Godzilla Minus Zero Breaks Box Office Records

Godzilla Minus Zero opened at number one in North America this weekend. Takashi Yamazaki’s R-rated, Japanese-language sequel took in an estimated $31.6 million at home and has already made $63 million worldwide, Dread Central reports.

That makes it the biggest opening in GKIDS history. IMAX screens alone brought in $12.7 million, which beats the $11.4 million Godzilla Minus One made across all North American theaters on its opening weekend in 2023.

It also broke a record that stood for 22 years. Zhang Yimou’s Hero held the biggest U.S. opening for a live-action, non-English-language film made outside the country, with $17.8 million in 2004. Minus Zero beat that by nearly $14 million.

The film follows the Shikishima family two years after the events of Minus One, and gives King Ghidorah a new origin. Minus One won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, so there is already talk of whether the sequel can do the same.

Yamazaki has said he would probably come back for a third film if Toho asked him. With numbers like these, that call seems likely.

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