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Godzilla Minus Zero Sets US Box-Office Record for Japanese Live-Action Films

ecranlarge.com (French) — November 8, 2026 at 09:01 PM UTC

Godzilla Minus Zero, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, is projected to earn $31.6 million in its opening weekend in US theaters, setting a record for the best debut of a non-English live-action film in the country. The film, a sequel to Minus One, begins two years later in postwar Japan. Its projected earnings surpass the previous record held by Hero, which grossed $17.8 million in 2004, and nearly triple the $11.4 million debut of Minus One. Within the Godzilla franchise, the launch is the largest for a Japanese-language film, though it trails English-language entries like Godzilla (1998) at $44 million. The record for any non-English film remains Demon Slayer: The Infinite Castle at $70.6 million.

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