Godzilla’s Most Anticipated Sequel Officially Stomps Into Theaters This Week

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Godzilla emerging from the ocean behind a plane.

Published Nov 1, 2026, 9:30 AM EST

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

One of the biggest surprises at the box office a couple of years ago was the Japanese sleeper hit Godzilla Minus One. Released in the same year as Oppenheimer, the movie was often described as an unlikely companion piece to that Christopher Nolan blockbuster. It rode a wave of positive response, and, like the Indian film RRR a year earlier, went on to win an Oscar. It was honored in the Best Visual Effects category, beating out heavy hitters such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, and Napoleon. Now, a sequel to Godzilla Minus One is almost upon us.

Godzilla Minus One served as the fifth installment of the Godzilla franchise's Reiwa era. It was preceded by the well-received hit Shin Godzilla, which grossed more than $80 million worldwide in 2016. Godzilla Minus One ended up generating more than $110 million globally against a reported budget of $10 million. Of this impressive global haul, the movie made more than $55 million in North America, where it received high praise from critics. Similar to RRR, the movie was widely embraced by Western critics while receiving mixed reactions in its home country. The sequel, which lands in theaters this week, has received high early praise.

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We're talking, of course, about Godzilla Minus Zero, directed by Takashi Yamazaki. The film is set in 1949, a few years after the events of Godzilla Minus One. It's currently sitting at a stellar 92% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, behind its predecessor's near-perfect 99% score. The new movie is projected to vastly outgross Godzilla Minus One, and is currently eying an opening-weekend haul of around $30 million domestically. There's a high chance of this number increasing, in which case the Japanese-language film will likely beat Godzilla vs. Kong's $31 million debut haul from 2021. Godzilla Minus Zero will be released theatrically and in select IMAX locations on November 6. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.