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KoldWarKid62,
I agree. Screentime isn't exactly a factor. Although, I will admit, the movies with longer screentime I tend to find more exhausting to get through than others. Invasion of Astro-Monster is usually cited as my favorite Godzilla movie, but his time onscreen is used expertly and, frankly, the story and characters are engrossing enough that I don't notice his short appearance.

 But TriStar and Monsterverse are 1) not connected, before you start bringing up the millenium series, it was unconnected by design.

2) the long haitus between TriStar and its animated series vs Monsterverse and its continuity.

I think its because its not japanese, Toho didn;t want to bother and grouping the two seperately while America bends over backwards to align the japanese films to their official era families.

Thanks for taking the time to do that, GMan. That’s an exhaustive study! I remember this topic from several years ago.

For me, it’s never been how much time Godzilla is onscreen. I don’t care if it’s 5 minutes or twenty five minutes. However long it is, make it count, make it impactful. What is he doing when he’s onscreen? Does it scratch that “Godzilla itch” for you? Some have done it much better than others.

Xenotaris,
Likely because there's only one TriStar film and there's nowhere else to put it.

I wonder why Toho just lumps all the American Godzillas into one era? TriStar and Monsterverse are distinct enough from each other to be warrant their own Era.

12/11/2023:

The 6th weekend of Godzilla Minus One sees a solid hold in Japan. Though dropping under #2, it surpassed 4 Billion Yen with 4.15 Billion (~$28 Million). Its attendance is now at 2.70 Million, tied with Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. Many still seem to believe it will finish with 5 Billion which should, estimate a higher attendance than The Return of Godzilla. It's well on its way to surpassing Shin Ultraman's final gross and attendance. (Toho, Eiga Ranking)

Here are comparisons to where other movies were at in their sixth weekend.

6th Weekend Comparisons:
Shin Godzilla - 6.02 Billion Yen/$58.4 Million/3.74M Attendance
Godzilla Minus One - 4.15 Billion Yen/$28.5 Million/2.70M Attendance
Shin Ultraman - 3.84 Billion Yen/$29.7 Million/2.57M Attendance
Godzilla 2014 - 2.99 Billion Yen/$29.3 Million/2.09M Attendance
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - 2.70 Billion Yen/$25.6 Million/1.91M Attendance
Godzilla vs. Kong - 1.81 Billion Yen/$16.5 Million/1.20M Attendance

In America, it has the smallest weekend drop of the year (28%), ac***ulating a total of $25.3 Million for a worldwide total of 7.8 Billion Yen (~$53.5 Million). (Box Office Mojo)

Charts Updated!

"Monsterverse is best"

It's really not. 

updated ver.

Why was it amazing? I’m completely blown away.

@SasquaDash Excellent news! Hope you like it!

probably the second last one

monsterverse is best

this releases on my birthday :)

this releases on my birthday :)

nice

I just found out the theater near where I live is going to be playing it! I don't have to wait for the Blu Ray!

can yall just vote already?!

Officially, Toho splits up the Eras as:

Showa Era - 1954-1975
Heisei Era - 1984-1995
Millennium Era - 1999-2004
Reiwa Era - 2016-Present
Hollywood Era or American - TriStar & Legendary Pictures

Sources: SDCC & Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters:

maybe shimo for my guess

(credits to deviantart for letting me use this)

i consider some parts of an era they're own era like reiwa has godzilla earth so i guess godzilla anime could have its own era

I'm pretty sure 1954-1956 is considered part of the Showa era.

I watched my first Godzilla movies growing up near Detroit in the 1960s. I think I fell in love because at my young age I loved the action and excitement of the movies, but also loved they gave him a personality in some of the movies, as in he could be a protector too. I even enjoyed the silliness of some of the movies like “Son of Godzilla.”

It deserves it

12/05/2023:
Godzilla Minus One finished its 5th weekend with 3.82 Billion Yen (~$25.9 Million). Its attendance as of the weekend sits at 2.48 Million--tied with Son of Godzilla. It has now officially beaten the attendance totals of every Champion Festival Showa movie, and every Millennium Series and Monsterverse movie.

It's expected to surpass 4 Billion Yen this coming weekend.

It opened in the U.S. to $11 Million (roughly 1.6 Billion Yen). It broke U.S. records, becoming the second-biggest opening for a foreign film and the #1 highest opening for a Japanese film in the U.S. Its worldwide gross after the weekend sits at 5.42 Billion Yen (~$36.8 Million.) (Godzilla Minus One Official Twitter, Collider)

Charts updated.

12/4/2023:
Late report covering weekend #4: It dropped to #2 for the first time with 3.458 Billion Yen. (~$23.5 Million) I estimated attendance was 2.23 Million. With that it tied the total attendance of the 2014 movie, surpassing the rest of the Monsterverse movies, the Champion Festival Showa movies and all of the Millennium movies--save for GMK.

Its gross after 24 days make it the 3rd h giant monster/kaiju-tokusatsu-related film of the last 11 years and climbing.

GUYS THIS MOVIE IS STELLAR!!
LIKE ACTUALLY THE BEST THING EVER LIKE WTF?!?

maybe this is blasphemy but I think this is better than the og

Any chance you know where in Japan this is from?

I'm disappointed they showed SO much in the trailer. Comparing the marketing for GxK to 10 years ago with Godzilla (2014), I honestly prefer the trailers for G14. After watching Godzilla Minus One last night as well, I much prefer the gritty / dark atmosphere of those movies to the CGI-fest Monster Mash of the recent Monsterverse installments. I'm still stoked for GxK but I have a feeling I'll still prefer G14 and Minus One to it when it finally comes out.

@SquashDash I hope you have a decent speaker setup at least! I just saw it in IMAX last night and I will say - easily the best Godzilla film to date. I highly recommend seeing it.

I LOOOOVE IT!!!

Lol. Ok.

Chris

I would love to have a Godzilla themed road trip, but unfortunately my family and I are super busy this week and don't have the time to take one. I'll just have to wait like I did with Shin Godzilla. 

Thankfully my local IMAX is playing it, I plan to see it tonight or tomorrow! Hearing nothing but good things.

@SquashDash, That's so frustrating you'd have to travel 3 hours... If you could find the time could make a fun Godzilla themed road trip out of it.

Unfortunately the closest theater that's playing it is over 3 hours away and I don't have time to travel to go see it... 

Hopefully the Blu Ray is released soon.

Should have qualified "Japanese Godzillas", but yes, I think even more so than the MonsterVerse version. He is something in this.

Super7 has revealed their next Godzilla figure will be MinusGoji. based off the cg model of Minus, a first for the Godzilla ULTIMATES! line, it will be released in september 2024 and retail for $84.99

Why is he so daddy?

Wait wasn't the Monsterverse Godzilla expressive?

I don't trust rotten tomato, its a Disney lapdog

Eh what?