King of monsters stumbles with $ 49 million debut

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Warner Bros. and Legendary's & nbsp;Godzilla: King of Monsters & nbsp;(review) at the front of the box office this weekend, but it's a good example of how ranking is not the only variable that determines victory. The sequel to Gareth Edwards, directed by Michael Dougherty, & nbsp;Godzilla & nbsp;open with a weekend of $ 49 million frankly disappointing. It's a good 2.5x weekend multiplier with a good B + Cinemascore.

Yes, it's close enough to the 2.44x multiplier of Godzilla, but this one opened with $ 93 million on an opening day of $ 38 million. It has also been incredibly frontloaded, ending with 200 million national dollars. & nbsp; Yes Godzilla 2 legs like the previous one & nbsp;Godzillahe will end up with $ 105 million. Yes, that sounds like the curse of LEGO Movie 2 may have hit again.

The Lego movie opened with $ 69 million in early 2014 before bequeathing $ 259 million. Five years later, despite positive reviews and at least a penchant for the original, The movie LEGO 2 open with only $ 34 million before ending with $ 105.8 million national and $ 191 million worldwide on a budget of $ 100 million. Whatever the reason (disinterest for specific human protagonists, too many derivative films, curiosity mixed with long-term interest), The movie LEGO 2 was a shocking breath.

Look, when a $ 160 million monster movie wins $ 200 million nationally and $ 529 million globally, you make a sequel. Same thing for those $ 60 million that have garnered rave reviews and $ 469 million worldwide. That these big franchises are victims of a sort of variable "once was enough, it was curious the first time" is terrifying.

It's one thing when it happens with (relatively) good as Happy feast of death or The Smurfs or the likes of Kick-Ass, time machine or Mannequin. It's another thing when it happens with two valued pieces of a studio's intellectual property in a single year. And yet, both King of monsters and LEGO Movie 2 open with just under half of the opening weekend of their predecessors.

To be fair, there was no chance that this movie would open as high as the last one & nbsp;Godzilla. The hype was not as big, there was no "story of redemption" from the 2014 film enhancing Roland Emmerich's film in 1998 and (as always) fewer people go to the movies just to go to the cinema that's in 2014. And yes, it's in the middle of a very crowded summer season, alongside a too-powerful movie & nbsp;Aladdin, an outperforming & nbsp;John Wick 3 & nbsp;and viable newbies like & nbsp;Rocketman & nbsp;and & nbsp;My.

The exams were also mixed, contrary to his generally well-received predecessor. Spectators were not very enthusiastic about the latter, with some complaining of too slow an accumulation of engraving, a work with tiny characters and a title character that was mostly kept on screen or revealed by revelation until the climax. Whether it's in tune with the franchise or the franchise, the latest film grossed $ 200 million from an opening of $ 93 million (a terrible multiplier of 2.15x).

Maybe the previous one & nbsp;Godzilla& nbsp; really was greeted with indifference by the general public. Perhaps it has not really changed after the opening of the ideal scenario. Anyway, after the last GodzillaThe reception is mixed and already exists in a busy summer cinematic season, & nbsp;Godzilla: King of Monsters & nbsp;would always be less an event, at least in North America, compared to the last one.

That said, even the legs like Kong: the island of the skull ($ 168 million on a $ 61 million start) brings it to only $ 135 million. And although it earns about $ 70 million in China, it will be hit hard by X-Men: Dark Phoenix next weekend. The odds are not favorable for Legendary's $ 170 million monster suite, even with a $ 179 million global launch. Warner Bros. has spent 25% of this budget, so it's a moral defeat.

After the "pretty good" performances of Shazam! ($ 366 million out of a budget of $ 90 million) and Pok & oacute; my: detective Pikachu (probably more / less than $ 430 million on a $ 150 million budget), Godzilla: the king of monsters is yet another case (next to The movie LEGO 2) of them probably do the right thing (three out of four got positive reviews by the majority) with results below expectations. It will always be Disney's year. But WB had a strong alignment at least on paper.

Curiously, apart from the first two & nbsp;Jurbadic Park & ​​nbsp;movies and the last two & nbsp;Jurbadic World & nbsp;movies, no "giant monster movie" has ever crossed 567 million dollars in the world. To be fair, Peter Jackson &King Kong & nbsp;earned $ 550 million in 2005 without any kind of 3D boost or IMAX. Assuming at least $ 112 million in China ($ 12 million in 2005/2006), this would be about $ 870 million corrected for inflation. At this early stage, Godzilla: the king of monsters maybe hope to win half of that.

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Warner Bros. and Legendary's Godzilla: the king of monsters (review) dominated the box office this weekend, but it's a fine example of how ranking is not the only variable that determines victory. The sequel to Gareth Edwards, directed by Michael Dougherty Godzilla open with a weekend of $ 49 million frankly disappointing. It's a good 2.5x weekend multiplier with a good B + Cinemascore.

Yes, it's close enough to the 2.44x multiplier of Godzilla, but this one opened with $ 93 million on an opening day of $ 38 million. It has also been incredibly frontloaded, ending with 200 million national dollars. Yes Godzilla 2 legs like the previous Godzillahe will end up with $ 105 million. Yes, that sounds like the curse of LEGO Movie 2 may have hit again.

The Lego movie opened with $ 69 million in early 2014 before bequeathing $ 259 million. Five years later, despite positive reviews and at least a penchant for the original, The movie LEGO 2 open with only $ 34 million before ending with $ 105.8 million national and $ 191 million worldwide on a budget of $ 100 million. Whatever the reason (disinterest for specific human protagonists, too many derivative films, curiosity mixed with long-term interest), The movie LEGO 2 was a shocking breath.

Look, when a $ 160 million monster movie wins $ 200 million nationally and $ 529 million globally, you make a sequel. Same thing for those $ 60 million that have garnered rave reviews and $ 469 million worldwide. That these big franchises are victims of a sort of variable "once was enough, it was curious the first time" is terrifying.

It's one thing when it happens with (relatively) good as Happy feast of death or The Smurfs or the likes of Kick-Ass, time machine or Mannequin. It's another thing when it happens with two valued pieces of a studio's intellectual property in a single year. And yet, both King of monsters and LEGO Movie 2 open with just under half of the opening weekend of their predecessors.

To be fair, there was no chance that this movie would start as high as the last one Godzilla. The hype was not as big, there was no "story of redemption" from the 2014 film enhancing Roland Emmerich's film in 1998 and (as always) fewer people go to the movies just to go to the cinema that's in 2014. And yes, it's in the middle of a very busy summer season alongside an outperforming Aladdin, an outperform John Wick 3 and viable beginners like Rocketman and My.

The exams were also mixed, contrary to his generally well-received predecessor. Spectators were not very enthusiastic about the latter, with some complaining of too slow an accumulation of engraving, a work with tiny characters and a title character that was mostly kept on screen or revealed by revelation until the climax. Whether it's in tune with the franchise or the franchise, the latest film grossed $ 200 million from an opening of $ 93 million (a terrible multiplier of 2.15x).

Perhaps the precedent Godzilla really was greeted with indifference by the general public. Perhaps it has not really changed after the opening of the ideal scenario. Anyway, after the last GodzillaMixed and existing reception in a busy summer cinema season, Godzilla: the king of monsters would always be less an event, at least in North America, compared to the last one.

That said, even the legs like Kong: the island of the skull ($ 168 million on a $ 61 million start) brings it to only $ 135 million. And although it earns about $ 70 million in China, it will be hit hard by X-Men: Dark Phoenix next weekend. The odds are not favorable for Legendary's $ 170 million monster suite, even with a $ 179 million global launch. Warner Bros. has spent 25% of this budget, so it's a moral defeat.

After the "pretty good" performances of Shazam! ($ 366 million out of a budget of $ 90 million) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (probably more / less than $ 430 million on a $ 150 million budget), Godzilla: the king of monsters is yet another case (next to The movie LEGO 2) of them probably do the right thing (three out of four got positive reviews by the majority) with results below expectations. It will always be Disney's year. But WB had a strong alignment at least on paper.

Curiously, except for the first two Jurbadic Park movies and the last two Jurbadic World movies, no "giant monster movie" has ever crossed 567 million dollars in the world. To be fair, Peter Jackson King Kong earned $ 550 million in 2005 without any kind of 3D boost or IMAX. Assuming at least $ 112 million in China ($ 12 million in 2005/2006), this would be about $ 870 million corrected for inflation. At this early stage, Godzilla: the king of monsters maybe hope to win half of that.