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“Godzilla -0.0,” released in North America on November 6, topped the opening-weekend box office chart with an estimated $32 million (about ¥5.1 billion) — the biggest opening ever for a non-English-language live-action film, beating out releases like the Indian epic “Ramayana: Rise of a Legend,” which opened the same weekend. On the 5ch “Geisoku Sokuho+” forum, posters celebrated the achievement despite the film’s harsh reviews, while debating how perceptions had shifted since the previous installment and speculating on the reasons behind its international popularity.
The Hollywood Reporter Japan, November 8, 2026
“Godzilla -0.0,” which opened in North America on Friday, November 6, topped this weekend’s domestic box office chart. It also set the all-time opening-weekend record for a non-English-language live-action film.
The same weekend saw the release of notable titles including the animated film “The Cat in the Hat” and the big-budget Indian epic “Ramayana: Rise of a Legend” (based on the ancient Indian epic), but “Godzilla -0.0” dominated the North American box office by an overwhelming margin.
Source: hollywoodreporter.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
That's all I want to know.
Don't care about the content.
Not like you're getting a single yen out of it, why do you even care
Times have really changed
Won't stop at #1 in North America
On track for #1 worldwide — an unbreakable record for a foreign film
The last one wasn't just a fluke
Though I guess that's because Godzilla never ages
Critic scores and box office don't exactly go hand in hand
North/Central America ¥80B + Japan ¥40B = ¥120B
Must hit different seeing it in theaters
Well, once you've seen the stiff acting from the Japanese cast
dubbed or subtitled makes zero difference
times have changed
can't stop grinning
Meanwhile my bank stocks, which I've been ignoring for weeks now…
I've had my fill of the 'fight a kaiju in the trailer' series
That's historic
How though
it says 'extremely likely to be the #1 opening weekend worldwide'
WHOA
That's strictly within the non-Hollywood foreign-language film category
Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened with $350 million, after all
Geisha's kind of a dated image now, isn't it
these days it's more sushi, anime, samurai
though among Americans specifically, Godzilla and ninjas have always been massively popular
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The “previous film” referenced here appears to be 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One,” which won Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards and significantly raised the franchise’s profile overseas. This new record is technically the all-time best “among non-English-language live-action films” — a qualifier that’s easy to overlook, since, as some posters in the thread pointed out, it’s a separate category from English-language blockbusters like Spider-Man, whose opening weekends exceed $300 million. While most of the thread celebrated the film and the rising international reputation of Japanese cinema overall, it also drifted into tangents unrelated to the film itself, like gripes about the weak yen and posters’ personal stock holdings.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Movie] ‘Godzilla -0.0’ Takes #1 in North America! Triple the Previous Film’s Opening, an Estimated $32 Million (¥5.1 Billion) — A Historic Box Office Milestone.”
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