MCD2: Movie Chart Discussion - Crafting Success

[prinnysquad]

Relating to our Godzilla discussion, I just finished a book on the history of Godzilla movies and one thing that genuinely surprised me was how poor they have performed generally in Japan. The originals in the late 50s and early 60s did well and, since then, Godzilla has struggled badly only being revitalised a couple of times after that for one off movies without being able to build on that each time. The films were doing worse and worse through the Millennium era which led to Final Wars and the odd move of doubling the budget. In spite of the publicity of being the last one and featuring a crazy amount of monsters, it made only half its budget back in the cinema performing no better than the previous films. So even in Japan, Godzilla appears to be pretty niche.

Another oddity is how they got bundled there as a double bill with animated films such as the Hamtaro films. While the 70s movies are clearly children’s films, the later ones don’t quite seem to fit. Anyway, I came away thinking that, outside of the core fans who will see them all (*raises hand*), Toho have struggled to find what to do with Godzilla.

Which book is that, DT?

[Dogg Thang]

Which book is that, DT?

It’s called A Critical History And Filmography Of Toho’s Godzilla Series by David Kalat. Not the most fun sounding title and it’s all text so no cool pictures but it’s a really informative history of the series with loads of stuff I didn’t know before. It goes through every film in the series up to Final Wars. As a result, it can’t go too deeply into any one of them but it still manages to drop some interesting nuggets about most of them.

[prinnysquad]

Ah! I have seen that, but never bought it. I’ve several kaiju and Godzilla books but certain ones have eluded either my wallet or priorities. One is this, another is the August Ragone book on Tsuburaya.

[Dogg Thang]

I really want to pick up some with good pictures but, yeah, my wallet wouldn’t thank me. Toho have ones about each monster that I’d love to get but I’d never stop buying them.

[prinnysquad]

I know not of these??

[Dogg Thang]

I know not of these??

It’s the Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book series. Someone linked me to the whole list on their store but I can’t find the link and I can’t navigate to the list because I don’t know Japanese but here is one of them: https://godzilla.store/shop/g/gGSG0620039/ The rest are all on the same site and there are a whole load of them.

Edit: oh wait, that seems to be the whole lot of them on the right of that page! Jet Jaguar is sold out!

[prinnysquad]

They look great! I’ll keep my eye open for them.

[QualityChimp]

Which bast bought all the Jet Jaguar books?!

Might settle with the Mechagodzilla 1974 one, though.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spidermanhomecoming2.htm

Big bonanza second weekend for Spider-Man: Far From Home which rose all the way up to a worldwide total of $847m. It's closing in fast on its predecessor.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pixar2017.htm

Whilst Toy Story 4 maintained its runner up position and now stands on $770m worldwide

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newlinehorrorfilm2019.htm

Annabelle Comes Home enjoyed a steady rise also, now up to $173m worldwide though it still has a fair way to go to beat any other CCU entry

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disneyfairytale22019.htm

Aladdin is now on $960m worldwide, closing in on that $1bn club title which seems to be about a fortnight away

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel2019.htm

Avengers: Endgame is now on $2,780.8bn worldwide - now a mere $7.1m from defeating Avatar


This week the biggest impact on the charts will be the release of The Lion King which is expected to have a reasonable landing

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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

Avengers: Endgame weekend final results see's it tighten its belt and suck up its gut to squeeze into being now just $6.8m short of taking down Avatar

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel2019.htm

Avengers: Endgame goes into its next weekend with just $5.7m left to go

[Dogg Thang]

Well you can’t say they didn’t work for it but, apparently, Endgame has done it and managed to beat Avatar. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/a...rV5da6qPzpiNHY

[Neon Ignition]

I like how Disney released updated figures for Avatar as well, just to make sure Endgame's win was undisputed

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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lionkingliveaction.htm

Defying weak reviews, The Lion King opened to a record domestic opening and a global haul of $531m

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disneyfairytale22019.htm

Stablemate Aladdin powers on too, now reaching $988m worldwide

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spidermanhomecoming2.htm

Now the most successful entry into the franchise ever, Spider-Man: Far From Home is on $970m but reportedly international figures from this weekend are slow coming in so this is expected to revise upwards.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pixar2017.htm

Unfazed by the King, Toy Story 4 continued to power onward and is now on $859m worldwide. This post so far showcasing the sheer dominance Disney has at the box office.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitleddannyboyle.htm

Danny Boyle's Yesterday is now on $98m worldwide and has largely come to a halt so will stop just past the $100m marker.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newlinehorrorfilm2019.htm

Annabelle Comes Home is now on $196m worldwide.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

Not often there's a ten years later update but Disney was keen to provide one for Avatar that shows its global haul is now on $2,789.7bn worldwide as it now stands as the second highest grossing film ever.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel2019.htm

And then, the new king and the one likely to remain that for the longterm foreseeable future. Avengers: Endgame's new tally is $2,790.2bn making the new question whether it can breach $2.8bn

This weeks release is Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lionkingliveaction.htm

The Lion King held onto its throne and in its second weekend is already on a massive $962m worldwide. The bad news? The figure is actually lower than expected because ticket sales didn't hold up as much as expected in the second week frame. In any case it's a clear win for the studio again even if the legs fall out fast on the way to $1.5bn

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledtarantino.htm

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opened to $40m which is Tarantino's biggest opening ever, coming from solely the US release.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spidermanhomecoming2.htm

Now slowing down, Spider-Man: Far From Home none the less performed well in its fourth week and entered the $1bn club for the first time in franchise history, now sitting on $1,036bn

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pixar2017.htm

Toy Story 4 is proving to be a proven winner also as part of Disney's dominance. The sequel is now on $917m worldwide and climbing, $150m behind the third and most successful entry.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disneyfairytale22019.htm

Hitting its final weeks of release, Aladdin finally broke the $1bn mark also coming in at $1,009bn

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel2019.htm

Finally, Avengers: Endgame continues its move upwards sliding slowly up to $2,793bn


This week see's the opening of Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw