Fresh off the news that the movie would be receiving a sequel, the stunningGodzilla Minus Onehas returned to theaters for a limited engagement to mark a year since its release, and as another celebration ofthe year of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary. The movie grossed $510,000 this weekend, which boosted its total in North America to $56.9 million. The movie returned to the big screen in 1365 locations across North America featuring 13 minutes of new footage, and it absolutely put butts on seats as people couldn’t get enough of what many claim was the greatest Godzilla film in history. It also allowed audiences to witness the incredible visual effects ofMinus One, which were impressive enough toearn the Godzilla franchise its first Academy Awardfor Best VFX at this year’s ceremony.Directed byTakashi Yamazaki, the film starsRyunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, andMunetaka Aoki.
Godzilla Minus Onemanaged to claim the title of the most financially successful Japanese live-action movie in U.S. history. Not only that, it is the top-earning foreign film in the U.S. since the pandemic and the mostsuccessful international movie in the U.S. over the last 24 years, which is a clear demonstration of how popular it was with audiences, and the demand for premium international films on top of it. Perhaps the film’s biggest achievements is that fact that, amidst its widespread critical acclaim, the inclusion of angigantic atomic fire-spewing monster, was actually more of a side story to the moving plot of a kamikaze pilot who returns to Japan feeling as though he has shamed his country.
What Can We Expect from the ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Sequel?
Yamazaki spent three years developing the story forMinus Oneand, in the wake of the film’s original release,confessed to his desire to make a continuation of the story, adding that the characters in the film would still have to deal with the storm yet to come.
“I would certainly like to see what the sequel would look like. I know that Shikishima’s war seems over, and we’ve reached this state of peace and calm – but perhaps [it’s the] calm before the storm, and the characters have not yet been forgiven for what has been imposed upon them.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more on Yamazaki’s newGodzillamovie.Godzilla Minus Oneis still in limited theaters now, and can also be streamed on Netflix for those who want to experience it at home.
Godzilla Minus One
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
