Image: In 2014, Godzilla took US$201m in the US market, and US$78m in China, proving a common fascination for destructive reptiles.
The 2014 Godzilla was made under a co-financing and co-production deal between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, after they bought the rights from Toho who turned the city-smashing brute into a franchise with over thirty films. The saga of Godzilla in popular culture serves to illustrate that the relationship between East and West is much more complex than the ‘Hollywood Rools’ story we tend to believe.
