Deadline reported on Saturday that Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki’s new film in TOHO’s Godzilla franchise, has become the highest-earning live-action Japanese film in North America.
The film earned an estimated US$11 million in its first three days in the U.S. box office.
Godzilla Minus One opened in Japan on November 3 (“Godzilla Day”), which was the anniversary of the first Godzilla film’s November 3, 1954 release.
The film sold 14.7% more tickets and earned 22.8% more in its first three days than the last live-action Japanese Godzilla film, Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla, did in its first three days in 2016.