Godzilla Minus 0.0 opened at No. 1 in Japan with 1.61 million tickets and more than ¥2.5 billion in box office over its first six days, and the same weekend it became the first Japanese live-action film to top the North American chart.
The 31st Japanese-made live-action film in the Godzilla series opened on November 3 at 448 theaters nationwide, including large-format screens. The date is Culture Day and is also known as Godzilla Day.
Over the three-day weekend from November 6 to November 8 it sold 699,000 tickets and took ¥1.13 billion, well clear of the field. That was the seventh-best opening weekend of any 2026 release, though the six films above it were all measured over three days from their opening date. Godzilla Minus 0.0's figure covers days four to six.
The previous film, Godzilla Minus 1.0, opened on the same November 3 date and went on to earn ¥7.65 billion. Its opening weekend, also measured over three days from a Friday opening, came to 648,600 tickets and ¥1.041 billion. The new film ran 108 percent of that on both counts.
Opening-day business alone was 590,000 tickets and ¥910 million, the best first day for a live-action film in Japan. Against Godzilla Minus 1.0 that is 201 percent.
The series record is held by Shin Godzilla, which took ¥8.25 billion in 2016. Surpassing it looks likely, and ¥10 billion — a first for the series — is in reach.
A No. 1 Weekend in North America
The film opened in North America on November 6 at 3,254 theaters, close to its Japanese release. It earned $31.6 million over the three-day weekend, the first time a Japanese live-action film has debuted at No. 1 in the North American weekend rankings.
It also set an opening record for a live-action foreign-language film, and is expected to take the top spot in the worldwide weekend rankings. Dolby Cinema, 4DX and MX4D screenings begin in Japan on Friday, November 13.
Holdovers Slip as Four New Titles Enter
Mama ga Mou Kono Sekai ni Inakute mo: Watashi no Inochi no Nikki, which had held No. 1 for three straight weeks, fell to second in its sixth week. It sold 137,000 tickets and took ¥186 million over the three days, 67 percent of the previous weekend, for a cumulative 2.74 million tickets and more than ¥3.8 billion.
Namu, Hoshi no Gotoku slipped one place to third with 72,000 tickets and ¥107 million, also 67 percent of the week before. Its cumulative total passed 1.32 million tickets and ¥1.9 billion, and it should reach ¥2 billion shortly.
Four other new titles entered the top 10. V Cinext Kamen Rider Kabuto 20th: Ten o Tsugu Mono, a wholly new film marking 20 years since the 2006 Kamen Rider Kabuto TV series, debuted at fourth. It is the first V Cinext release in the top five since the program began in 2018, and the first title from the label to chart at all since a King-Ohger double bill in April 2024.
Verity, a mystery starring Anne Hathaway, opened sixth. Grotesqqque, directed and written by animator Atsushi Nishigori with original character designs by him and told in three stories, entered at eighth. 4 Out: Mou Ichido, Play Ball, starring Masaki Aiba, opened at 10th.
- Godzilla Minus 0.0
- Mama ga Mou Kono Sekai ni Inakute mo: Watashi no Inochi no Nikki
- Namu, Hoshi no Gotoku
- V Cinext Kamen Rider Kabuto 20th: Ten o Tsugu Mono
- Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu
- Verity
- Biohazard
- Grotesqqque
- Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki
- 4 Out: Mou Ichido, Play Ball
Opening on November 13 are Christmas Carol, a Charles Dickens adaptation starring Johnny Depp; Noroi no Sumaho, a horror film from director Tamaki Yamamoto of Kono Natsu no Hoshi o Miru; and Makehen de, a social drama starring Seiyo Uchino inspired by a true story.