While celebrating his 69th birthday, Godzilla stomped onto the big screen in Japan once again, in Godzilla: Minus One. And, befitting one with the title “king of the monsters,” the film opened to monstrous success.
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla: Minus One follows a post-World War II Japan, still trying to rebuild after the devastating atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the midst of their recovery, Godzilla appears, and begins to lay waste to an already devastated Japan.
Toho, the company responsible for Godzilla, confirmed that the opening for Minus One brought in $7 million USD in its first weekend, with 640,000 tickets sold. This outshines the gross of the last live-action film in the series from Japan, 2016’s Shin Godzilla.
As ComicBook.com reports, the first day for Minus One brought in $3 million, which is the new highest opening day gross for any film in the series. The opening gross was 3x higher than that of Godzilla Vs. Kong, and overtakes the opening day gross of the other movies in the MonsterVerse as well.
Critically speaking, Minus One also received a large amount of critical success upon release, with early reviews having made the rounds for a few weeks before the initial release. Even Gareth Edwards, director of 2014’s Godzilla, hasn’t kept back on praising the film.
Godzilla: Minus One stomps on to US screens starting December 1st.
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