"Godzilla vs. Kong" became the best-grossing film during the pandemic

The film “Godzilla vs Kong” became the best pandemic film at the overseas box office, making a total of 121.8 million US dollars at its opening. This gives Hollywood cinema hope that their flagship film can return to prominence when theaters open.

Reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Monday (29/3), previously the film by Christopher Nolan, "Tenet" became the film that earned the most income in the biggest opening week when the beginning of the pandemic. The film "Tenet" earned US $ 53 million.

However, the monster film collaboration between the two studios Legendary and Warner Bros was able to set a new record in China. In the first week of launch, "Godzilla vs Kong" immediately earned 70.3 million dollars.

Legendary has sole distribution and marketing duties in China, while Warner handles distribution elsewhere. The film is also quite strong in the regions of Mexico, Australia and Russia.

Overall, the income for "Godzilla vs Kong" is equivalent to that of "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla: King of the Monsters". "Godzilla vs Kong" launched in a total of 39 markets, although the film didn't open in Japan until May.

In China, the film, directed by Adam Wingard, has an 82 percent market share and scored the biggest opening for a foreign film since 2019. It is also the equivalent of "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" which earned $ 70.6 million in its opening week.

"Godzilla vs. Kong" also had the best opening during the pandemic in other countries, including Mexico which generated $ 6.3 million. Australia earned the same $ 6.3 million over the gross income figure for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and Russia earned $ 5.8 million.

Taiwan opened with 5.2 million dollars and marked as the second largest opening for a Warner Bros. release behind "Aquaman". Meanwhile, India marked the third largest opening after "Batman v Superman" and "The Nun" with 4.8 million dollars.

Meanwhile, Imax cinemas managed to sell tickets for 12.4 million dollars over the weekend and this is the best opening since December 2019. The film will not be released in North America on March 31.

 

Kaylee Hottle, The Deaf Star Figure in Godzilla vs Kong

Kaylee Hottle's acting as Jia in Godzilla vs Kong caught the eye even though she was a newcomer. Even according to Alexander Skarsgard, his co-star, he couldn't help but praise him.

Kaylee, who is deaf, finally made Skarsgard learn their body language so they could communicate with Kaylee.

"It's amazing how comfortable he is in front of the camera and how quickly he understands director Adam (Wingard)," Alexander said.

"He (Adam) would explain something and he (Kaylee) would be like 'okay get it' then he would just do it and everyone was like .. how did he do it?" he added.

Alexander could not stop being amazed by the figure of Kaylee, who according to him was very professional and extraordinary, from facial expressions and others, there was much to see. Kaylee, who is deaf, admitted that she was happy that a deaf artist actually played a deaf character. "I think it's important to have a deaf artist play a deaf character," said Kaylee.

"Because deaf people know their own language and they are more familiar with the culture," said Kaylee again. Kaylee is a newcomer child artist and a deaf artist who plays the character Jia. Jia is a little girl in the Godzilla vs Kong film who can have a dialogue with Kong through sign language.

 

Godzilla vs Kong Sets Hollywood Movie Records during the Pandemic

The film Godzilla vs Kong set a new record as a Hollywood film with the biggest international box office debut during the pandemic.
Deadline reported, this film is estimated to pocket US $ 121.8 million or equivalent to R1.7 trillion from 38 international markets, with the highest revenue from China amounting to US $ 70.3 million.

The achievement of Godzilla vs Kong in China exceeds its predecessor, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2009) in that country by US $ 66 million.

Godzilla vs Kong also received positive reviews from Chinese audiences, with a score of nine on Maoyan's website over the past weekend.

Not only China, Mexico and Australia are also profitable markets for Godzilla vs Kong. Each of these countries contributed US $ 6.3 million to the pockets of Godzilla vs Kong.

The acquisition of this monster film is the strongest in the country, 17 percent above Godzilla (2014), 18 percent above Kong: Skull Island, and 45 percent above Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

In fact, Deadline said, the opening of Godzilla vs Kong in Australia surpassed all of the film's rivals and has surpassed all of the revenues of Godzilla: King of the Monsters in that country.

Godzilla vs. Kong tells the story of the battle of two mystical creatures that actually took place centuries ago. The fate of the world is at stake on their balance.

Kong and his protectors go on a dangerous journey to find the real home. The trip is carried out with Jia (Kaylee Hottle), an orphaned girl who forms a unique and strong bond with Kong.

On their way, they realized they were on the path of a rampaging Godzilla. Godzilla began to destroy the entire city with a burst of electric shocks from his mouth.

While the humans were trying to find out why Godzilla went on a rampage, Kong continued to fight the giant creature.

The presence of the film Godzilla vs. Kong has long been awaited after the production house of Legendary Pictures announced the collaboration project for the Godzilla and King Kong franchises in 2015.

Fans of the two characters were even more excited when they found out that the director known for his Death Note and Blair Witch, Adam Wingard, was lined up to direct Godzilla vs. Kong.

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