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The website Numbers confirmed on Sunday that Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki’s new film in TOHO’s Godzilla franchise, has earned the equivalent of $102,496,330 globally. The film grossed an estimated $55,009,463 in the United States and $47,486,867 internationally.
The film has earned a total of 5,454,610,580 yen (about US$37.0 million) in Japan as of January 21, its 12th weekend of release in Japan.
The film opens in Japan on November 3, 2023 (“Godzilla Day”), which is the anniversary of the first Godzilla film released on November 3, 1954. The film was recently screened at the Festival Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) and is the closing film of this year’s event on November 1.
The film sold 648,600 tickets for 1,041,193,460 yen (about $6.93 million) in its first three days at the Japanese box office. The film sold 14.7% more tickets and earned 22.8% more in its first three days than the last Japanese live-action Godzilla film, Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla, did. made it in the first three days of 2016.
Godzilla Minus One opened in US theaters on December 1 and earned $11,419,975 in its first three days and ranked 3rd at the US box office in its opening weekend. The film has the highest opening weekend for a foreign film in the United States in 2023, surpassing the $10.1 million opening weekend earnings of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc in March The film became the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film in North America.
Takashi Yamazaki is the director and screenwriter, and is also credited for the visual effects. Yamazaki primarily directed live-action films, including Always: Sunset on Third Street, Returner and Parasyte, but also directed CG films such as Stand By Me Doremon.
Ryunosuke Kamiki plays the main character Kōichi Shikishima, and Minami Hamabe plays the female lead Noriko Ōishi. (Both also starred in the NHK weekday morning drama Ranman.) Other cast members include Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andō, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
Source: Numbers