TOHO International announced on Wednesday that it will screen a black-and-white remake of the Godzilla Minus One film titled Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color in theaters in North America for one week, from January 26. through February 1. The company streamed the trailer:
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“I am delighted that North American audiences have embraced Godzilla Minus One,” said director, screenwriter and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki. “And now I’m so excited to be able to release the black and white version for North America. Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color will bring a fresh and intuitive experience to audiences.”
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The film has grossed an estimated $49.74 million at the US box office to date on January 10 — its 41st day of release — surpassing Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, grossed 49.5 million USD, becoming the second highest-grossing Japanese film of all time in the US. The film is also currently the fifth highest-grossing non-English language film in the US.
The film opens in US theaters on December 1.
Godzilla Minus One opens in Japan in November November 3, 2023 (“Godzilla Day”), is the anniversary of the release of the first Godzilla film on November 3, 1954. The new film opens in Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) 2023 as the closing film on November 1. Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color (Godzilla-1.0/C) opened in Japan on January 12.
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 most recent Japanese live-action Godzilla film, Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla, did. made in its first three days in 2016. As of Thursday, the film’s 70th day of screening in Japan, the film had sold 3.39 million tickets, grossing 5.21 billion yen (about 35,964 .520 million USD).
Ryunosuke Kamiki plays the main character Kōichi Shikishima, and Minami Hamabe plays the female lead Noriko Ōishi. (The two also lead the cast of NHK’s weekday morning drama Ranman.) Other cast members include Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andō, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
The film was nominated for Best Foreign Film. Language film at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
Godzilla Minus One was awarded Best Use of Visual Effects by the Chicago Film Critics Association on December 12 and was awarded Best International Film by the Georgia Film Critics Association on January 6.
The film — along with The Boy and the Heron, Gran Turismo, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Suzume, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and YOSHIKI Under the Sky — are anime movies or series related to or associated with Japanese creators or franchises, eligible for nomination Best Picture for the 2024 Oscars.
Godzilla Minus One was also shortlisted for the Visual Effects category, the first time a Japanese film was shortlisted for the Visual Effects award at the Academy Awards. The Academy will announce the final nominations on January 23 and the awards ceremony will be held on March 10.
In Japan, the film was nominated in six different categories at the 78th Mainichi Film Awards: Japan Film Award/Excellence in Japanese Cinema, Director Award for Takashi Yamazaki, Award Cinematography goes to Kozo Shibasaki, Art Award goes to Anri Jojo, Music Award goes to Naoki Satō, Recording Award goes to Hisashi Takeuchi. The winner will be announced later this month and the awards ceremony will take place in February.
Source: Deadline (Jill Goldsmith)