and have more movies to his name, but King Kong does have "King" right there in his name, and his first movie predated Godzilla’s first by just over 20 years. Both are awesome, admittedly ...
Skull Island is the first King Kong movie in the Monsterverse timeline. It is set during (or soon after) the Vietnam war and also stars John Goodman as Bill Randa of the government agency Monarch.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters grossed ... either of the first two films. Godzilla vs. Kong is unlikely to do $500+ million like the first two movies did, but then again an enthusiastic reception ...