Godzilla Minus Zero opened atop North America’s Friday box office. Variety put its first-day gross at 14.5 million dollars and projected a 32 million dollar weekend. TheWrap estimated 14.7 million dollars for the opening day. Takashi Yamazaki directs the Japanese production, which returns to postwar Japan two years after the preceding film’s events.
The Japanese film Godzilla Minus Zero led the North American box office as its first Friday of release began its opening weekend.[1], [2]
The opening-day figure for Godzilla Minus Zero in Variety was 14.5 million dollars from 3,254 cinemas across North America. Its projection for the opening weekend was 32 million dollars by Sunday. That forecast covers the full weekend, while the Friday figure concerns the opening day’s business.[1]
TheWrap estimated 14.7 million dollars for the opening day, compared with Variety’s 14.5 million dollars. TheWrap also reported a leading North American opening for Godzilla Minus Zero. Both estimates concern the opening day, ahead of the completion of the film’s first weekend in cinemas.[2], [1]
Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki directs the production for Toho, the Japanese film company. GKIDS handles its distribution in the United States. The story takes place in postwar Japan, two years after the events in the preceding film. Godzilla regenerates and returns as another monster threatens the country.[1]
