The Michael Dougherty-directed sequel to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla opened with a frankly disappointing $49 million weekend. The LEGO Movie opened with $69 million in early 2014 before legging it to $259 million domestic. Look, when a $160 million monster movie earns $200 million domestic and $529 million worldwide, you make a sequel. Whether that’s in tune with the franchise, the last flick earned $200 million domestic from a $93 million opening (a terrible 2.15x multiplier). That said, even legs like Kong: Skull Island ($168 million from a $61 million debut) gets this one to just $135 million domestic.

Source: Forbes June 02, 2019 14:52 UTC