Bobby Brown is wise beyond her years in terms of nuance and she absolutely annihilated it in the fantastic Stranger Things! This is a massive, massive, massive home run for Godzilla: King of Monsters! Holy cow!
Why can't I like this article 20 more times?
Finally happy to hear casting! Closer and closer to the film's release. Once again, the hype begins.
While I can't speak for everyone who voted, many definitely voted for different reasons. Some tried to be objective about the designs or the suits and what they could do. Others just went on with what they felt looked best. And yes, some voted based on the movie they were associated with--All of these reasons were basically admitted to by twitter users. Not all users, but a handful.
I will say that the movies do have an effect on the suit designs. Would ShodaiGoji (1954) have worked with the story for Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (1974)? Absolutely not. Some of these designs were created or modified based on what direction the films were going and by that token alone, there's a flaw with the entire competition. The "best" suit will absolutely not fit with every film.
It's also an issue I have with list making. A lot of these films are different enough from each other that it's hard to compare in terms of style, tone and vision--But that's a different topic.
Interesting. I might pick this series up when it's released.
Sweet, hoping it something along the lines of Godzilla awakening, but hopefully with some more action. Also hope that there's some kind of tie in with Godzilla in the book, heck it could explain why they fight in 2020.
Giant god warrior+River ghost+Xenomorph+Future predator+ Godzilla= This
@Durp - In my case, some of the suits/movies may have gone hand in hand, but as much as I love the BioGoji suit, I'm not a huge fan of the movie itself. Conversely, I love Ghidorah and Monster Zero, but the G design was a step down from the suit it was based off - '64.
I wish they would make a smaller version of the Kong figure.
Not negating them at all. Again, totally subjective. That's my perfect Godzilla, but there are others as I, and you, have mentioned that I like. My love for MVsG (64), both the movie and design, is well documented! One of the most malicious looking. The Biollante design took the best of '84, but took the face and head to whole new heights; a very cool and ferocious look. The eyes, teeth and overall head design, loved it.
Fair enough, though while I personally don't view Shodai as the best, it is probably in my top 5 suits assuming I'm just grouping bio/ghido together. It was just saddening that once it killed the first Mosugoji suit it became clear where this tournament was going. I think the only reason shin took what it did is because it's kind of the flavor of the month suit still being the most recent and giving a lot of people a great godzilla movie they've been waiting over a decade to have.
I think a lot of people voted more on the movie the suit was associated than just the suit itself though. I don't have any real evidence, but it was something I constantly had to remind myself when I voted that it wasn't for the movie the suit stood for.
^While agree about the originality and the, "perfections in its imperfections," I also think there have been other designs that do right by it and honor it in ways that couldn't have been envisioned or conceived at the time--They work just as well for their particular visions. Now, if there ever is to be an argument about what is the "perfect" or "true" Godzilla design, we can only point to 1954 as it was originally intended to be the only incarnation. But I don't think that should negate the positives of other designs.
Here’s my 2 cents.
Firsts of anything generally get a leg up for me. Why? Originality. It’s the first of its kind and nothing like it had come before. Anything coming after has springboarded off of that; standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say.
The original King Kong, Star Trek, Night of the Living Dead, James Bond, and yes, Godzilla. These have all spawned countless sequels, remakes, reboots, and imitators, but they’re unique in that they got the ball rolling. The original Enterprise (from the TV show) is still my favorite design of that ship. I’m a huge zombie/Walking Dead fan, but they’re probably not here without George Romero and his low-budget b&w horror movie.
Now, having said that, I still think the ’54 G design is the best…
For me, the original design is perfect in its imperfections. I love this design because he looks twisted and scarred. As the movies went along Godzilla’s design became more about symmetry and having a more clean look. In the ’54 design he’s crusty and his dorsal spines are jagged and asymmetrical. Outside of Counterattack, his spines were never like that again. For years after, they were more rounded on the edges. Although they went with a jagged look starting with 2000, they looked too chiseled, were huge, and let’s be honest, they were pinkish-purple!
I always loved the little ears and four toes as well, and his roar is also my favorite.
As for the Shin design, they went with a throwback look; in fact, the closest to the ’54 design, but honestly, there are angles (straight on), where he looks terrible. The arms are these little spindly things and his tail, although cool looking, is about 3 miles too long. There is a picture/angle of his face though, that I think is featured on the soundtrack, kind of a side, almost ¾ view, where he looks outstanding. I love that picture of Shin.
My other favorite G designs: (64) Mothra Vs G, (89) Biollante, (91) King Ghidorah, (02, 03) Kiryu.
BTW, although I don't love the 2000 design, I loved Yuji Sakai's initial concept maquette, which the final suit only remotely resembled.
I actually haven't posted it over there--If I do it, it'd have to be mixed up again since a few have seen this bracket.
I'm a little disappointed as well with the original winning. I think the design overall is unquestionably THE Godzilla above any other design, but I also think there's some "original bias" running the tables here. Honestly, I think it should have (or could have) been stopped by the MosuGoji.
Not sure how it got passed the BioGoji either, considering the absurd, mass popularity of that suit.
Kinda disappointing that based on the particular audience on this and twitter the original just runs away with the tournament so handedly.
Moviewise I can understand, but suitwise I'm left guessing, was the original really that much better than every suit it faced save Shin?
Are you going to post the Monster Zero results by comparison? I don't know how they voted, but at least in the movie tournament the original didn't run the field and was a more interesting because of it.
Not surprising. Hard to top the original! I really enjoyed this series, looking forward to similar tournaments in the future!
^I can't tell if you mean that in the good way (meaning they look awesome) or the bad way (meaning you don't believe me)? If it is the latter, did you try clicking the link?
