Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is the 5th film in the MonsterVerse series that released on March 29th, 2024 in theaters worldwide. The Kaiju movie follows Godzilla and Kong as they reunite to fight an unknown threat hidden within the Earth that poses grave danger to humans and Titans alike.
The film also introduces pivotal characters like Skar King, Suko, and Shimo to the MonsterVerse. While the action thriller is receiving mixed responses especially from many critics who don’t seem too impressed, the narrative seems to have struck a chord with fans across the world. The film’s CinemaScore rating after the opening weekend is proof of this.
Fans Seem To Dig Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Judging By Its CinemaScore Rating
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, which is the 5th film in the MonsterVerse series, released this weekend worldwide. The film sees the two central characters Godzilla and Kong joining forces to save the human race and themselves from a dangerous hidden threat. The action thriller opened to varying responses especially from critics, with many experts feeling that the narrative had too much going on while being underwhelming at the same time.
Despite these negative views, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire looks to have impressed viewers and MonsterVerse fans across the world. The film received an A- rating on CinemaScore, a platform which surveys movie goers and gauges the theatrical appeal of films that is then converted into a grade.
This is the second highest rating for a MonsterVerse film with 2021’s Godzilla Vs Kong getting a grade of A in CinemaScore . Netizens took to social media following this achievement and were pleased to know that the film was a hit with audiences.
It seems overall people love it (this score shows). Yet all I'm seeing is the negative from half-wit critics being mentioned.
— Gamer Gone 🎮 (@gamergdotone) March 30, 2024
Color Me impressed. I'm glad people are enjoying it
— Matt Jarbo (@mjarbo) March 30, 2024
all good. Not far to A+. Should be possible by the end of the weekend.🤔😍
— ZoomSRT89 (@55STat) March 30, 2024
A rock solid B+, but when factoring in that my expectations were a bit lower, and it blew the roof off of them, I'm willing to say A-.
Live Tweeted prob 30x while watching so I sure as hell must have liked it 😂
great direction, score, and CG
— Archduke 🇫🇷 (@The_Collins07) March 30, 2024
looks awesome.
— AlwaysKnocking (@AlwaysKnocking) March 30, 2024
Bashing the Box Office,will be in the Top-3 Hollywood Grossers
— ɢ ᴇ ɴ ɪ ᴇ 🧞 (@thetweeter_X) March 30, 2024
In addition, the film received film received a 55% critic score and a 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes which further proves that viewers across the world are lapping it up.
How Godzilla Minus One Conquered the Box Office
While the MonsterVerse film series is expanding and gaining commercial success, Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One was a favorite among critics and went all the way to the Oscars to win the golden statuette for Best Visual Effects. Set in post-war Japan, the film took the original Japanese Kaiju film genre and expertly reinvented it for the modern palette.
Along with stunning special effects that were also extremely realistic, the film also benefitted from a powerful story that featured a world thrown into further chaos after being ravaged by war. While previous Godzilla films used formidable artillery to fight the monster and its tribe, Yamazaki’s film relied on people and their intellect to ultimately conquer their nemesis.
This is where the human element in the film came to the fore. According to Yamazaki in an interview with Vulture, this aspect made it stand apart from the other films in the franchise and gave it a unique niche.
“Once you have Godzilla fighting any kaiju, the human story ends up taking a backseat. It’s great to have Godzilla fighting whoever, but my personal challenge would be to resolve that balance. The kaiju can battle, but the human story needs to be there.”
As it turned out, Godzilla Minus One also became a huge success at the box office apart from gaining massive critical acclaim.
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is currently running in theaters.
