since then Godzilla minus one It arrived in North America in December, raising money and attracting public attention. Either on its own merits or because MonsterVerse movies It’s helped keep him in people’s minds over the past few years, and there’s the greater Godzilla fever that’s created Minus one The reception and turnout were a pleasant surprise. As of this weekend, it has now crossed a new milestone and reached a new benchmark for Japanese-made films in the United States.
According to a recent press release, Minus one It has now grossed $50.6 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese-language film in the country. In live action (A distinction he earned back in December) And animation. It’s also now the fifth highest-grossing non-English film at the US box office, and is expected to gross over $100 million worldwide when all is said and done. (This weekend marks the film’s release Black and white reissueAnd man, I hope it comes here in the US for a week or two.)
Toho hasn’t said whether they’ll expand the film’s offerings as they did last month, but they may need to eventually: toward the end of last year, Minus one It was revealed to be On the shortlist For Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards. If it’s nominated for this category or a larger, non-artistic category, people may decide to go see what all the fuss is about or do a second (or third, fourth, etc.) rewatch. Those nominees won’t be revealed for another week, but it was also nominated at the Critics’ Choice Awards (for Best Foreign Language Film) and received accolades from various groups of American critics for its visual effects, villain, and International Film of the Year.
In conjunction with the just-concluded first season monarch And final release Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Within a few months, Godzilla’s world became present, and we were all living in it.
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