Godzilla vs. Kong Projected As Biggest 2021 Box Office Hits

Godzilla vs. Kong has scored a huge opening at the Chinese box office. Slated for a March 31 release in North America, the latest entry in Legendary's MonsterVerse franchise will debut simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. Godzilla vs. Kong is directed by action-horror auteur Adam Wingard (You're Next) and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, and Brian Tyree Henry among a host of other prominent and emerging talents.

The Chinese box office is one of the world's largest, and an American film's success or lack thereof in that market plays an increasingly important role in its financial viability. With most US theaters still struggling and mainland China's theaters largely open, the necessity of a strong debut to Chinese audiences has perhaps never been higher. Some recent pandemic-era Hollywood releases like Wonder Woman 1984 have struggled at the Chinese box office, but the early numbers for Godzilla vs. Kong look encouraging.

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Variety reports that Godzilla vs. Kong's gross revenues in China as of 6 pm local time on Friday have reached $15.3 million. The showdown between the nuclear lizard and the giant ape accounted for a massive 88.5% of the day's aggregate box office and is on pace to achieve a $166 million haul in China. If it attains that lofty number, Godzilla vs. Kong would become (by a wide margin) the top-grossing Hollywood film in China since the start of the pandemic last March.

While the recent Chinese re-release of Avatar helped the film reclaim its title as the highest-grossing motion picture of all time, Godzilla vs. Kong's stellar opening at the Chinese box office would mark a new high for original American titles. Tenet ($70.2 million) and Soul ($58 million) have both enjoyed profitable runs in the Asian country, but if Godzilla vs. Kong is able to reach that $166 million estimate, it would become China's fourth highest-grossing film of 2021 so far. Notably, the three films that rank above it are all Chinese titles, with Hi, Mom, the highest-grossing film ever by a solo female director, in the lead.

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What such an achievement in the Chinese box office will mean for Godzilla vs. Kong's domestic profits is still uncertain. The sci-fi heavyweight bout was produced by Legendary Pictures, which was purchased by China's Wanda Group for $3.5 billion back in 2016. Officially the Dalian Wanda Group, the multinational conglomerate owns the largest film distributor in China, suggesting a strong ability to put Godzilla vs. Kong in a position to succeed in the Chinese market.

That ability may not carry over as well stateside, where Godzilla vs. Kong's 2019 predecessor Godzilla: King of the Monsters only grossed $110.5 million compared to $135.4 million in China. Throw in the complicated situation with American theaters amid vaccine distribution and mixed early feedback for the monster slugfest, and the film's domestic outlook becomes even murkier. Finances aside, fans of city-destroying monsters everywhere will just have to wait and see if Godzilla vs. Kong can take the MonsterVerse to new heights when it rampages into theaters and HBO Max next week.

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Godzilla Vs. Kong has plenty for monster fans to love when it lands March 31 on HBO Max, but it also has the power to introduce new generations to both icons. Even some members of the cast got to experience the monster magic for the first time on set.

Eiza González, who plays Maya Simmons, spoke to Screen Rant about playing a fun villainess and what she thinks makes characters like Godzilla and Kong spark with audiences worldwide.

Your character, Maya Simmons, works for Apex and has a swag about her. What can you tell me about your character?

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Eiza González: Yeah, Maya Simmons basically works for Apex; she's a top executive at the company, and she's also a pilot and understands completely the industry. But she's also funny, and she's sort of a condescending mean girl. But in the best way possible. I think she's a know-it-all. We've all seen these type A, know-it-all types of girls - and people in general, not just women. But it was fun.

I felt like it was important for me as an actress, and I hope it got conveyed on the screen. We shall see if people see that. But I didn't want to make her what could technically fall into a stereotypical version of a villain. I didn't want that to happen. It was really important to me for her to have something that made her redeeming and fun to watch. So, I really liked that I got the chance to play with comedy, because I hadn't had the chance to do that before. It was fun, because I got to be silly sometimes.

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Eiza González: That dynamic between [Jia] and Kong is just so special; it has a lot of heart. I think that they did such a good job with the script. The script had a lot of emotional core, and shockingly, because you wouldn't expect it from a movie like this, it touches a lot of human values on morality and how do we deal with power. And the innocence of child-like behavior, as we have two really strong little girls guiding both characters, which I thought was beautiful and really inspiring.

Because, as you said, it will connect with every generation. I'm not a child, but children would see that and connect. But I still connect with it no matter what, even though I'm an adult; it pulls on the strings of our heart. And Adam really cared about the humanity; he would spend a lot of time with Kaylee, and he would spend a lot of time with Millie, because that's where the story really lies - living vicariously through their characters. They're the stars of the movie, with Godzilla and Kong, obviously.

But it was really cool, and I was just so happy to be such a small part of a very important film. It's, I always say, like a comma for the new generation of the monster universe. It feels like a newer version; it feels better than the last few movies that we've seen.

Godzilla and Kong are cinematic icons, and this is truly an international story that's reflected with the cast and the locations in the film. But what is it about these two larger-than-life characters that fans have been enamored with for decades?

Eiza González: It's so interesting, because I am in the brink of that generation. I didn't really grow up with them, but I also know of them. But I think that now that I've gotten more educated, I feel like what happens is we love to believe in what it would be like to live in the world that we live in with Titans or dinosaurs walking around. I think that's why Jurassic Park was so successful, as well. We like to believe in these things larger than life.

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I think that the same way that superhero movies are so successful is because it's like someone could come and help us; someone could come and save us, and what does that look like. It lets our imagination flow and takes us to a different place. So, it is really cool to just live for two hours in a different world that looks like us, but it's not necessarily us. And it's not such a sci-fi, but it's still a science fiction. I love that about these movies.

The characters are fun, and it's cool stuff. A thing that throws torches out of his mouth; a lizard and a massive monkey that is bigger than Tokyo. It's so cool.