Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla ended on a note that explicitly set up a sequel: The giant lizard is finally killed by the U.S. military, but leaves behind a lone egg in the ruins of Madison Square Garden, which, as the credits roll, begins to hatch. Cue Godzilla 2: The Roarquel, right? Wrong. The movie got trashed by critics, made little impression on moviegoers, and went down in history as one of the biggest cinematic disappointments of the 1990s.

Without spoiling too much, the new Godzilla by Gareth Edwards makes much less claim to an automatic sequel. It certainly doesn’t leave things in such a way that they couldn’t make another movie, but there’s no cliffhanger and—thank God—no post-credits scene where Godzilla finds the Cosmic Cube or eats a shawarma restaurant or something. It’s a movie first and a franchise second, not the other way around.

But as a movie, Edwards’ Godzilla is already a Odo Island-sized hit, grossing $93 million domestically and another $103 million internationally in its opening weekend. Before that weekend was even finished, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures had already confirmed to Deadline that “a Godzilla sequel is underway.” Edwards isn’t officially on board for the film yet, but he discussed possible ideas for a Godzilla 2 (involving Monster Island) in interviews last summer. I would assume any storyline that doesn’t end with Godzilla dead and an egg hatching in MSG is still on the table.