Shin Godzilla has now sold 3.6 million tickets, which Khara mentioned is lower than Evangelion: 3.0’s ticket sales, but noted that it is very close to surpassing it.
TOHO’s live-action Godzilla franchise of 29 films has sold over 100 million tickets in Japan, a first for a Japanese live-action film franchise.
The third film in the franchise, the 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla, sold 12.55 million tickets, the highest in the series.
TOHO released the first film in the franchise in 1954, and that film sold 9.61 million tickets.