What's In A Roar? Crafting Godzilla's Iconic Sound

The nuclear metamorphosized giant monster genre was in its infancy when Godzilla was first born. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the first movie to associate nuclear weapons with giant, destructive creatures, premiered a little over a year before in 1953.

Godzilla is back on the big screen and stomping all over the box office with a message as relevant for 2014 as it was 60 years ago when the big guy first appeared. Director Gareth Edwards' new Godzilla movie made $93.2 million this weekend, according

But, next weekend, Godzilla and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 both will have to contend with the next installment of the popular Fox franchise X-Men: Days of Future Past as it heads day and date into 100 countries — with the exception of Japan where it

Do we need another Godzilla? Do we need more scenes of this primordial, wailing, rubber-suited monster interfacing badly with humankind? Need we witness the ongoing struggles of this beast, as he battles other 

That's less than $2 million shy of the year's largest debut so far. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier made $95 million opening weekend in April. “Godzilla” was expected to bring in north of $70 million opening weekend.