Godzilla Minus Zero Tops Japan Box Office With 699,000 Tickets
The Takashi Yamazaki film opened on Godzilla Day, November 3, and has earned 2,539,531,100 yen in its first six days, according to Anime News Network.
Godzilla Minus Zero ranked #1 at the Japanese box office in its first weekend, selling 699,000 tickets and earning 1,130,171,300 yen over the November 6-8 weekend, according to Anime News Network. The film is directed, written and supervised on VFX by Takashi Yamazaki.
The film opened in Japan on Tuesday, November 3, on Godzilla Day. On its opening day alone it sold 590,000 tickets and earned 910 million yen, a record for a live-action film's opening day in Japan. That single-day figure was 201% higher than Godzilla Minus One's opening day in the country.
Across its first six days, Godzilla Minus Zero sold 1.61 million tickets and earned 2,539,531,100 yen.
Elsewhere on the chart, Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu held at #5 in its 16th weekend, earning 55,518,700 yen from Friday to Sunday.
Earlier releases
Godzilla Minus One opened in Japan on November 3, 2023. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu opened on July 24 and topped its opening weekend with 990 million yen on its opening day and 2,240,333,500 yen in its first three days; its 4DX screenings began on September 5, followed by one-day cheering screenings on September 11 and penlight screenings on September 23.
Quick answers
When did Godzilla Minus Zero open in Japan?
It opened on Tuesday, November 3, on Godzilla Day.
How much has Godzilla Minus Zero earned in Japan?
It earned 2,539,531,100 yen and sold 1.61 million tickets in its first six days.