The writer-director of Godzilla Minus One is refusing to reveal the movie’s budget, for one very good reason.
With positive reviews pretty much across the board, it currently holds a score of 98% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also the first Godzilla movie to benominated for an Academy Award, with Minus One in the running for Best Visual Effects.
Having overtaken Shin Godzilla, it’s also the biggest grossing non-American Godzilla movie, though at this point we don’t know how much it cost. Here’s why…
Godzilla Minus One director on why he won’t reveal movie’s budget
If you’re looking for Godzilla Minus One’s budget online, Wikipedia says “$10-$15 million.” WhileDeadlinestates that the reported $15 million is actually closer to $10 million.
That outlet put the question to writer-director Takashi Yamazaki recently, who “took the fifth” so he wouldn’t have to reply. His reasoning? “Then everyone’s gonna want me to make a movie for that number!”
Whatever the budget, the movie has been a gargantuan hit, making more than $50 million in the U.S., and over $100 million worldwide, making it the most successful live-action Japanese movie of all-time.
You can read our4-star review of Godzilla Minus One here, where we wrote: “Godzilla Minus One’s ability to steamroll over these and other, more minor shortcomings is largely down to the production’s thematic heft. Like the 1954 original, it’s a monster movie with something to say – a welcome change from some of the brainlessness of some of the more recentMonsterVerse efforts.”
While you can read details ofhow and where to stream the movie here.
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