Godzilla Minus One Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger in the US

Ever since came to North America in December, it’s been raking in cash and catching audience attention. Either on its own merits or because have helped keep him in folks’ minds over the last few years, there’s a larger Godzilla fever that made reception and turnout a pleasant surprise. And as of this weekend, it’s now crossed a new milestone and hit a new benchmark for Japanese made films in the US.

Per a recent press release, has now made $50.6 million in the US, in turn becoming the country’s highest grossing Japanese language film (a distinction it earned back in December) animation. It’s also now the fifth highest grossing non English film in US box office, and is expected to have a global take of over $100 million when all is said and done.

(This weekend marks the film’s , and I would love if that came here in the states for a week or two.) Toho hasn’t said if they’ll expand the film’s screenings like it did last month, but it may need to eventually: towards the end of last year, was revealed to be for best VFX at the Oscars. Should it get nominated for that or a bigger, non technical category, folks may decide to go see what all the fuss is about or conduct a second (or third, fourth, etc) rewatch.

Those nominees won’t be revealed for another week, but it’s also been nominated at the Critics Choice Awards (for best foreign film) and given accolades from various US critics groups for its VFX, villain, and as the year’s best international film. Combined with the just concluded first season of and the eventual release of in a few months, it’s currently Godzilla’s world, and we’re all just living in it.

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