With that, 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 official Twitter account for TOHO’s Godzilla film series announced on Wednesday that, as of Monday, the new Godzilla: Resurgence (Shin Godzilla) film has earned 1 billion yen (about US$9.89 million) and sold 710,000 tickets since its July 29 opening.
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.