Godzilla Minus One Tops Demon Slayer as #2 Japanese Film in the U.S. of All Time

Godzilla Minus One trails behind the 1998 anime film Pokémon: The First Movie, which earned US$85.7 million in the U.S. box office.

The official Twitter account of Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki’s new film in TOHO’s Godzilla franchise, announced on Friday that the film has earned an estimated US$49.74 million in the U.S. box office as of January 10 — its 41st day of screening — surpassing Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, which earned US$49.5 million, as the second highest-grossing Japanese film in the U.S. of all time.

The film also holds the record for the highest-earning live-action Japanese film in the U.S. The film opened in U.S. theaters on December 1.