‘Pacific Rim 2’ Still A Possibility; Original Outgrossed Superman, Batman And X-Men
Pacific Rim 2might still happen, according to Legendary Pictures CEOThomas Tull. In a new interview, the film’s producer pointed out despite a general malaise surrounding the film in the United States, it did incredibly well internationally and has been a bigger-than-expected hit on home video and with merchandise. Tull says talks with directorGuillermo del Torowill happen soon to figure out the fate of the film.
Below, read Tull’s quote aboutPacific Rim 2which includes an incredible list of films the original outgrossed.
Tull spoke toColliderabout Legendary’s other big monster movie,Godzilla, and was asked aboutPacific Rim 2:
We love being in business with Guillermo and frankly that movie, if you look it up, did I think more business than the first X-Men, did more than Batman Begins, our first movie, did more than Superman Returns, The Fast and the Furious, Star Trek- so for a movie that was an original property that we made up it’s done really well. It did north of 400 million dollars globally and both the home video sales and the merchandise have way over-indexed, so it seems like fans really loved the world. So we’re going to sit down with Guillermo and as long as we think it’s authentic and there’s something to say, we’re certainly open to it.
I know what you’re thinking. “That can’t be right. There’s no wayPacific Rimoutgrossed all those films.” Well, it’s true. Granted, it’s the newest of the bunch, which means ticket prices were higher. Plus it was in 3D and IMAX. But either way, on a worldwide scale, according toBox Office Mojo,those movies rank like this:
Every single one of those movies got sequels, and each sequel was a bigger hit than the original (Superman Returnsdidn’t, but I’m cheating and countingMan of Steel). In some cases, the grosses doubled, tripled or quadrupled the gross of the original film. MaybePacific Rim 2can do something similar.
Guillermo del Toro is currently filmingCrimson Peakwhich doesn’t come out until late 2015. So, best case scenario,Pacific Rim 2wouldn’t start lensing until then. And we all know best case scenarios never happen in Hollywood. For fans, it’s just nice to knowPacific Rim 2hasn’t been totally forgotten.
Read some rumors about the filmat this link. Do you thinkPacific Rim 2is going to happen?
