Kong: Skull Island opened in China with a massive take of $72.1 million, and is nearing $400 million worldwide ($392 million). The film has shown a strong showing despite other big film releases like Beauty And The Beast and Power Rangers. Kong is over $133 million in the US and over $258 million internationally. Kong beat Godzilla's China opening but fell slight short of beating it's total take there. Kong could easily finish around $500 million when all is say and done.

Kong: Skull Island opens this weekend in China and early estimates are that the film will pull in roughly $75 million (500 million Chinese Yuan). If this holds true Kong will come close or possible beat Godzilla 2014's total take in one weekend, Godzilla made $77.6 million total in China.

Kong will probably beat Pacific Rim's China take by it's second weekend, it finish with almost $112 million there. The view is that Kong may be the number one film in the China box office (possible total of $160 million), at least till Furious 8 opens.  

Kong's total box office currently stands at $308 million worldwide, and could be well over $400 million by the end of this weekend with it opening in Japan as well. If everything plays out our prediction that Kong will beat Godzilla's total is looking more likely. 
(Sources: Box Office Mojo, and China Film Insider.)

Concept artist Zachary Berger has worked on a number of films including Logan, The Mummy (2017), and Kong: Skull Island. His art shows early concepts and designs for the many creatures and and visuals of Kong: Skull Island, below we have some of his art with a brief explanation/speculation (ours, not his).

These few shots give a very good idea of what the arrival to what Skull Island would look like, he seems to have gotten pretty close to the final film, the ship, the storm, and the visual of first seeing Skull Island.

Wall concepts, while these designs never made the film they show a more modern version of the famous wall, be built from some type of stone blocks, it possible the film makers felt it was to modern.

Flying creatures, his concepts show designs that would have fit into nature, the wings having the look of leaves, as well as very deadly features like a serrated beaks. While a version of these made the film it would have been interesting to have learned more about them based on these concepts.

Skullcrawlers, his designs definitely show the starting point of the Skullcrawlers we ended up in the film. He based them directly on the original creature in the 1933 film and gave them a more modern look, with more pronounced features of the original creature. We got some of these in the final design but his design is much closer.

Skull Island visuals, while the bottom pic is pretty close to the final films "Boneyard", the top one shows a much more interesting altar to Kong's kind by the islands natives. This would have looked great had it been done.

His concept of Kong is right on the mark, very close to the design and scale in the final film.

Kong: Skull Island continues to do very well at the box office, it performed strong in it's second weekend making nearly $30 million. Kong's US total sits at just over $110 million, and it total overseas was just under $150 million, a total take of over $259 million.

Compared to Godzilla Kong's first weekend (US) was $61 million to Godzilla's $93 million, their 10 day totals were $110 to $148 million, this means Kong dropped off less than Godzilla did after it's opening weekend. This was despite the fact Beauty And The Beast had a record opening this weekend, and surprisingly Kong beat Godzilla in it's second Saturday numbers $12.3 million for Kong to Godzilla's $11.8 million.

​Kong is also nearly at half of Godzilla's total overseas total $149 to $328 (million) and Kong's is yet to have China the second largest film market behind the US, Godzilla's total includes that. Kong's possible China take could be in the $75 to $100 million range or more if it can match Pacific Rim's China take which was nearly $112 million which is entirely possible. The future is very bright for the MonsterVerse.

We posted concept art on our Facebook page by ​Eddie Del Rio, and Jakub Rozalski , now here is concept art by Karl Lindberg from ArtStation.

At first glace some my say that's a crazy statement but when you start to look at some numbers it is not such a improbable thing to happen.

So where is this coming from, looking at opening weekend numbers most will say Godzilla 2014 did $93 million to Kong's $61 million, yes he beat Kong but then compare Kong: Skull Island to King Kong 2005 and Skull Island wins $61 million to $50 million.

So why does that matter, because King Kong 2005 finish with $218 million in the US and $551 million worldwide, Godzilla did $201 million in the US and $529 million worldwide. Despite a stronger start Godzilla finished weaker.

If the same should hold true with Skull Island and the fact it is having a stronger start than the 2005 film it wouldn't be unrealistic. To go with those factors Kong: Skull Island seems to be stronger critically, fans certainly seem to rate it higher (per Rotten Tomatoes), and critics have rated it higher then Godzilla 2014.

And with promotions in China pushing the film, as well as a sort of home field advantage (Legendary Entertainment owners Wanda Group being base there), that may give it a stronger showing there than Godzilla did ($77 million) in what is the second biggest film market. Skull Island also open two weeks after it debut outside of China, Godzilla was nearly a month after.

Only time will tell if this plays out but if it does people may favor Kong to beat Godzilla in 2020, it's going to be some fight.

Are you ready to step into the deep jungles of the South Pacific and go Face to Face with Kong? Today is the day because our new epic attraction, Kong: Skull Island is finally open! Walk through the tropics with Tom Hiddleston aka "Captain James Conrad" and witness the greatest King of Skull Island! Hurry on in to feel the ROAR... the King is waiting for you! Click the link below to learn more about our new experience and to purchase your tickets! #FaceTheKing 
Get your tickets here: https://kong.madametussauds.com/
​Ticket range from $29 to $55.

​WELCOME TO SKULL ISLAND!
In partnership with Ledgendary Pictures and Warner Brothers Pictures, Madame Tussauds New York and Madame Tussauds London will bring the experience to life with an eighteen-foot, multi-sensory animatronic head of the gigantic ape that will wow and terrify in the larger than life Kong: Skull Island experience.

Guests can expect to embark on an adventure deep into the tropical environment of the infamous Skull Island, where they will be challenged to evade the traps of colossal petrifying spiders and uncover artifacts from the film. As they journey through the secluded bamboo jungle, they will be joined by a new wax figure of Captain James Conrad, played by British actor Tom Hiddleston in the film, before coming face to face with the enormous breathing, blinking, snarling and roaring mystical monster himself.

When will it open?
KONG Skull Island Experience will open on March 7, 2017.
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What is the KONG: Skull Island Experience?
Guests can expect to embark on an adventure deep into the tropical environment of the infamous Skull Island, where they will be challenged to evade the traps of colossal petrifying spiders and uncover artifacts from the film. As they journey through the secluded bamboo jungle, they will be joined by a new wax figure of Captain James Conrad, played by British actor Tom Hiddleston in the film, before coming face to face with the enormous breathing, blinking, snarling and roaring mystical monster himself.

​How Much Does it Cost?
Entrance to KONG Skull island is included with your admission to Madame Tussauds New York.
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​How long is the overall experience at Madame Tussauds New York?
Madame Tussauds New York in its entirety takes approximately 90 minutes.

What is unique about KONG: Skull Island?
The KONG: Skull Island Experience transports you to the mystical Skull Island. It's like stepping into the movie where you come face to face with an animatronic Kong head scaled to the true size of the King himself.
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​What are animatronics?
The technology connected with the use of electronics to animate figures. For example, it’s like creating an 18’ tall Kong head and adding a mini internet for a brain.

How tall is the KONG head?
The KONG head is over 18 feet tall. That’s taller than 1.5 NYC subway cars, 21,600 stacked MetroCards, 30 Nathan’s hot dogs standing end to end, thirty stairs high… well you get the idea!
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​Is Madame Tussauds New York the only place I can experience KONG: Skull Island?
Madame Tussauds New York is the only location in the United States to experience KONG: Skull Island; however, you can also experience this at Madame Tussauds London.