The popularity of the Godzilla franchise is at its all-time high, with the Japanese Godzilla Minus One being a box office behemoth. The movie became the highest-grossing Japanese Godzilla movie by crossing the $78 million mark. It has been all over the internet since its release. The kaiju flick has created an insane hype among the international audience.
Toho’s 33rd Godzilla movie and the 37th movie in the overall franchise, Godzilla Minus One sets a tremendous record. The film achieved the box office success with a budget of even less than $15 million. 2016’s Shin Godzilla was the previous movie that held the record with $77.9 million. The fans went bonkers after the cinematic experience and felt it deserved much more.
Godzilla Minus One crushes all box office records
Created as an allegory of the nuclear weapon that ended World War II, Godzilla became one of the biggest pop-culture phenomenons with the rise of the Japanese and Western interest in the franchise. While Legendary’s MonsterVerse showed a unique take on the franchise, Godzilla Minus One returned to its roots.
Seemingly, the old-school touch and the style of classic monster movies were a fresh addition for international fans. The MonsterVerse movies show a unique take on the monster and present a different style from the Japanese franchise. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie currently stands at $79.5 million, grossing around $44.1 million domestically and $35.4 million internationally.
Godzilla Minus One has also passed another notable milestone after it became the sixth highest-grossing live-action foreign-language movie. This spot was previously held by Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth with a figure of $37 million. It can’t be denied that the number game sounds too bland in front of the MonsterVerse movies, but the budget of just $15 million makes it financially more successful.
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The fans are dazzled by the Takashi Yamazaki movie
Since the release of Godzilla Minus One, the fans can not get over the cinematic beauty of the movie. The Takashi Yamazaki directorial baffled the worldwide audience, who do not think it should end at anywhere less than $100 million. Because of its popularity in the Western market, it can not be denied that it might be a possibility.
Initially, the movie was intended to run for only a week in the American market. However, the hype around it forced it to run for more and garner immense praise from the critics and the fans. We have collected a few tweets to show the hype around the movie:
it is an absolute banger and everyone who loves old school action cinema should go see it.
— guillaumehuin (@HuinGuillaume) December 30, 2023
Godzilla is a perfect work of art.
Deserves it all.— your_tech_sis (@julietamobi) December 30, 2023
Well deserved! That was cinema at its very best. #GodzillaMinusOne https://t.co/or9t9nbfbF
— ✨MestizaTK (@Mestiza_TK) December 31, 2023
It deserves it and deserves more! I loved the movie
— Ghost (@Ghostknight__) December 30, 2023
Truly a perfect monster movie. A wonderful story about a found family and dealing with trauma. The monster is a force of nature, not something that can be tamed or tricked, but an inevitable force that will always return.
— Kumakamisama (@Kumakamisama1) December 30, 2023
REAL CINEMA BABYYYYY
— David (@JayDeeDood) December 30, 2023
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The fan reactions are evidence of the film’s impact on the masses. It hints that Godzilla Minus One is likely to pile in more. The kaiju flick has also been shortlisted for Best Visual Effects Oscar and is expected to do exceptionally well in this award season.
