“Cheapest monsterverse movie to date”: Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’s VFX Looks Even More Impressive After Fans Learn About Its Modest $135 Million Production Budget
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is the fifth movie in the Monsterverse. After the commercial success of 2021’s Godzilla Vs Kong, the production of the second chapter was announced back in March 2022. As Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is gradually inching towards its theatrical release fans cannot contain their excitement.
However, with a production budget of $135 million, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is one of the cheapest movies in the Monsterverse.
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Becomes The Cheapest Monsterverse Movie With A $135 Million Production Budget
Warner Bros collaborated with Legendary back in 2021 for Godzilla Vs Kong. With a production budget of $155 million, Godzilla Vs Kong earned a box office collection of $470.1 million. The phenomenal success of the first installment of the Godzilla Vs Kong franchise went on to pave the path for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. According to the reputed media outlet Deadline, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’s production budget is the lowest in comparison to all the Monsterverse projects. A post on X mentioned-
‘GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE’ had a net budget of $135M.
The cheapest MonsterVerse movie to date.
(Via: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/Ui4YCadVTH
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) March 27, 2024
According to Deadline, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is 75% funded by Lengendary and 25% by Warner Bros. The cast of the upcoming movie includes Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Rachel House, Brian Tyree Henry, and Fala Chen. The plot of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire revolves around Kong and Godzilla coming together against a mysterious threat Hollow Earth and the untold origin of the Skull Island and the Titans.
As reported by The New York Times, Godzilla vs. Kong was made on a production budget of $155 million, whereas Godzilla’s production budget was around $160 million, and Kong: The Skull Island was developed on a production budget of $185 million. Godzilla: King of the Monsters production budget ranged from $170 million to $200 million. In comparison to all four installments from the franchise, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is made on the lowest budget.
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Director Adam Wingard On The Possibility Of The Third Film
During the premiere of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, director Adam Wingard spoke about the possibility of the third installment to complete the MonsterVerse trilogy. As reported by Deadline, Wingard said that the development of the third chapter depends upon the success of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. He said-
“Only time will tell. I think the seductive thing as a filmmaker when you’ve done two movies is to complete it as this trilogy — that’s always what everybody expects.”
He further continued to say-
“We’ll see. It really depends on how the movie does. I think that there’s a lot of really cool ideas we have [about] where we would go with it. I’m open to it and excited for what the future brings.”
“I’m open to it and excited what the future brings”: #GodzillaXKong director Adam Wingard on making a third film to complete his MonsterVerse trilogy pic.twitter.com/tT0JJv7zIX
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 26, 2024
While talking about the upcoming project, Wingard revealed his obsession with monster movies. He said-
“Ever since I was a little kid, I was obsessed with monster movies, and when you watch monster movies as kids your imagination is still kind of interfacing with the film itself. So you understand all the dialogues of the monsters in a way that nay be you wouldn’t as an adult, but I remember trying to retain all these these thoughts and ideas that I had, because when it came time to do my own MonsterVerse movie, especially my second one I knew that I needed to stylistically do something I’d never seen before, which was tell a film from that monster POV that I’d always wanted to see,”
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire marks the reunion of Adam Wingard and Dan Stevens who had collaborated on the action-horror movie The Guest in 2014.
