After its fifth weekend in world theaters, “Kong: Skull Island” was almost knocked out of the top 5 film dominates the global box office. After the last 3 weekends, the film earned an additional 16 million USD. Up to now, “Kong” has achieved sales of 534 4 million USD from the global box office, which is an ideal revenue level compared to initial assessments.
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Currently the films dominating the world box office are “Ghost in the Shell” (Ghost in the Shell – grossing 41,3 million). USD after 3 weekends) “The Boss Baby” (collected 37 5 million USD) “Beauty and the Beast” (earned 36 1 million USD) “Smurfs: The Lost Village” (Smurfs: The mysterious village – grossed 22 million USD) and “Kong: Skull Island” (Kong: Skull Island) “pinned” at 5th place with 16 million USD.
At the North American box office, “Kong” even dropped to 7th place when it earned 5.8 million USD after the weekend. Next week, the blockbuster about supercars and speed – “The Fate of the Furious” – will hit theaters worldwide including the Chinese box office – the market that has helped “Kong” a lot in reaching its ideal revenue milestone. thought.
“The Fate of the Furious” is the 8th film of the “The Fast & the Furious” series. All news pages cinema all believe that when the movie comes out, the “shadow” threatens to cover all other movies because at this time the attraction of the supercar movie – the speed is expected to be superior. superior to all other films.
About “Kong”, the movie has reached the sales milestone of 500 million USD since last Thursday after the last 3 days The total weekly revenue from the world box office reached 534 4 million USD. Of this ideal revenue figure, 377,8 million USD comes from the world box office, the rest comes from the North American film market. Among the Chinese film market segments is the “promised land” of King Kong.
The film has had two weekends dominating the Chinese box office since its release in this country’s theaters on the 24th. /3. By the end of the third week, “Kong” fell to second place to make room for “Ghost in the Shell. So “Kong” was released in 68 cinema markets, shown on 12,313 big screens and achieved a perfect ending.
In the world’s second largest film market, “Kong” has surpassed the box office revenue mark of 1 billion yuan and is currently at 111 billion yuan (equivalent to 161 million USD after 17 days of release in theaters in China). This number surpasses the sales that “Kong” earned from the North American film market (the North American market brought in “Kong” 156,5 million USD).
In addition, 4 markets Other important markets for “Kong” include England (bringing 18 6 million USD to the beast), Mexico (13 9 million USD), Japan (13 8 million USD) and South Korea (12 1 million USD).</p >
After witnessing the ideal revenue that “Kong” achieved, movie news sites all agreed that King Kong is still a formidable monster of the world’s silver screen. The only films with sales of more than 500 million USD in 2017 so far include “Beauty and the Beast” (currently at 977 4 million USD), “Logan” (596 6 million USD) and “Kong”. “.
Director “Kong” – Jordan Vogt-Roberts – posted a thank you message on his Instagram account to all the audiences who watched and supported the film, helping it reach sales milestones. 500 million USD special Jordan emphasized his thanks to the Vietnamese audience.
“Kong: Skull Island” is the second largest budget monster movie The two were co-produced by Legendary and Warner Bros in the series of films about the monster universe “MonsterVerse” after “Godzilla” (2014) – the film that grossed 529 million USD. “Godzilla 2” is expected to hit theaters worldwide on March 22, 2019 and “Gozilla vs. Kong” hits theaters on May 21, 2020.
While the film continues to play at the world box office and collects the last “catch”, the production crew of “Kong” now has can breathe a sigh of relief because the film’s revenue has caught up with the revenue of “Godzilla” (2014) – 527 million USD, although it is unlikely that “Kong” will accompany “King Kong” (2005) – revenue 550 million USD.
Forbes estimates that the “Kong” effect lasts beyond the box office despite the fierce competition between blockbusters, showing that audiences really like “Kong”. more important than box office sales because currently the next King Kong movies about Godzilla and the battle of these two monsters are planned by Legendary.
Special behind-the-scenes clip about the filming process of “Kong: Skull Island” in Vietnam
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The film crew of “Kong: Skull Island” talks about Vietnam
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Bich Ngoc
According toVariety/Deadline
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