![]() Godzilla debuted in 1954 as a metaphorical take on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, and has since emerged as one of the most enduring characters in pop-culture history. Set in 1940s Japan, Godzilla Minus One takes the venerable franchise back to its anti-war roots. ![]() Collider’s Chase Hutchinson wrote in his review that the film “balances sweeping spectacle and tense action with the more complicated themes of war and loss, making it a solid monster movie that hardly ever makes a wrong step.” Godzilla Minus One stands at a “fresh” 97% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and earned an excellent A CinemaScore from opening day audiences. Most of its success can be attributed to the positive reviews. For context, the movie has already made over $10 million more domestically than last year’s crossover sensation, the Indian period action film RRR. And by those standards, it is already a major hit. While these numbers might seem puny in front of the hundreds of millions that Legendary’s unconnected MonsterVerse franchise has been generating, it must be pointed out that Godzilla Minus One cost less than a tenth of what films this size tend to in Hollywood. The 37th overall Godzilla movie and the fifth installment in the franchise’s Reiwa era, Godzilla Minus One will next set its sights on passing the $78 million global haul delivered by its predecessor, Shin Godzilla, in 2016. The film has grossed just over $25 million so far in domestic theaters, and another $26 million from overseas markets - $23 million of which came from Japan - for a cumulative global haul of around $51 million. Minus One took the third spot on the domestic chart in its sophomore frame, behind fellow Japanese film The Boy and the Heron, and the holdover hit The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.
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