The foreign-language film topped the North American box office with $31.6m in takings, generating $63m worldwide
Japan’s most recognisable film star shows no sign of losing its ability to captivate global audiences, after Godzilla Minus Zero – a foreign language film – swept to the top of the US box office on its opening weekend.
The film – the 39th in a franchise stretching back to 1954 – generated $63m worldwide, including $31.6m in the US and Canada, where it set a record for opening weekend receipts for the biggest live-action foreign-language film. It is shown in Japanese with English subtitles.