History Trivia / PacificRimUprising

* BoxOfficeBomb: Less severe than most, with a budget of $150 million, it has pulled in gross, $59,185,715 (domestic), $290,061,297 (worldwide).

* DuelingMovies: Defied by the studio. It was previously going to open only a week after ''Film/BlackPanther'', but the studio moved it back to March to avoid the competition. It allowed it to become the first film to dethrone ''Black Panther'' from the top spot.

** Guillermo del Toro was set to direct while the film was still in pre-production. While he remains as a producer, he announced via Twitter in February 2016 that Steven S. [=DeKnight=] would instead take over as director, so he can direct ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' instead.

* AscendedFanon: The fan-created Jaeger [[https://rs2studios.deviantart.com/art/CUSTOM-PACIFIC-RIM-JAEGER-AZURE-DEFIANT-402977995 Azure Defiant]] appears in the background of a [[http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Pacific-Rim-Aftermath/Issue-1?id=129092#23 panel]] of the Aftermath comic. Even the pose is the same.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Less severe than most, with a budget of $150 million, it has pulled in gross, $58,775,295 (domestic so far), $286,475,295 (worldwide so far).

!!General

*** ''Uprising'' is apparently [[https://screenrant.com/guillermo-del-toro-pacific-rim-2-story-plan/ very different from his original plans]]. The only hard details we have are that there were going to be scenes in Shanghai and a desert (which is pretty suggestive, given the Kaiju's amphibious natures), and the final battle would have taken place in -- and leveled -- San Francisco.
** Creator/CharlieHunnam would have reprised his role as Raleigh Becket, but there was a scheduling conflict as he was filming a remake of ''Literature/{{Papillon}}''. Creator/LegendaryPictures could have forced him to appear in ''Uprising'', which would have delayed ''Papillon'''s production, but they respected him enough not to do that to him. Still, they left his fate in ''Uprising'' ambiguous in order to open to door to future appearances in the franchise.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $150 million. Gross, $57,605,675 (domestic so far), $281,105,675 (worldwide so far).

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted regarding two of the settings, the Moyulan Shatterdome in the China sea (the film, along with ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', was filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in China, which is owned by Legendary Pictures' parent company Wanda Group) and Australia. But played straight with the parts in the United States and Tokyo.
* DuelingMovies: Averted. It was previously going to open only a week after ''Film/BlackPanther'', but the studio moved it back to March to avoid the competition. It allowed it to become the first film to dethrone ''Black Panther'' from the top spot.

* DuelingMovies: Averted. It was previously going to open only a week after ''Film/BlackPanther'', but the studio moved it back to March to avoid the competition.

** Creator/CharlieHunnam would have reprised his role as Raleigh Becket, but there was a scheduling conflict as he was filming a remake of ''Literature/{{Papillon}}''. Creator/LegendaryPictures could have forced him to appear in ''Uprising'', which would have delayed ''Papillon'''s production, but they respected him enough not to do that to him.

*** ''Uprising'' is apparently [[https://screenrant.com/guillermo-del-toro-pacific-rim-2-story-plan/ very different from his original plans]]. The only hard details we have is that there were going to be scenes in Shanghai and a desert (which is pretty suggestive, given the Kaiju's amphibious natures), and the final battle would have taken place in -- and leveled -- San Francisco.

*** ''Uprising'' is apparently [[https://screenrant.com/guillermo-del-toro-pacific-rim-2-story-plan/ very different from his original plans]]. The only hard detail we have is that there were going to be scenes in Shanghai and a desert (which is pretty suggestive, given the Kaiju's amphibious natures), and the final battle would have taken place in -- and leveled -- San Francisco.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The film, along with ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', was filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in China, which is owned by Legendary Pictures' parent company Wanda Group. The Moyulan Shatterdome ''is'' in the China sea, but the trope is played straight for scenes in the United States, Sydney and Tokyo.

!!Assorted Trivia
* The film, along with ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', was filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in China, which is owned by Legendary Pictures' parent company Wanda Group.

** Charlie Hunnam would have reprised his role as Raleigh Becket, but there was a scheduling conflict as he was filming a remake of ''Literature/{{Papillon}}''. Creator/LegendaryPictures could have forced him to appear in ''Uprising'', which would have delayed ''Papillon'''s production, but they respected him enough not to do that to him.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Guillermo del Toro was set to direct while the film was still in pre-production. While he remains as a producer, he announced via Twitter in February 2016 that Steven S. [=DeKnight=] would instead take over as director, so he can direct ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' instead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: del Toro was set to direct while the film was still in pre-production. While he will remain as a producer, he announced via Twitter in February 2016 that Steven S. [=DeKnight=] will instead take over as director, so he can direct ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' instead.

* The film, along with ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', will be filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in China, which is owned by Legendary Pictures' parent company Wanda Group.

* ShoutOut: One so blatant that it borders on {{Expy}} territory; [[spoiler: The Shao Drone Jaegers are essentially the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Mass Produced Eva Units]] in everything but name and nature; sleek white designs, made in bulk as opposed to the more unique mainline series of Jaegers, and designed to cause (or at least facilitate) an ApocalypseHow scenario to eradicate all life on Earth. Hell, aside from the presence of eyes and lack of wings they even have similar designs, albeit the Drone Jaegers are considerably bulkier.]]

* PutOnABus: Scheduling conflicts forced Creator/CharlieHunnam to sit out from the movie. Whether this means Raleigh Brackett will be subjected to a BusCrash (specially as Mako Mori is still confirmed) is in the air.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: del Toro was set to direct while the film was still in pre-production. While he will remain as a producer, he announced via Twitter in February 2016 that Steven S. [=DeKnight=] will instead take over as director, so he can direct ''The Shape of Water'' instead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: del Toro was set to direct while the film was still in pre-production. While he will remain as a producer, he announced via Twitter in February 2016 that Steven S. [=DeKnight=] will instead take over as director.

* The film, along with ''Film/GodzillaKingOfMonsters'', will be filmed at the Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in China, which is owned by Legendary Pictures' parent company Wanda Group.