It broke several pandemic box office records, and grossed over $470 million worldwide, against a production budget between $155–200 million and a break-even point of $330 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2021. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the visual effects and action sequences, but criticism towards the human characters. Kong was theatrically released internationally on March 24, 2021, and in the United States on March 31, where it was also released on HBO Max simultaneously.
Principal photography began in November 2018 in Hawaii, Australia, and Hong Kong, and wrapped in April 2019.Īfter being delayed from a November 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Godzilla vs. The film's writers room was assembled in March 2017, and Wingard was announced as the director in May 2017.
The project was announced in October 2015 when Legendary Pictures declared plans for a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong. In the film, Kong clashes with Godzilla as humans lure the ape into the Hollow Earth to retrieve a power source for a secret weapon to stop Godzilla's mysterious rampages. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir. A sequel to Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), it is the fourth film in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, the 36th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 12th film in the King Kong franchise, and the fourth Godzilla film to be completely produced by an American film studio. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard.
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