The film has surpassed the earnings and ticket sales of director Hideaki Anno’s previous film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.
Funimation’s limited screening of Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla film earned US$455,036 over the October 14-16 weekend, with a per-screen average of US$13,383.
Shin Godzilla represents the latest in TOHO’s film series after a 12-year absence since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars.
The film opened in Canadian theaters on October 12, and will also screen on October 19 and October 24.