These numbers are fantastic. Godzilla appears to be a shoe in to surpass half a billion dollars in theatres.
Lets see if it can eclipse King Kong to become the 3rd highest grossing creature feature film of all time:
http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/? ... eature.htmFor its 4 week total domestically its surpassed Kong, only thing is Kong Was making over a million for about 10 weeks straight, and I'd be surprised if Godzilla has as long of a theatrical run in a blockbuster season.
Jurassic Park (which made over a billion worldwide) and probably the lost world (which made 228 domestically and a 618 million worldwide) are out of reach. But its beaten JPIII, Gremlins, GINO, Super8, Pacific Rim, Aliens, Congo, AvP, and Cloverfield among others. I wonder if it can stay in that spot after Jurassic World comes out next year?
For Disaster Films I imagine it will overtake Armageddon and World War Z's domestic totals to become the 6th ranked of all time (though reaching War of the Worlds, Twister, Gravity and ID4 seems unrealistic)
http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=disaster.htmThough if it somehow makes approx 0.6 billion it would surpass WotW and Twister worldwide and north of that and it can take out Lost World's worldwide. It could easily become the number 2 CGI star film worldwide if not domestically behind avatar
http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=cgistar.htm (it's already in 5th worldwide, though thats probably only because they dont count Transformers as one)
Also its in first for Asian Remakes, Foreign Remakes and 3rd for Sci Fi Remakes, behind WotW (which it could surpass) and I am Legend (which no one realized was a remake).
For films of this genre these numbers are nothing to scoff at. Fans concerned about box office success should feel pleased.