Godzilla 2014 may be a BoxOffice flop

Please explain what the hell you're talking about? Godzilla has a lot.. a lot of hype, and there is not even a official trailer released on TV yet.

"the damage has been done."?! WHAT KIND OF NEGATIVE TALKING IS THAT?! There hasn't been any damage done to this film, it just starts its marketing like any other big budget film would. I remember the 2005 King Kong film starting it's marketing in December of 2004, and Pacific Rim's marketing did the same thing in 2012, so this isn't any different. You are apparently confusing the difference between movie marketing and how a movie is executed, depenging on what direction the director is going for. Big budget films ALWAYS makes their first trailer debut in December, and I'd be lying if I didn't say I sorta knew Godzilla was going to make his first trailer debut in December. But overall, no damage hasn't been done to the movie, it's just all the false speculations that made you think like this.

I dont think it will be a flop - but its also not going to be close to the big hit of the year either. It's got a decent amount of competition around the time it comes out - and I dont thinka lot of parents are going to be taking young children to this after they see the trailers lol. All of that is fine by me. As long as it does well enough for a sequel to be greenlit immediately, I dont care if it does just ok.

Im actually proud of Legendary - if they only cared about making the most money possible, this would be a very different movie...maybe they would have showed some chick with big boobs washing a car in the trailer (*ahem Transformers) and thrown a few big name (but not necessarily talented) actors into the film. So many movies nowadays feel focus group tested. This Godzilla is going to be something different-which means its a little bit of a risk. But if its as good as it looks - word of mouth will carry it and it will do just fine.

I dont think so, I think it will do really well. They did an excellent job of casting this movie. Brian Cranston just won the Grammy for best actor in a TV show people totally adored. So that will bring in a ton of viewers who may not know Godzilla but will be enticed because of him.

It will be hyped to high heaven I think and for good reason it looks ah-mazing. I wasn't a fan before, now I am after seeing this level of actor choices, the gorgeous effects and the care that the people making the movie put into it, it all looks fantastic and I can safely tell you other people I know who would normally not be stoked to see it are now too. This movie is special people can feel that, it's gonna be big.

People want to see the classics done well, I know a lot of older people that didn't watch the newer Godzilla movies because they thought they got stupid. Seeing this new version, they are excited to see Godzilla again.

I think a different movie may do more damage to this movies succsess, one word.....

Of course this movie could flop. But there's no evidence in the first post that supports that possibility, especially in relation to Cloverfield. Cloverfield did well both domestically and worldwide for a 1st quarter movie. It made its budget back seven times over.

If pacific rim showed us anything no matter how good a movie is it will be beaten out by movies around it if they have a bigger name associated with it(I don't think any1 would say Grown Ups 2 is better than Pacific Rim, actually is was almost universally hated but it did better than Pacific rim in the box office) So Godzilla has 1 week to itself before X men comes out the week after and kills a huge amount of its potential audience.

Godzilla is known worldwide, it's been around longer than probably most of our life-times. I seriously don't think it'll be a flop. Cloverfield was an only movie and it still did rather well and that was based of the point of view of a camera guy.. Imagine what Godzilla will do, fighting monsters, destroying the cities, realisim. I don't think this movie will be a flop, and if you think so, well I feel bad for you man

TO FLOP OR NOT TO FLOP...It's always the predicament of all movies...but to say immediately assume a movie would flop because of the difference in the marketing in countries isn't really so valid....

I mean seriously, look at the kind of trailer this movie had...when was the last time a similar trailer, which focused on the tone of the film but didn't reveal the most delicious things in from the film just to get people interested...it did so kinda like poetry.

This movie has been long in the making and wasn't rushed, they also have talented people, fans even, that were in its making, TOHO even had their say. People also know about how different this movie feels like, and lastly, Godzilla's a huge name.

This article was just posted and the godzilla section is pretty relevant to this thread.

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/movie-franchises/232241/the-12-potential-movie-franchise-starters-of-2014

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This is godzilla we are talking about not clover before that movie we did not even know what clover was now godzilla has been an icon for 50 years he will be fine

Yeah because, you know, a movie titled "Cloverfield" that was critically acclaimed (77% on Rotten Tomatoes), was produced on $25 million and ends up grossing $170 million can be considered a total flop.

I thought a movie that ends up gaining almost 7 times its original budget at the box office and that gets praised by critics such as Roger Ebert could be considered a success but yeah, lets screw logic. Cloverfield was a total flop!!! Why?! Well just because, according to fanboys, he is not Godzilla.

Yeah, I like where this fanbase is going :/

^I can attest that it's mostly been that way since I've interacted with it in 1997...

Although i agree that the marketing team isnt doing their job well..It's like they're sleeping on the job..But i dont think this movie gonna flop..Not very succesful,yes maybe in US,but flop like percy jackson,inkheart,ghost rider..I think not..Moviegoers isnt just North America you know? in Indonesia they're looking forward on Godzilla more than Transformers..Which kinda sad,since i happen to like transformers also

If GODZILLA2014 does better than PACIFIC RIM i'll be happy not that i dont think PR did well it did great and its getting a sequel

Godzilla 1998 was a box office sucess and that was a piece of garbage. This movie is also one of the most anticipated films of the year. I'm sure it will be a box office sucess.

@VARAN42 But unlike that Zilla '98 movie, which turned out to be garbage anyways, this movie will be the oppisite, it'll be successful at the box office, and it will have a POSITIVE reception.