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The film is directed by Adam Wingard, produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, and Brian Rogers, and has a screenplay by Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein, based on a scenario by Terry Rossio, Michael Dougherty, and Zach Shields. In addition to King of the Monsters, Borenstein, Dougherty, and Shields collaborated on it. King of Monsters ends with Godzilla and Kong engaged in a massive fight five years later following Ghidorah's rampage.

A sequel to the film is currently under production.

Godzilla vs. Kong pits two of the world's most feared monsters against one other in a fight that might decide the destiny of the whole planet. Jia, an orphaned child with whom Kong has created a special and deep relationship, joins Kong and his guards on a risky adventure to locate his rightful home. When Godzilla unleashes his fury, they find themselves in the path of the monster, whose trail of destruction cuts over the whole planet. Despite the titanic battle sparked by unknown forces, the mystery surrounding Earth's interior has only just begun to be unraveled!

In 2024, five years after Godzilla killed his extraterrestrial opponent Ghidorah, Godzilla and Kong are the only living Titans on Earth. A storm caused by Ghidorah, combined with the storm cell that surrounds Skull Island, has made its climate unstable, forcing Monarch to confine Kong inside a dome-shaped facility that simulates the island's environment, with an orphaned young Iwi girl named Jia who is deaf and can communicate with Kong via sign language.

Godzilla emerges and attacks suddenly when he finishes downloading the info. The facility's ruins feature a strange piece of machinery that resembles a massive robotic eye.

Following the assault, popular opinion has shifted against Godzilla, who is no longer seen as humanity's savior. Madison Russell, now an adult and a follower of Bernie's podcast, is concerned when she hears about Godzilla's latest assault at her school. After school, she attempts in vain to persuade her widowed father Mark (who is serving as Monarch's director) that she has a probable clue on the source of Godzilla's rampage, but he ignores everything she says, stating merely that beasts, like humans, may evolve. Later, Madison enlists the aid of her closest friend Josh Valentine to track down the person responsible for Godzilla's rampage and uncover Apex's secrets.

Meanwhile, Apex's founder and CEO, Walter Simmons, hires Nathan Lind, a former Monarch scientist turned Hollow Earth theorist, to assist them in their hunt for a tremendous energy source in the Hollow Earth, a subterranean planet under the Earth and the secret home of the Titans. Nathan is first cautious since his brother attempted to investigate the Hollow Earth, but a powerful anti-gravity field within the tube killed him. After Walter discloses that Apex has constructed and produced Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, specialized vehicles capable of withstanding the gravity field's pressure, he eventually accepts.

However, when Godzilla is stunned by depth charges, the combat is split up, allowing Kong to surface for air and re-engage the fight.

A mechanical version of Godzilla, "Mechagodzilla" is being operated by Dr. Ishiro Serizawa's son, Walter's top technological officer, Ren Serizawa, as the trio disembarks in the darkened room they found themselves in. Just as soon as Walter activates Mechagodzilla, he throws a gigantic adult Skullcrawler nicknamed "Number 10" into the chamber to see how strong the mecha would be while facing off against the Titans. When the Skullcrawler is about to attack Madison, Josh, and Bernie, Mechagodzilla grabs it and restrains it with a tremendous red energy beam, enabling Josh, Bernie, and Madison to take cover in a tiny hatch. Because of power supply limits, the test is halted at the point of its completion.

A similar habitat to Skull Island exists within the Hollow Earth. They are assaulted by two Warbats, one of which destroys one of the HEAVs while exploring the area. Kong saves the party by killing the first Warbat and swinging its carcass onto the second, which staggers it, but it recovers and constricts itself around him, causing him to fall. Prior to suffocating Kong, Nathan's team's HEAV attacked the Warbat, allowing Kong to escape and pummel the monster to death before munching on its intestines.

After that, Kong and Nathan's team keep going on their journey. They reach their destination at a huge stone temple that once belonged to Kong's ancestors. In the movie, Kong finds an ancient axe made from the dorsal plate of a dead member of Godzilla's race as he explores inside. Then, he sits on top of a huge throne on the inside of the cave. Kong learned that the same power source that Nathan's team found can also recharge the axe. The Apex team, on the other hand, uses spider-like drones to get the power source and send it back to their base in Hong Kong, even though Ilene says that Apex can't just take the power source. Maia has her guards aim their guns at Nathan's team, only for Kong to angrily bellow at them in their defense. In the meantime, Mechagodzilla sends Godzilla a signal. When Godzilla senses the machine's activation, he heads right for Hong Kong.

Both Kong and Godzilla recuperate and get up, with Godzilla on the lookout for Kong, who hides from the Titan by perching himself atop a tower. Kong ambushes Godzilla from above, placing the Titan in a chokehold with the intent of strangling him, only for Godzilla to break free and unleash his full fury on Kong, dislocating his left arm, slashing Kong with his claws, and even stomping on his chest twice, despite Kong's attempts to force Godzilla off of him by punching his wounded thigh. Godzilla, now that Kong has been restrained and held down, roars fiercely at his opponent in a display of power, while Kong, beaten, roars viciously in defiance of Godzilla.

After seeing Kong's strength and fortitude, Godzilla shows pity and saves his life before going away, leaving Kong alive but severely hurt, and he finally loses consciousness as a result of commotio cordis, which means "compassionate heart."

Walter instructs Ren to unleash Mechagodzilla on Godzilla from Apex's headquarters, and Ren eagerly accepts. Reminding Walter that the new Hollow Earth energy source must be tested first, Ren tells him to turn on the mecha. Walter ignores his pleadings and coldly commands him to do so. Bernie, Madison, and Josh are brought to Walter by Apex security for breaking into the headquarters. While Madison accuses Walter of inciting Godzilla into war and for triggering this in the first place, Walter boldly states that it was his decision to allow humans to fight back against Godzilla and the Titans that led to this.

While Josh and Bernie try in vain to disable the ravaging robot remotely and Madison calls on Mark for assistance, Godzilla and Mechagodzilla fight, with Godzilla tiring from his earlier battle against Kong, but Mechagodzilla eventually gets the better of the fight, knocking Godzilla over and burning him to a crisp in the process. Nathan, Ilene, and Jia approach an unconscious Kong, where Jia detects that his pulse is decreasing, while Mechagodzilla proceeds to overpower and brutally defeat Godzilla's defenses. In order to restart Kong's heart, Ilene tells Nathan that they can't produce a charge large enough to do so, but Nathan, remembering what Maia said earlier about the HEAVs producing a charge big enough to power Las Vegas for seven days, detonates the craft and releases a huge electrical charge, which instantly revives Kong.

The robot Mechagodzilla is about to fire a red energy beam down Godzilla's neck when Kong dives on top of the robot and deflect the beam into the air, thereby saving Godzilla's life. Following the realization that King Kong saved his life and realizing that he is not an adversary, Godzilla joins forces with King Kong to battle against the mechanized monster Mechagodzilla.

Sometime later, Monarch have created an observation post in the Hollow Earth. One day, Ilene, Nathan and Jia watch as Kong passes by on his morning walk. After signing "home" to Jia, Kong swings onto a cliff, pounds his chest and roars, declaring himself as the king of the Hollow Earth and happily embracing it as his new home and kingdom.

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Similar thoughts were reflected in the site's summary of audience evaluations, which said, "This long-awaited blockbuster matchup makes it easy not to think about the so-so story and characters by serving up plenty of action and incredible effects." Reviewers largely enjoyed the film's monster brawling aspect, but some were disappointed by the "half-baked" human element that was included in the film. The film was credited for bringing an end to a box office slump fueled by the COVID-19 epidemic, having earned an estimated $48.5 million dollars at the United States box office by the morning of Sunday, the last day of the film's five-day weekend run. It was not immediately clear how well the picture fared on HBO Max, but WarnerMedia indicated that it was a film that people were viewing more than once and that it had a greater viewer audience than any other series or feature that has been released on the service since its introduction. The film also saw strong international box office performance, with an additional gross of approximately $236 million in markets other than the United States.

On April 17, 2021, despite the pandemic's impact on movie business, Godzilla vs. Kong exceeded Godzilla: King of the Monsters' total box office.

Since King Kong vs. Godzilla was released in 1962, Godzilla and King Kong have not featured in a film together for 59 years.

Terry Rossio's debut Godzilla film following an unmade 1994 script.

This is second movie featuring King Kong that Kyle Chandler has starred in, the first being Peter Jackson's 2005 remake.

Aside from Godzilla vs. Kong, Chandler has been in every King Kong picture, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and every crossover feature between the two.

Godzilla vs. Kong is the shortest MonsterVerse film with a running duration of 113 minutes.

If Kong slams his dislocated right shoulder on a building to move it, then it may be a reference to Martin Riggs' notorious ability in the Lethal Weapon series.

Kong, like Godzilla, jumps from ship to ship in order to avoid an angel.

The scene where Kong jumps from ship-to-ship is similar to a scene where Eva Unit-02 jumps from ship-to-ship trying to avoid an angel, much like Godzilla.

The place where Mechagodzilla is stationed bears resemblance to the Central Dogma with it being located underground and with a pyramid atop of it.