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Pictures  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 18, 2014 4:32 PM UTC A massive radioactive monster unleashed an equally massive box-office victory this weekend as _Godzilla_ claimed the top spot with a $93.2 million haul, per data from Box Office Mojo. The mega monster reboot, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, stomped all over the expectations of industry analysts, who predicted the film would only make about $70 million, _USA Today_ [reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/05/18/godzilla-million-dollar-arm-box-office/9242945/). _Godzilla’_s debut is the biggest opening weekend ever from a [monster movie](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=creaturefeature.htm), according to Box Office Mojo_,_ though [The Wrap](http://www.thewrap.com/godzilla-breathes-93-million-atomic-heat-at-box-office/) notes such a designation can be tricky to define. There’s one foe Godzilla can’t seem to squash, however — _Captain America: The Winter Solider_ barely held on to its title as 2014’s king of the opening weekends after making $95 million on release last month. ## Transcript [00:00] Now I realize not all of you have had hands on [00:04] experience. And frankly, [00:09] none of us have ever faced a situation quite like this [00:12] one before. I think probably. Probably one of the [00:18] most recognizable characters that the whole world [00:20] would spot is Godzilla. Like, that silhouette is in all [00:24] popular culture and it doesn't even matter if you've [00:26] ever seen the movie or not. Everybody sees that thing [00:29] that looks like a giant dinosaur over a city and they just [00:33] know it's Godzilla. And they can't really tell you much [00:35] more beyond that. Take five. [ UNKNOWN ] and [00:39] he hits the roof and [00:44] break. Stop. As amazing as it is to see these, [00:48] this, this spectacle and all the epic imagery that comes [00:52] with a film like this. It kind of means nothing [00:56] if you don't care about the characters that it's affecting, [00:58] and. And so, it was really important to us, that, there's, [01:02] as well as like, being afraid and the suspense of the [01:06] movie, like emotion. I wanted you to actual feel [01:09] something and thankfully, like everybody, all my [01:12] favorite people I've ever wanted to work with, [01:14] managed to get them. They're all secret, Godzilla fans [01:16] I found out. I grew up loving Godzilla. That's [01:21] partly why I'm doing this movie, is because I was so [01:23] enamored with Godzilla. And I think why [01:28] [ LAUGH ], logic of a boy, is that Godzilla didn't [01:32] apologize for anything. [ LAUGH ] He just destroyed [01:35] everything in his wake. And that was. That was so boy [01:40] you know, [ NOISE ] crush everything. Joe is, is [01:44] very, very good at his work and he sees an anomaly in, [01:48] in some sound patterns that others are trying to, [01:53] to write off as earthquakes or something. And [01:57] what I'm looking at. The data doesn't support that. I [02:00] want my son, and I want my bag and I want my discs [02:02] and I want to talk to somebody who's in charge here. [02:05] Alright? Mr. Brody. No, No. I'm not talking to you. I [02:08] think it's really hard to define why Godzilla stood the [02:10] test of time. There's many many answers, and I think [02:13] that. For millions of years we lived, you know, amongst [02:16] nature. And there was always this threat of an animal [02:17] was going to come and attack us everyday. And now [02:20] we live in the modern world and we've pushed nature [02:22] away and we've got giant houses. Still in built in us is [02:26] this expectation that the animal's gonna come. I think [02:29] for that reason it taps into something that just feels [02:31] right. You kind of expect it, like of course, of course, [02:33] Godzilla was gonna come. I knew it. Deep down, I [02:35] always knew he was coming. And I'm not lower [02:37] because we'll be tilting this, this guy will come into the [02:39] frame kind of thing behind it there. The first time I saw [02:42] Godzilla I was both afraid of and drawn to [02:46] him as a character and I loved his devil may care [02:49] attitude. And he has he's been created, [02:53] he's been created out of mistakes that we've made [02:56] and in a way we've brought Godzilla. 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