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In addition, this has also become the second highest box office opening of the film so far this year, second only to the 82 million of " Dune 2" also produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures The U.S. dollar has also made Warner become the Hollywood studio with the best market performance throughout March and even so far in 2024.
The production cost of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" reached US$135 million, of which Legendary Pictures contributed 75% and Warner Bros. contributed 25%. To break it down, the film is the sequel to " Godzilla vs. Kong " (2021) and the fifth film in the "Monsterverse" series. This film is also the 38th film in the "Godzilla" series and the 13th film in the "King Kong " series. Unlike the previous films in which King Kong and Godzilla fought against each other, in this film King Kong will compete with Godzilla. The powerful forces join forces to prevent the destruction of the earth.
's total North American box office this weekend is expected to reach US$136 million, making it the best weekend in 2024 so far. The three-day box office of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2", "Ghostbusters 2", "Dune 2" and " Kung Fu Panda 4", which ranked among the top four on the weekend box office list, all exceeded US$10 million. This is also the first time this year that this has happened. Four films achieved this goal.
Once upon a time, there was a so-called "sequel fatigue" in Hollywood. American audiences seemed to have completely lost interest in these over-the-top movies. Last year, non-sequel works such as " Barbie ", "Oppenheimer" and "Super Mario Bros. Movie" were successful at the box office. Analysts believe that Hollywood must completely get rid of this sequel dependence. Only by making original works can we capture the hearts of American audiences again.
However, since March this year, the opening box office of the above four sequel movies has all exceeded US$40 million, which seems to have once again provided data support for this habit of relying on IP and making multiple sequels. American audiences don't seem to hate sequels that much. However, anyone who is slightly familiar with the Hollywood ecosystem knows that this situation is normal. The film market and audience tastes are constantly changing, and sometimes it can even be said to be illogical and rational. Therefore, predictions What kind of movies can make money has been a mystery in Hollywood for nearly a hundred years.
said that returning to the weekend box office champion "Godzilla vs. Kong 2", no one in the industry could predict that its opening box office would reach 80 million US dollars. If it is because it is during the holiday season, back in the same Easter period in 2021, "Godzilla vs. Kong" only took in a box office of US$31 million three days after it was released in the United States - but at that time due to the epidemic The impact, coupled with the fact that the film was released simultaneously online and offline, has been regarded as a pretty good result, and it also led Legendary Pictures to announce the launch of a sequel in March 2022, and it will still be directed by Adam Wingard. .
Looking at the evaluation, in fact, the media evaluation of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" is not very high. It only has a 55% freshness rating on the film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", which is a failing level. However, the audience obviously didn't think so. The rating agency CinemaScore showed that American audiences gave the film an A- score, and they obviously liked it very much. Moreover, judging from the box office data alone, it is not just North American audiences who like it, because the overseas box office of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" also reached 114 million U.S. dollars, including more than 300 million yuan from mainland China. The box office has become one of the few recent Hollywood commercial blockbusters that can be recognized by a large number of Chinese audiences. I am afraid this is also a situation that not many experts could predict before.
Overall, the total North American box office in March will reach about 750 million U.S. dollars, which is the best month since August last year. It is even higher than December 2023, which has a Christmas and New Year schedule. It also makes 2024 The gap between the total box office in North America so far this year and the same period last year has narrowed from more than 10% to only 6% for the first time.
