All of this was a big gamble. Heck, it was an even bigger gamble than "Godzilla 2014" (and that itself was a risk). Plus, the added fact that Thomas Tull had stepped down from Legendary, thus, if Kong was a wash (like "The Great Wall"), the talk was that the plug was going to be pulled on this "Monsterverse". I always believe that this universe was going to move forward regardless, with the only question being, how much will this Chinese group invest in it?
Well, it looks like this movie has paid off handsomely. I've sometimes have questioned his motives, but I gotta give kudos to Thomas Tull. Yes, some out there will still gripe that domestically, it did not make the $185 price tag it took to make this film, but the whole game has changed, and the U.S. has become one piece of the pie, a desert that is now shared by several others.
On another note, in seeing ESPN and watching the Chicago Cubs raising their World Series banner, I would like to think that somehow, Hank Marlow lived long enough to see that come to fruition. Warner Brothers and Legendary should have sent John C. Reilly to Wrigley Field just for the fun of it! (and not a bad promo either!).