“Godzilla Minus Zero” had the biggest North American opening weekend of all time for a foreign-language film
Godzilla Minus Zero (2026), North American box office · claimed on Nov 7, 2026
After the Japanese film “Godzilla Minus Zero” (Toho, released in North America by GKIDS) opened on 6–8 November 2026, a Forbes headline of 7 November called it the “No. 1 all-time foreign-language opening weekend”, and the distributor spoke of an “unprecedented scale for an international film”. Sunday estimates put the opening at $31.6 million and Variety later reported $30.5 million, far above the $17.8 million that the Mandarin-language “Hero” made in its 2004 US debut. The trade press frames the record as one for live-action films: the Japanese-language anime “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” opened to about $70 million in September 2025, and The Hollywood Reporter leaves out “The Passion of the Christ” ($83.8 million, filmed in Aramaic, Hebrew and Latin) because it was produced in the US. Whether the claim holds depends on whether animated films count as foreign-language films and whether the figures are adjusted for inflation.
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