The Legendary Monsterverse is one of the few franchises I can remember making a financial comeback after having decreasing box office returns with each sequel. Even making Godzilla vs. Kong was a risk after King of the Monsters and that was before the pandemic. I wonder if being one of the first major movies to release after the pandemic gave it a shot in the arm since there was less competition and in a weird way, was one of the few movie series that actually benefited from the pandemic.
I've been a Godzilla fan since 1985. I have to pinch myself because suddenly Godzilla is number 1 in multiple countries, he is winning academy awards. I would have never guessed this could happen
Quick reminder that last week , Deadline confirmed that production budget of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is $135 million and it needs to gross between $337.5 million - $405 million
You know it is kind of crazy to think that Godzilla vs Kong was one of the big movies to reignite the theater going experience and then we see its follow up movie becoming the biggest opening (so far) of this new year. Goes to show how much weight this franchise does still have. It’s the biggest one in entertainment in terms of how many films have been made and maybe the longest lasting one to this day. It has no plans of stopping.
Michael Cole was hired to commentate that fight for a commercial that’s coming soon. One of the ones you show after the movies been out for a while and show more spoilers in it
@@godmodez3688 G x K is at the level of morning cartoons, only dumber. 96 percent of audiences love it because majority of cinema audiences are clueless morons or children.
I kinda feel bad for Ghostbusters. It didn't get much promotion for one thing, along with that, it was released at the wrong time, between Kung Fu Panda and GxK, which pretty much put a damper on it!!
There was a bit of promotion in traditional areas. I think the middling reviews and audience reaction didn't help. I thought it was enjoyable, but the script had its flaws. I am not totally surprised by the sharp second weekend drop. The faithful came out opening weekend, but the general audience draw seems weaker. Actually I went in to last weekend not expecting much from GxK. but a good performance from that and the weaker GB offering, it made sense.
21:30 I love the height inconsistency in Godzilla and it's movies/posters Here it seems to be near the Eiffel Tower? which if so nearly 1000 feet tall and Godzilla towers above it for a movie where he was only around 350 lol
I find it funny WB's movies are doing well considering what they've been doing behind the scenes not only in the film industry but the video game industry as well.
I remember the Sonic movie saved by the wildest concept.... listening to the audience, and GxK did just that, they delivered all the fun related to the epic brawl among giant monsters, very cool to see some people really giving us great movies, I hope the numbers help them to make more
@@greenkidd529 Same with king kong. He hasn't had a movie or series in a long time then boom: GvK, GxK, and now they are going to focus on kong for season 2 of Godzilla Legacy of monsters. Not quite on the same level as Godzilla, but this is more king kong content we've had now in a long time.
I cannot believe that I just saw Chantal im Märchenland on Charts with Dan. I saw the trailer before Dune and was just shaking my head the entire time. Plus, I'm not sure how you get a fantasy spin-off from a high school comedy...
Though it only got a little lip service (understandably as it's a little beyond the scope of the video), the Japanese release of Oppenheimer is rather interesting, as it almost couldn't secure a distributor due to controversy around the Barbenheimer phenomenon and general apprehension about the subject matter. A rather poetic final market, even if only unintentionally.
hi dan! love the show. it feels strange to see you say Oppenheimer closed when i will be going to see it tomorrow (for the 3rd time!) in IMAX in Japan tomorrow haha. i will be contributing to that international gross! also, i just finished your Godzilla ranked video. i hope more long content comes out! thanks for all you do!!
Hey.... crazy, I actually worked (briefly) on that obscure German movie at number 5 internationally. Glad (and a bit surprised) it did reasonably well.
Very happy for the success of Godzilla x Kong. It should ensure the Monsterverse continues. Also that Godzilla and Kong ranking video you did was very well done!
Clearly the way forward for Legendary/WB is to send Godzilla to Arrakis to fight a sandworm. Perhaps Paul Atreides' use of atomics creates a terrifying radioactive mutant sandworm which only Godzilla (and Kong) can defeat. ;-P
Late night with the devil was great; a bit of nostalgia for the days when we had the slew of shows like twilight zone, outer limits, tales from the crypt etc
Maybe they are meaning like 6-8 times because they saw it like 3 times at one and maybe 4 at the other, I can imagine you could start losing count at that number especially if you are going to the movies really stoned or something.
I definitely lost count of how many times I saw the original suicide squad since it was a hot summer and it was a nice place to escape the heat and spin pokestops. Similar thing with finding dory. I feel like dune is special enough i would probably remember how many times I'd seen it until it got into the 'teens
@ktom5262 I did not know this was a deposition? My point is that I've watched the movie multiple times. I have an AMC membership; so, I tend to rewatch a lot of movies multiple times, especially very good movies like this.
Enjoyed GxK NE. I went to a well attended I-Max 3D showing, so people are loving the premium formats. I will say, 'In the Land of Saints and Sinners' deserved better. It was refreshing to see Liam Neeson in a decent film for once. Actually it was the best of the three films I caught last weekend. I also got in 'Problemista' which was good but I hoped I would have enjoyed it more.
Did not see GXK making that much. Wow. Will check out your video of all their movies. Also, really enjoyed your breakdown of Oppenheimer's theatrical gross. It's info like this that makes me love this show and channel. Thank you Dan!
I was intending to see Godzilla X Kong this week, but I decided hey, why not double feature it up since "Monkey Man" is coming out next week. That is gonna be a fun time, no doubt.
Dan you absolutely HAVE TO WATCH AND REVIEW LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL. Saw it twice. The second time was in a packed theater just a couple days ago. One of the best horror films in recent years and no big TH-camrs are covering it!
I wouldnt go that far. Jeremy jahns covered it (and gave it high marks) and he's one of the bigger movie TH-camrs. But yeah, more people need to see it.
Seeing "Chantal im Märchenland" in the top five world wide grossing films charts made me spit out my drink. I don't know how to explain its success to non-german speakers.
I watched your entire ranking video across three viewings throughout the day. Was a fantastic watch. Thanks Dan! Made me want to check out a few of those films in particular
Anyone else notice that the domestic posters for Godzilla x Kong, Kung Fu Panda, and Dune have the characters facing the camera, while the international posters have them facing the right side? I'm very curious if this is a simple coincidence or a common trend in global marketing techniques.
I just realized that Godzilla x Kong is the first filmed for IMAX and if you look back from 2014 to 2021 all Godzilla and Kong movies where not filmed in IMAX and now the Godzilla and Kong fans get to see there favorite monsters in IMAX
I can't wait for your review of Monkey Man. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm gonna see it opening day, so I can't wait for your thoughts.
I’ve been looking forward to this video for awhile. Started watching your show when you covered Godzilla vs Kong and now we are here for Godzilla x Kong!
The most expensive B movie ever, atleast they leaned into how dumb it was and I had a great time. Just a couple of dudes being bros punching stuff. If Godzilla and Kong made out at the end it would have been a 5 star movie.
kinda ironic that in 2021 Dune and Godzilla vs Kong were two of the movies that carried the box office that time, and now in 2024 they meet again and doing the same thing. 😅
Can we talk about how Legendary is part owned by the Chinese, which contributes to it being pushed heavily in China. Hence making big numbers in the Chinese market. Thanks.
I know that the closures are about domestically not reporting grosses, but with a movie with as long legs as Oppenheimer I find it funny that the week you declared it closed it finally o(p)pens in its 2nd most important market culturally speaking 😂
For that slide where you calculate Oppenheimer profit, think we should deduct the money spent on the awards marketing campaign. They must have spent a lot of money over several months on PR, events, gifts, etc to push this movie through in the awards season. That must have made a significant dent on the profit of $139m shown in your calculations
The preview I saw for 'Someone Like You' looked even crazier than you explained it. In the preview I saw, it wasn't his dead girlfriend's twin that he was pursuing but basically a stranger who he has convinced himself had to be similar to his dead girlfriend because his dead girlfriend was born via IVF and he discovers that another couple adopted one of the frozen inseminated IVF eggs that his dead girlfriend had been a part of and so now he is on the hunt for this person since it is the biological "twin" of his dead girlfriend. Absolutely bonkers and the thought of someone finding that romantic terrifies me lol.
WB opening March with Dune 2 and closing it with Godzilla x Kong is the highlight of the year. Two blockbuster movies couldn't be further apart from each other.
(1) Godzilla is a lizard, and we all know that wizards DON'T GIVE A DAMN. (2) The collateral damage makes the Battle of Metropolis look like an Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. (3) The movie is ridiculous, and I DON'T GIVE A DAMN. I guess I'm a lizard. (4) Kong is now a king..! (5) It's illegal to watch a Monster verse movie while sober. Just saying.
Ghostbusters is skewed by how popular it's first installment was. It hasn't been a "blockbuster" franchise for a long time. Not considering inflation, not a single GB release has made it to $300M worldwide. They are fairly cheaply made movies that make a small profit. For what it's worth, there are still several territories that Frozen Empire hasn't been released in yet. I could be wrong, but I feel like the studio knows what they have. A semi-popular franchise that makes its money on DVD/VODs and merchandise. If they wanted to swing for the fences, they'd spend $200M+ and make it with Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Sandra Bullock etc. - it just doesn't seem that that is what they wanna do?
Mmh, I would say, however, that adjusting for inflation is not such a negligible aspect: in 1984 the first movie made "only" 296 million on a 25-30 million budget, which means that its box office was 10 times its budget. In today's dollars, it would have made more than 650 million just in the US. This last one could fail to reach 180 million worldwide on a 100 million budget, which would mean a 10-20 million loss in the theatrical release, without even considering the 70-80 million likely spent in advertisement. I don't see another Ghostbusters movie in the near future...
As for the crowded stacking of films, why would WB care how a Sony film performs? If a studio think a movie can challenge whoever its potential competition is and they like the release date, that's when its coming out.
There is a perception on the draw of films too. Recently noticed that Planet of the Apes moved from Memorial Day weekend to May 10th. Furiosa is also opening Memorial Day weekend. This way PotA gets a two week breathing space before Furiosa rather than competing with it. Going after Furiosa puts it smack dab in June and even stiffer competition.
Idk if it’s asking for a lot of work or not considering the delay of info, but I’d be curious to here a “cumulative worldwide opening weekend” where opening weekend in China+other countries are added up posthumously. Thought of this during the Dune v Godzilla analysis today. Thanks Dan!
Wait, are you kidding me?! "Chantal im Märchenland" is so popular, it gets mentioned on Charts with Dan?! I've seen the trailer and it was, without a doubt, one of the absolute greatest PoS trailers I've seen in years. It's beyond cringy and I hate that my fellow German movie goers even put up with this at all, let alone reward this idiocy with millions of dollars.
Yesterday's ranking video was awesome -- definitely worth watching. If you do any other retrospectives like that though, please include where the movie is available (trying to dig out some of that and it's death by searching)
Yes! I'm currently reading the book for someone like you excited for the movie releasing this week in theaters romance and religion faith-based movies like Christianity is becoming more prevalence in the mainstream❤
Sony has had a rough 1st half of 2024. They completely bumbled the release schedule with their two big movies. Madame Web was a January movie. Ghostbusters Frozen Empire was a mid February movie. I loved Afterlife but Frozen Empire was “its fine” level. Nothing bad or special.
Probably won't give it a serious worldwide take boost from Japan but GxK doesn't open there til April 26th I think. This weekend will be a good tell if it can come close to the 200 million domestic take. Hopefully it doesn't drop more than 50%
I think it will close around 175: the Friday to Sunday drop in its opening weekend was pretty strong, which means it's a quite frontloaded movie, so I would expect at least a 60% drop next weekend. But I hope it can reach 200 million!
@@beezer5623 That's possible! However, even the Friday to Saturday hold was not extraordinary. Maybe, because of Easter, I will give it a 185 million final total in the US, instead of my previous 175 😅
Good points of the box office performance Dan! I can’t believe this guy thinks Kong X Godzilla owes Godzilla Minus 1 $50 million from its opening weekend! th-cam.com/video/gLJcIdcydNc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=t7hN38LwCX_6Eo-E
Dan means that it has closed in the US. Moreover, last weekend Oppenheimer made only 2,57 million in Japan; usually movies have great legs there, but I don't see it making more than 12-15 million, so maximum 974-977 worldwide and 4 to 6 millions more in profit
while i love watching a new movie every weekend i thought studios would've learned their lesson from crowding march then there's almost nothing in april like why do studios hate april so much lol so much money to be made from the lack of competition, is it a spring break thing
Last April was the crowded month for me. This year March is the more crowded, though if the releases are not too limited, I am probably getting in 15-16 films in April. It is getting padded out with re-releases of older films. April till early May there are a bunch of Nolan films getting limited releases.
I feel like the keep making Ghostbusters stuff to sell merchandise. I don't have the numbers just a theory. Ghostbuster is one of my fav movies but man do I wish they made a tv show that was like a cross between Supernatural and the animated show. These new movies are just okay. The most supernatural thing in Afterlife was a Walmart that looked clean. Also, I heard that one Sunday Late Night with the Devil made 666,666 in gross but I'm not sure if that is just internet rumor.
Nolan's next movie will be a documentary where he hires some ex-cons to try to break into his house and steal all that money, while Tom Hardy and Christian Bale try to stop them.
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i recommend people watch Dan's Godzilla/Kong ranking video. Really well done and well-thought. I'm enjoying it.
Just finished it, it truly was an incredible commitment by Dan. Two big thumbs up 👍
Yes I started it last night and was hooked! Finished before bed. Fantastic video
It was a fantastic watch and I don’t really have that many disagreements with the placements of the ones have have seen
Absolutely love a feature length ranking video.
I will while working my 3-11 tonight 😉
2 years since Morbius? Sounds like a perfect time for an anniversary re-release.
Let us know how MOrBiNtImE goes.
The Legendary Monsterverse is one of the few franchises I can remember making a financial comeback after having decreasing box office returns with each sequel. Even making Godzilla vs. Kong was a risk after King of the Monsters and that was before the pandemic.
I wonder if being one of the first major movies to release after the pandemic gave it a shot in the arm since there was less competition and in a weird way, was one of the few movie series that actually benefited from the pandemic.
I think King of the monsters didn't perform super well, because it had to compete with the final Avengers movie and the newest Spider-man film.
@@ultimateslinger9857I think it was really bad timing to release Godzilla King of the Monsters a month after Avengers Endgame honestly.
@@lordkaijux5262 Ida released it when nothing was out. Like August Or January. Nothing good is ever out those months
GvK was fun; King of the Monsters was comparatively drab. GvK had a similar cheese to Super Mario or Deadpool. It knows what it is.
21:27 that Japanese poster for Skull Island is out of this world!
Absolutely. Still love the big collage style often comes from those releases for big blockbusters.
That KoM one is also sick as hell
They both are reminiscent of older Toho kaiju movie posters.
[triumphant Godzilla roar intensifies]
For a $135m budget, GxK NE looked amazing
Godzilla x Kong are my new favorite celebrity couple ❤️
#Gong
I've been a Godzilla fan since 1985. I have to pinch myself because suddenly Godzilla is number 1 in multiple countries, he is winning academy awards. I would have never guessed this could happen
I bet Warner Bros is regretting letting Legendary go right about now. Their day and date strategy really cost them so much
Can't wait for "The First Omen: Spooky Empire" to complete the 2024 empire trilogy.
Quick reminder that last week , Deadline confirmed that production budget of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is $135 million and it needs to gross between $337.5 million - $405 million
That seems doable.
It's gonna blow past that imo.
It's already almost halfway to the high end of that range, it'll crush that no problem.
It'll most likely have a pretty steep drop off week 2 but with no real competition for a while it should easily do that
You know it is kind of crazy to think that Godzilla vs Kong was one of the big movies to reignite the theater going experience and then we see its follow up movie becoming the biggest opening (so far) of this new year. Goes to show how much weight this franchise does still have. It’s the biggest one in entertainment in terms of how many films have been made and maybe the longest lasting one to this day. It has no plans of stopping.
@@reginald1817 um… did you read what I said?
@OrionInSpace HOLY 💩!!! You got me dude, I read your comment too fast, then just responded to quick!! It's on me man!!🙏🏾👍🏾😅
@@reginald1817honestly, respect for admitting that
@ther3aper561 Well, every day I try man! Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. Way of life.🤷🏽😅💯
Predecessor is the wrong word.
Godzilla speared Kong through a pyramid and then immediately followed that up with a suplex. This is Cinema
Michael Cole was hired to commentate that fight for a commercial that’s coming soon. One of the ones you show after the movies been out for a while and show more spoilers in it
It's not cinema, it's crap.
@@ktom5262L take lil bro
@@ktom5262 cant be crap when 96% audience love it. stick to morning cartoons dude.
@@godmodez3688 G x K is at the level of morning cartoons, only dumber. 96 percent of audiences love it because majority of cinema audiences are clueless morons or children.
Godzilla X Kong was a trip and I enjoyed almost every minute of it! I wanna see it again.
As a german viewer, i never in a million years would have thought to see "Chantal im Märchenland" here. Did a german movie ever made that list before?
This is the first one that I can remember.
I was still in middle of finishing the Godzilla and Kong and you dropped this. So much content from Dan in just a week...
I kinda feel bad for Ghostbusters. It didn't get much promotion for one thing, along with that, it was released at the wrong time, between Kung Fu Panda and GxK, which pretty much put a damper on it!!
There was a bit of promotion in traditional areas. I think the middling reviews and audience reaction didn't help. I thought it was enjoyable, but the script had its flaws. I am not totally surprised by the sharp second weekend drop. The faithful came out opening weekend, but the general audience draw seems weaker. Actually I went in to last weekend not expecting much from GxK. but a good performance from that and the weaker GB offering, it made sense.
Earliest I’ve ever been here, Hi Dan! Loved your Godzilla/Kong ranking!
21:30 I love the height inconsistency in Godzilla and it's movies/posters
Here it seems to be near the Eiffel Tower? which if so nearly 1000 feet tall and Godzilla towers above it for a movie where he was only around 350 lol
I find it funny WB's movies are doing well considering what they've been doing behind the scenes not only in the film industry but the video game industry as well.
Godzilla x Kong had a great Friday, I was really surprised, that it only ended up with 80 million. Still impressive, especially worldwide.
I know these are already 30min long, but I miss those streaming charts. They were how I found out about more niche movies, like Red Notice.
I remember the Sonic movie saved by the wildest concept.... listening to the audience, and GxK did just that, they delivered all the fun related to the epic brawl among giant monsters, very cool to see some people really giving us great movies, I hope the numbers help them to make more
Godzilla and Kong are KINGS BABY, kaiju fans we have been feeding so good the last few months, what a time to be a giant monster fan.
Godzillas 70th anniversary going strong
Godzilla minus one blu ray and digital sales gonna go crazy too
@@greenkidd529 Same with king kong. He hasn't had a movie or series in a long time then boom: GvK, GxK, and now they are going to focus on kong for season 2 of Godzilla Legacy of monsters. Not quite on the same level as Godzilla, but this is more king kong content we've had now in a long time.
I cannot believe that I just saw Chantal im Märchenland on Charts with Dan. I saw the trailer before Dune and was just shaking my head the entire time. Plus, I'm not sure how you get a fantasy spin-off from a high school comedy...
Though it only got a little lip service (understandably as it's a little beyond the scope of the video), the Japanese release of Oppenheimer is rather interesting, as it almost couldn't secure a distributor due to controversy around the Barbenheimer phenomenon and general apprehension about the subject matter. A rather poetic final market, even if only unintentionally.
hi dan! love the show. it feels strange to see you say Oppenheimer closed when i will be going to see it tomorrow (for the 3rd time!) in IMAX in Japan tomorrow haha. i will be contributing to that international gross! also, i just finished your Godzilla ranked video. i hope more long content comes out! thanks for all you do!!
Dan is the man.
Godzilla was mad at everything! Wow it was FUN!
Hey.... crazy, I actually worked (briefly) on that obscure German movie at number 5 internationally. Glad (and a bit surprised) it did reasonably well.
Very happy for the success of Godzilla x Kong. It should ensure the Monsterverse continues. Also that Godzilla and Kong ranking video you did was very well done!
Clearly the way forward for Legendary/WB is to send Godzilla to Arrakis to fight a sandworm. Perhaps Paul Atreides' use of atomics creates a terrifying radioactive mutant sandworm which only Godzilla (and Kong) can defeat. ;-P
Late night with the devil was great; a bit of nostalgia for the days when we had the slew of shows like twilight zone, outer limits, tales from the crypt etc
Charts! Charts! Charts! Charts! Charts!
Saw Dune 2 three or four times in DOLBY and PRIME. Still waiting to see it in my city’s biggest IMAX. Most showings are still almost fully booked.
"three or four"? U don't know?...😳
Maybe they are meaning like 6-8 times because they saw it like 3 times at one and maybe 4 at the other, I can imagine you could start losing count at that number especially if you are going to the movies really stoned or something.
I definitely lost count of how many times I saw the original suicide squad since it was a hot summer and it was a nice place to escape the heat and spin pokestops. Similar thing with finding dory. I feel like dune is special enough i would probably remember how many times I'd seen it until it got into the 'teens
@ktom5262 I did not know this was a deposition? My point is that I've watched the movie multiple times. I have an AMC membership; so, I tend to rewatch a lot of movies multiple times, especially very good movies like this.
It's a good time to be a godzilla fan
Enjoyed GxK NE. I went to a well attended I-Max 3D showing, so people are loving the premium formats. I will say, 'In the Land of Saints and Sinners' deserved better. It was refreshing to see Liam Neeson in a decent film for once. Actually it was the best of the three films I caught last weekend. I also got in 'Problemista' which was good but I hoped I would have enjoyed it more.
I too saw it in Imax/3D, it was an awesome sight!!💯
Did not see GXK making that much. Wow. Will check out your video of all their movies. Also, really enjoyed your breakdown of Oppenheimer's theatrical gross. It's info like this that makes me love this show and channel. Thank you Dan!
I was intending to see Godzilla X Kong this week, but I decided hey, why not double feature it up since "Monkey Man" is coming out next week. That is gonna be a fun time, no doubt.
Dan you absolutely HAVE TO WATCH AND REVIEW LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL. Saw it twice. The second time was in a packed theater just a couple days ago. One of the best horror films in recent years and no big TH-camrs are covering it!
I wouldnt go that far. Jeremy jahns covered it (and gave it high marks) and he's one of the bigger movie TH-camrs.
But yeah, more people need to see it.
@Weaponator18 yeah he did just barely cover it but that's it.
Updated weekend totals put GxK: The New Empire at 195 million worldwide.
Hey, my name is Chantal! And I want to go to fairyland! That's a movie for me!
You know you're successful when you get knighted outside of the two traditional announcements per year. Well done Sir Christopher.
19:07 It looks like Godzilla and Kong are rushing to beat up Po.
Seeing "Chantal im Märchenland" in the top five world wide grossing films charts made me spit out my drink. I don't know how to explain its success to non-german speakers.
I watched your entire ranking video across three viewings throughout the day. Was a fantastic watch. Thanks Dan! Made me want to check out a few of those films in particular
Anyone else notice that the domestic posters for Godzilla x Kong, Kung Fu Panda, and Dune have the characters facing the camera, while the international posters have them facing the right side?
I'm very curious if this is a simple coincidence or a common trend in global marketing techniques.
I just realized that Godzilla x Kong is the first filmed for IMAX and if you look back from 2014 to 2021 all Godzilla and Kong movies where not filmed in IMAX and now the Godzilla and Kong fans get to see there favorite monsters in IMAX
I can't wait for your review of Monkey Man. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm gonna see it opening day, so I can't wait for your thoughts.
I’ve been looking forward to this video for awhile. Started watching your show when you covered Godzilla vs Kong and now we are here for Godzilla x Kong!
The most expensive B movie ever, atleast they leaned into how dumb it was and I had a great time. Just a couple of dudes being bros punching stuff. If Godzilla and Kong made out at the end it would have been a 5 star movie.
That's the Godzilla/Kong version
kinda ironic that in 2021 Dune and Godzilla vs Kong were two of the movies that carried the box office that time, and now in 2024 they meet again and doing the same thing. 😅
Congrats to Legendary, they making films people actually wanna pay to see!
My theater for Godzilla X Kong was packed and I loved it. Also, check out Dan’s Godzilla Kong ranking video!
Can we talk about how Legendary is part owned by the Chinese, which contributes to it being pushed heavily in China. Hence making big numbers in the Chinese market. Thanks.
Hey Dan, could you do a similar James Bond ranking video with all the movies? Thanks
I know that the closures are about domestically not reporting grosses, but with a movie with as long legs as Oppenheimer I find it funny that the week you declared it closed it finally o(p)pens in its 2nd most important market culturally speaking 😂
I went and watch King Fu Panda 4 (just come out in the uk) and GxK NE this weekend. Enjoyed both of the. A lot and glad to see them doing well
For that slide where you calculate Oppenheimer profit, think we should deduct the money spent on the awards marketing campaign. They must have spent a lot of money over several months on PR, events, gifts, etc to push this movie through in the awards season. That must have made a significant dent on the profit of $139m shown in your calculations
Thanks Dan! Wooo look at these science fiction fantasy pictures kicking ass!
Really hope to see the profitability chart for GxK next week, especially with how well it’s doing in China!
Great episode Dan!
CHARTS W DAN IS THE BEST SHOW ON TH-cam
The preview I saw for 'Someone Like You' looked even crazier than you explained it.
In the preview I saw, it wasn't his dead girlfriend's twin that he was pursuing but basically a stranger who he has convinced himself had to be similar to his dead girlfriend because his dead girlfriend was born via IVF and he discovers that another couple adopted one of the frozen inseminated IVF eggs that his dead girlfriend had been a part of and so now he is on the hunt for this person since it is the biological "twin" of his dead girlfriend.
Absolutely bonkers and the thought of someone finding that romantic terrifies me lol.
I thought you were about to comment on Monkey Man and The First Omen's near identical posters!
Hey Dan if possible definitely check out The Goat Life it's such a beautiful made movie
WB opening March with Dune 2 and closing it with Godzilla x Kong is the highlight of the year. Two blockbuster movies couldn't be further apart from each other.
"Someone Like You" is a prequel to "Anyone But You" that came out a few months ago. 🤣
So good! I do miss the a&a section. X
2:28 Shows 5th place, says "Still in 3rd place" DAAAANNNNNNN (in my Khan voice)
I highly recommend The Goatlife. It’s an incredible film.
(1) Godzilla is a lizard, and we all know that wizards DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
(2) The collateral damage makes the Battle of Metropolis look like an Easter egg roll on the White House lawn.
(3) The movie is ridiculous, and I DON'T GIVE A DAMN. I guess I'm a lizard.
(4) Kong is now a king..!
(5) It's illegal to watch a Monster verse movie while sober. Just saying.
I love the too domestic boxoffice for the year so far. Part 2 is #1, Panda 4 is #2, and 1 Love is #3
good video thanks. watch the godzilla ranking video!
Ghostbusters is skewed by how popular it's first installment was. It hasn't been a "blockbuster" franchise for a long time. Not considering inflation, not a single GB release has made it to $300M worldwide. They are fairly cheaply made movies that make a small profit. For what it's worth, there are still several territories that Frozen Empire hasn't been released in yet. I could be wrong, but I feel like the studio knows what they have. A semi-popular franchise that makes its money on DVD/VODs and merchandise. If they wanted to swing for the fences, they'd spend $200M+ and make it with Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Sandra Bullock etc. - it just doesn't seem that that is what they wanna do?
Mmh, I would say, however, that adjusting for inflation is not such a negligible aspect: in 1984 the first movie made "only" 296 million on a 25-30 million budget, which means that its box office was 10 times its budget. In today's dollars, it would have made more than 650 million just in the US. This last one could fail to reach 180 million worldwide on a 100 million budget, which would mean a 10-20 million loss in the theatrical release, without even considering the 70-80 million likely spent in advertisement. I don't see another Ghostbusters movie in the near future...
As for the crowded stacking of films, why would WB care how a Sony film performs? If a studio think a movie can challenge whoever its potential competition is and they like the release date, that's when its coming out.
WB wouldn’t care. I think Ghostbusters should’ve recognized the competition for the same market and moved.
There is a perception on the draw of films too. Recently noticed that Planet of the Apes moved from Memorial Day weekend to May 10th. Furiosa is also opening Memorial Day weekend. This way PotA gets a two week breathing space before Furiosa rather than competing with it. Going after Furiosa puts it smack dab in June and even stiffer competition.
Anyone remember Dan's King Of The Monsters box office rant on honest trailer commentaries? Good times.
Dan, I want to see Megalopolis here in North Carolina, no matter how crazy it is. Do you think it will get a wide release?
So much *better, authentic, real and genuine* than *Grace Randolph's* nonsensical biased loudmouthed box office videos. Bless you *Dan Murrell.*
She is stupid and so annoying
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Idk if it’s asking for a lot of work or not considering the delay of info, but I’d be curious to here a “cumulative worldwide opening weekend” where opening weekend in China+other countries are added up posthumously. Thought of this during the Dune v Godzilla analysis today. Thanks Dan!
Wait, are you kidding me?! "Chantal im Märchenland" is so popular, it gets mentioned on Charts with Dan?!
I've seen the trailer and it was, without a doubt, one of the absolute greatest PoS trailers I've seen in years. It's beyond cringy and I hate that my fellow German movie goers even put up with this at all, let alone reward this idiocy with millions of dollars.
Yesterday's ranking video was awesome -- definitely worth watching. If you do any other retrospectives like that though, please include where the movie is available (trying to dig out some of that and it's death by searching)
I have a playlist of only Ranked videos
@@DanMurrellMoviesOMG YES! Thank you! My Godzilla knowledge is really limited to recent ones but want to binge your top 10s from yesterday. Thank you!
Ready for the breakdown and the next Monsterverse movie!
Obviously, moviegoers decided to spend the weekend prepping for this week's Dan Murrell Kong and Godzilla movie ranking video.
Yea yea, great job on the numbers but that GODZILLA KONG video, *BANGA*
Can not recommend enough!
Yes! I'm currently reading the book for someone like you excited for the movie releasing this week in theaters romance and religion faith-based movies like Christianity is becoming more prevalence in the mainstream❤
Sony has had a rough 1st half of 2024. They completely bumbled the release schedule with their two big movies. Madame Web was a January movie. Ghostbusters Frozen Empire was a mid February movie. I loved Afterlife but Frozen Empire was “its fine” level. Nothing bad or special.
what were you doing in the amazon with constance webb.
I was studying spiders with her mom right before she died.
@@DanMurrellMoviesBut was it Morbin' time?
Monkey Man looks epic. Wasn't there a Hanuman movie recently too?
Probably won't give it a serious worldwide take boost from Japan but GxK doesn't open there til April 26th I think. This weekend will be a good tell if it can come close to the 200 million domestic take. Hopefully it doesn't drop more than 50%
I think it will close around 175: the Friday to Sunday drop in its opening weekend was pretty strong, which means it's a quite frontloaded movie, so I would expect at least a 60% drop next weekend. But I hope it can reach 200 million!
@@crestedargo4663 dont forget it was Easter Sunday so maybe that stopped people from going.
@@beezer5623 That's possible! However, even the Friday to Saturday hold was not extraordinary. Maybe, because of Easter, I will give it a 185 million final total in the US, instead of my previous 175 😅
@@crestedargo4663 let’s hope. The more the better chances we keep getting more content. 😁
@@crestedargo4663 It just CRUSHED it on Monday. Just checked the dailies on boxofficemojo. it did 7.7 million on Monday. that is awesome numbers.
Good points of the box office performance Dan!
I can’t believe this guy thinks Kong X Godzilla owes Godzilla Minus 1 $50 million from its opening weekend! th-cam.com/video/gLJcIdcydNc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=t7hN38LwCX_6Eo-E
Oppenheimer just opened in Japan though. So it seems too early to discuss closing for it
Dan means that it has closed in the US. Moreover, last weekend Oppenheimer made only 2,57 million in Japan; usually movies have great legs there, but I don't see it making more than 12-15 million, so maximum 974-977 worldwide and 4 to 6 millions more in profit
I love your Bucee stuffie on your shelf. From North Texas and Bucee's are super popular
Buc-ee's is essential when I'm driving to review a movie. Candied pecans are a must and sometimes brisket sandwiches are necessary!
I guess Dan hadn't escaped The American Society of Magical...
while i love watching a new movie every weekend i thought studios would've learned their lesson from crowding march then there's almost nothing in april like why do studios hate april so much lol so much money to be made from the lack of competition, is it a spring break thing
Last April was the crowded month for me. This year March is the more crowded, though if the releases are not too limited, I am probably getting in 15-16 films in April. It is getting padded out with re-releases of older films. April till early May there are a bunch of Nolan films getting limited releases.
I feel like the keep making Ghostbusters stuff to sell merchandise. I don't have the numbers just a theory. Ghostbuster is one of my fav movies but man do I wish they made a tv show that was like a cross between Supernatural and the animated show. These new movies are just okay. The most supernatural thing in Afterlife was a Walmart that looked clean.
Also, I heard that one Sunday Late Night with the Devil made 666,666 in gross but I'm not sure if that is just internet rumor.
Nolan making $85mil for one movie is INSANE
That’s the value of taking big swings and cultivating a reputation for craftsmanship. It also helps that he wears so many hats along with Emma Thomas.
Nolan's next movie will be a documentary where he hires some ex-cons to try to break into his house and steal all that money, while Tom Hardy and Christian Bale try to stop them.
@@KeithFraser82 I'm in
didn't Oppenheimer just open in Japan? I know this because SNL made a joke about it.
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