Skubyrustis
MemberBaragonJun-02-2019 4:25 PMGodzilla King of the Monsters' box office totals are lower than expected, sitting at an estimated 180 million worldwide. The production budget of this film is estimated to be anywhere from 170 million to 200 million. Just to break even, KOTM needs to make 340-400 million and to be a slight success it needs to make 400-500 million worldwide. With an opening of 180 million, that is going to be tough, but it is still highly possible, Kids are out of school, leaving bigger weekday audiences, and word of mouth will have to get people to see it after seeing the poor critic reviews. There is always the chance that the estimated numbers are low, but only time will tell.
With that out of the way, I would like to explain why i think GvK will do very good at the box office. Some people may not have seen KOTM because of how long of a wait it was after Godilla 2014, they may have lost interest. But, GvK comes out 10 months after KOTM hits theaters, this may get more people in the theater due to the fast releases keeping people's attention, much like how the MCU releases 3 films a year. Also, Kong fans and Godzilla fans can be very different people (unless you are a kaiju fan who just prefers one over the other). the general audiences will choose which one they like better and hate the other. what i am getting at is i believe a lot of the people who went to see Kong Skull Island are different people than those who went to see Godzilla, because you have two different fan groups. With GvK you will be combining both of these groups, getting more people in the theaters. Also, Even to non-kaiju fans, the idea of godzilla and kong fighting would be very entertaining ( i did a survey with some non-kaiju fan family and friends and 17 out of 20 said they would see GvK, while 10 out of 20 said KOTM looked good). This is most likely due to the fact that both are big name monsters, not very many people know who Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mothra are, so they wind up less interested. Take Batman vs Superman for example, that movie was bad, but still had an amazing opening weekend just because it was batman and superman fighting!
So yeah, that is why i think GvK is going to be successful and save the monsterverse.
Let me know what you think!
I think your points are very good, tho I doubt kotm will end up as a success... Still, hoping GvK does better, and is enough to show there are still people who love Godzilla/Kaiju
