‘Godzilla Minus One’ Is Now Top Grossing Live-Action Japanese Film In North America After Stomping-Good Opening
deadline.comGodzilla Minus One, now at $14.36 million at the box office, has stomped into a record — it’s now the highest grossing live-action Japanese film in North America.
This follows an opening weekend that marked the biggest Stateside debut of a foreign film this year. The distributor Toho International said it’s been adding screens this week due to marketplace demand.
It will be playing the film by Takashi Yamazaki in 2,540 locations (up from 2,308). Godzilla Minus One made over $11.4 million at its North America opening, beating Godzilla 2000: Millennium ($10 million) and current title-holder The Adventures of Milo & Otis (a comedy adventure featuring an orange tabby cat named Milo and a pug Otis), which grossed $14.1 million in 1989 and a 1990 re-release.
Godzilla Minus Zero is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% with critics (read Deadline’s review here) and 98% with audiences.
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