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| Above, the Godzilla statue in Tokyo's Hibiya district. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Godzilla has made $25,634,942* in Japan as of August 17. This is in stark contrast to Toho Co., Ltd.'s last Godzilla outing in 2004, Godzilla Final Wars.
It is estimated that Toho spent $20 million on Godzilla Final Wars. However, it only made an unprofitable $12 million at the Japanese box office. Small wonder why Toho decided to put Godzilla into retirement for ten years.
While I was entertained by Godzilla Final Wars, fan reaction to the movie was mixed. To me, it was a welcome departure from the prior two Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla movies in which those movies centered on characters dealing with varying degrees of emotional problems and personal issues. It would have been more logical for them to visit their local psychologists instead of running around fighting Godzilla. Plus, I found them duller-than-dishwater with nothing much to pique my interest.
Unfortunately, it has been announced that the sequel to Godzilla has been bumped up to 2018. I shudder to think of how old I'll be when it finally hits theaters.
We can look forward to the DVD/Blu-ray release of Godzilla in a month or so to help tide us over.
*According to Box Office Mojo.
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