1. You Need To
Pacific Rim was a massive gamble for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., and everyone knows that. Thats why the marketing has been so dominant. This past weekend in the American box-office, Adam Sandlers
Grown Ups 2 toppled
Pacific Rims opening weekend gross of $38 million, whereas
Grown Ups 2 raked in a strong $42.5 million. There is something inherently wrong with those numbers. A movie with such heart, imagination and care needs to become the highest grossing movie of the year. Internationally,
Pacific Rim hasnt been struggling too badly, with a worldwide gross of $102 million to date, and it has yet to be released in Japan. Nonetheless, for a summer blockbuster, it needs to rake in more money. If
Pacific Rim does finally become a smash-hit whether it is from DVD or Blu-ray sales director del Toro will finally be able to produce
Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecrafts lauded novella. It is essentially del Toros dream project, and he is the perfect candidate to adapt such a story. Just imagine
Pans Labyrinth, but with Chtulhu. Hopefully, with the release of
Pacific Rim, and Legendary Pictures 2014
Godzilla reboot, it may even jump-start a new genre of monster movies, which will finally cleanse our minds of Roland Emmerichs appalling Zilla film (about time, really). Del Toro has already stated that he already has plans for a sequel, which may consist of hybridisations of Kaiju and Jaeger. Does all of this sound enticing? Well, if it does, go and buy a ticket for
Pacific Rim right now. Even if youve already watched it. We cannot have
Grown Ups 2 outperform such an imaginative, engaging and entertaining summer blockbuster. You owe it to yourself to watch
Pacific Rim.